Metaphysics c°'"ma<"‘ ,,om
of them yet.” she said.
"But as adults, we can learn
that again. We can get back into
that groove again.”
To keep in the groove.
Thomas said she practices sen
ding and receiving messages to
people.
She added that ESP and the
aura theory are concepts science
is proving true through, for ex
ample. research using para
psychology. in which in
dividuals are tested to reveal the
strength of their telepathic
senses.
Thomas also teaches how to
"see” the aura.
Normally, "the eyes look at
the person, and the vibrations,
the pulsations, the electrical
force field is coming back, com
ing in through my eyes and into
the optic nerve and going to the
brain.
"But. we have found that if
we take people into our classes
and. . . have them look at a can
dle flame, for instance, and that
tires their physical eyes,
another part of them takes over
— their spiritual, intuitive
nature," Thomas explained.
their own explanations of the
source of the aura, said Thomas
"We simply present them
with the ideas and then let them
run with it if they want or
shelve it," she said.
Hof topic
The aura seems to In; a hot
topic of discussion and study in
her ‘Raising the Con
sciousness" class every Friday
night, which would be par
ticularly appealing to college
students, she said.
"It’s an introduction to
metaphysics: a basic class for
th »sc who want to get into more
uf a spiritual slant toward life,
not religious.
"What we’re doing is starting
at the beginning and teaching
them all the way up. for as long
as people want to come. And for
college students, who are so in
cjuisitive and whose energies
are so good at that period of
their life, this is the kind of
thing that should be very
fascinating." she said.
In the cla .s, Thomas proposes
‘At that time, children are very telepathic.
They know what their parents are think
ing, they know what everybody is thinking
around them because they haven’t had it
pounded out of them yet. ’
This allows her students to
see the aura with their
"telepathic, inner con;." she
continued. “What they're ac
tually seeing are shimmering
lights that constantly change."
She said an individual who is
calm will have an aura with soft
pastel shades of color, while
anger causes flashes of red and
orange and black "like lightn
ing streaks."
Some students interested in
the aura are shown an artist's
rendition of the aura. In one
diagram, colorful oval rings of
light encircle a body. Different
levels of light in the picture
represent physical, mental and
spiritual fields of electricity
belonging to the average per
son, Thomas said.
However, she cautioned that
"seeing" an aura is actually
feeling it. "It's the way their
brain is interpreting the
energies that they feel coming
off of them."
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experiments or exercises for the
students to help them unders
tand the topic.
For example, when breaking
into discussion on the aura,
students are asked to slowly
repeat moving their hands
together and apart, as if clapp
ing. but without making
contact.
According to Thomas, many
of the students have told her
they feel like an invisible rubber
band is stretched between their
hands or that the exercise pro
duces a magnetlike effect — the
clashing fields of the aura.
The students advance to more
complex lessons, like directing
their thoughts to changing the
color of another entity's aura.
People who have extensive
training in perceiving the aura
can walk down a crowded street
and still detect individual
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Christopher described a
popular exercise using mind
control, which he believes
anyone can do with practice
and patience. It involves plac
ing a straight pin on a piece of
tissue and laying it on the sur
face of a glass of water. The
tissue will absorb water and
sink, while the pin will remain
floating The participant should
concentrate on the pin and try
to mentally move the pin in
circles or from one side of the
glass to the other.
Hut how does this apply to
improving one’s life?
"What it shows you is that
you can become whatever you
want to be You can bring to
yourself whatever you want."
Thomas said.
She said after about two mon
ths of "basic training," the
students begin to discover other
applications for these skills in
their lives, which am more
useful than moving pins around
a glass.
A simple application would
la; to mentally reinforce the im
pression of a potential
employer, Thomas said. After a
job interview, "you could con
centrate on seeing the employer
and being in that room, seeing
that person greeting you as their
employee, saying to you.
'Welcome aboard. We're glad to
have you. We know you're go
ing to do the Job well for us,'
she said.
"To actually see it happening
with as much emotion and feel
ings as you can put into it. the
more it will manifest for you.”
she said.
Thomas said the classes are
practical, removing
metaphysics from "the im
plausible. dreamy, woo-woo
world.”
"We’re not dreaming our
lives away and giving you
something we want you to stuff
down Into you and expect you
to believe."
Thomas, who has been work
ing in metaphysics for nearly 30
years, said she and Christopher
moved here from California
ala nit 18 months ago because
they heard Eugene had a large
spiritual community.
Since they opened tin; syn
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Besides her work at the syn
thesis center. Thomas is a hyp
notherapist. ordained minister,
mental health counselor, beauty
consultant, writer, editor and
publisher.
Although Thomas la< ks any
formal scientific training in
beginning last month.
Thomas began traveling to other
cities to deliver presentation*
on metaphysics and the
reframer implant, a self
improvement process through
which she trains "a volunteer
part of your lining" to help
remold an inordinate behavior,
tielief or pattern into something
more acceptable to the
individual.
‘They want to know that there’s more to
life than just getting up in the morning, go
ing to work, coming home at night, slamm
ing down in front of the TV and then going
to bed.... They want to know that there’s
a purpose for them to be here. ’
metaphysics. Christopher, who
is trained in neuro-linguistics
programming, is becoming
more involved with her pro
grams. He currently adds a
touch of science to several of the
workshops, bridging what
seems to be two unrelated
worlds.
One would expect a great deal
of cynicism and skepticism
directed toward the center, but
Thomas said they receive none,
at least not from participants in
the workshops.
“Hy the time they come here,
they want to learn about it." she
said.
Thomas will present "How to
Kind a Friend Inside Yourself,"
a preparatory workshop for the
reframer implant procedure on
May 2t>
She said one can have power,
fame and wealth, "and none of
it means anything unless you
have a feeling inside yourself
that there's a reason for your lad
ing here That's why we're
here
"They have a saying in
m e t a p h y sics that w e' r e
spreading a light And that's
what we sense ourselves
doing."
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