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The atoms of electricity are not of the same quality. Some of them are pure, others purer, still others the purest. Similarly, there is an ascending order of feelings: there are pure feelings, purer feelings and the purest. Radiant tejoleshya increases vitality and splendour, and removes many kinds of psychological and psychosomatic diseases. To say that every disease ends, would be a one-sided, partial view which we do not share. The dissolution of diseases is a relative matter. That diseases caused by viral and bacterial infection from outside should end, is not inevitable. However, psychosomatic diseases can certainly be cured. Cosmic therapy is a successful and recognised method of treatment today. This is a practical form of leshya dhyana.
Q. What importance does leshya command in the con- text of scientific values? Like cosmic therapy, colour therapy is also the vogue today. Is this, too, an application of leshya?
Ans. Leshya in itself is a major science. It is very - important to understand it from the point of view of dhyana-sadhana. The subtle nature of colour and cosmic therapies can be understood through the medium of leshya dhyana. Because of the deficiency of colour in our body, disorders arise. Similarly, the insufficiency of light is responsible for physical disequilibrium. Many physical and psychological changes occur on the basis of colour and light-rays. That is why colour and cosmic therapies are assuming increasing importance. Both these systems of treatment are the product of leshya dhyana. Just as bodily changes take place when the body is exposed to the colours of the sun-rays, or to the contents of the coloured-glass bottles, similarly, the occurrence of a change in feeling by meditation on colours cannot be denied. These days, many scientists are working on this
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