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The aura forms not only in man, but also in the vegetable kingdom. There is consciousness in the vegetable kingdom, but the aura exists even in unconscious matter. The material objects may not possess life, but at least they do have electricity. The aura of conscious beings is changeable, because with a change in their emotional current their electrical field also undergoes a change. But the unconscious has no current of feeling, consequently its aura is unchanging. Where certain materials have innate attraction for others, the cause is to be found in their aura. Some people have no physical beauty. Neither are they well-formed nor fair-complexioned, and yet they become a centre of attraction. The physical structure of certain people is very elegant, they are also fair-complexioned and have a robust body, yet no one seems to be particularly attracted towards them. The main reason for this is the quality of their aura. The brighter a man's aura, the more attractive, impressive, helpful, and estimable he would be. This is a fact, tested and confirmed.
Q. Does a man's aura remain for ever what it is, or is
- it possible to change it? How can we make it more radiant?
Ans. The aura is directly related to the purity of
thought and feeling. As a man's feelings become purer, his aura gets brighter. The less a man is dominated by negative emotions like anger, hatred, envy, malice, etc., the weaker the feelings which incite in him destructive tendencies like violence, sabotage, arson, plunder, etc., the better and more radiant his aura would be. In the language of Jain philosophy, the purity of leshya means the purity of the aura, and in the language of practical conduct, the purity of thoughts is a factor in the radiance of the aura. Thought is invariably charac
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