Our Energy Matters

The spiritual plane contains several auric layers. Together they can appear as an oval shape or a sphere; it depends on the person and the person perceiving them.  This part of the aura can be a few yards in diameter or a few miles, if the person is highly  evolved spiritually. NB this is not an artist’s impression of the spiritual body; just a nice picture of a bright light! The purpose of the spiritual body is to receive the highest frequency energies and to

This is where we hold our core beliefs at a conscious and unconscious level and where thought and experience is processed by our mind aspect.  The mental body is oval in shape and it extends further from the physical body than the emotional and etheric bodies.  The energy here vibrates at a faster rate than emotional body, but at a slower rate than the spiritual body. The emotional body is very fluid and energy moves around it like water. Here the energy is more structured,

This is where our feelings and emotions reside and is an important part of the aura because most of us have powerful energies stored here. The emotional body is oval in shape and can be several yards in circumference sometimes. The energy here vibrates faster than the etheric body, but slower than the mental body.  It is very fluid and moves around us like water. This part of us is an energetic expression of 2 aspects of us – (1) what we feel at that given

This is a layer of energy around all living things. In a human being this layer of energy is between 1-4″ thick, depending on the individual.  As you can see in the pictures, this layer of energy mirrors the shape of the hands and (below) the leaf. An interesting aspect of this layer of energy is that if the leaf is cut in half, the etheric layer still shows the original shape of the physical leaf.  In the human energy system, this layer is a

Firstly, there is no one universal truth for the structure of the human energy field. Different traditions and cultures use different terms for the same things, or have a more complex view of the human energy field: for instance, 7 major chakras or 13; a simple structure for the aura or a highly complex one. Here I am going to focus on the 7 major chakras and some key aspects of the aura. This approach is influenced by the Hindu perspective on the energy system.