Rays behind text?

Hi,
my first question is, is there an effect that comes with AE to create rays behind text? Any tutorials links?
second question: how can I make a search limited to this After Effects forum?

Thanks Szalam, these effects seem to be exactly what I need and I'm going to play with them right away.
Your search link is also exactly a search capabilities that I was looking for. I can't find a link from this form page to it, how is one supposed to find it without asking around?
Dave, thanks I'll keep in mind the effects from Trapcode if i can't do it with the built in effects.
Regarding the search fields on the page of this forum they have never worked for me. I can't see the words "Search for an answer..." in any box. This is a screenshot of how I see this forum page with two empty search boxes. The search results show results from all kinds of forums. On the search result there is an option to limit the search to a forum but when I typed After Effects and searched for the word "Rays" it showed 0 result and the forum in the search options field is displayed as "After Effects (Japan)"

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