Can your aura be cleansed by proximity to a Guru? Don’t look for esoteric shortcuts, says Sadhguru. The spiritual process may be far more practical – and individual – than we imagine.
Questioner: Sadhguru, can our aura be cleansed by being in your presence and coming into contact with your aura?
Sadhguru: Do you see a halo around me? When you desperately want to see something, your mind can create it and show it to you. While this may not be the understanding in today’s society, the most pragmatic thing you can do in your life is the spiritual process. But unfortunately, spirituality has gained a reputation for being about seeing things. When you start seeing things that do not exist, that is a problem.
Even inanimate objects have their own aura. Every object has its own aura – a field of light and energy around it. You cannot go somewhere and get more aura. If you keep your body, mind, emotions, and energies at a certain level of vibrance, there will be a field of light and energy around you. Do not try to see it, measure it, or compare it to someone else’s aura.
When you wake up in the morning, check if your body, mind, and emotions are exuberant today. You may not be aware of your energies right now, but you can at least be conscious of the other three aspects. Life is exuberance; death is inertness. Every day, you must measure in which direction you are moving. Are you becoming more exuberant, or more inert?
If you generate the wrong kinds of thoughts, you will move towards inertness. If you generate another set of thoughts, you will move towards dynamism and exuberance. If you keep this life exuberant, your aura will be fine. There are more measurable aspects to focus on: how your body is, how your mind is, how your emotions are, how your energies are. It is better to rely on those than to try to see people’s aura.
Places and people definitely have an influence on you, but it is best to make yourself in such a way that even if you go to hell, you come out clean. This is important. Otherwise, you will limit where you can go. I can go anywhere and be okay. You should also become like that – able to go to the worst place on the planet and still be okay. Spiritual process means that outside influences do not determine how you are. You decide how you are. This is how you should be.
You can never decide 100 percent what is around you, and not a single person in your life will ever happen exactly the way you want them. This is why so many people are getting dogs these days – they expect them to be exactly the way they want. Even dogs do their own thing, but you are generally more successful in getting them to do what you want.
No one in this world ever happens 100 percent your way. At least you must happen the way you want. You have the privilege of being able to make yourself the way you want. If you happened your way, would you keep yourself blissful or miserable? You remain blissful; do not worry about your aura – it will be great.
