Preksha Dhyana Perception of Psychic Colours

SR No.: 006552
Original Sutra Author: N/A
Author: Mahapragna Acharya
Publisher: Jain Vishva Bharati
Publication Year: 1995
Total Pages: 82
Language: English
Classification: Book_English & Yoga
File Size: 4 MB

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saints and incarnations, traditionally, show a luminous circle surrounding their heads. This is called halo. The halo is not to be found with all and sundry, but only with the superhuman people. The other is aura, which is to be found surrounding every object in this world, whether it is animate or inanimatewhether it is a human being, an animal, a leaf or a stone. Every object is completely surrounded by an envelope of radiations. The envelope is like an armour or a network of subtle waves or a thin veil of very fine cotton yarn.
Every object in this world, whether it is animate or inanimate, radiates energy in all directions and in the same shape as itself. These radiations are waves of electromagnetic energy and they constitute the aura. Nothing in this world exists which does not radiate energy.
The aura of a living organism is produced by the radiations coming from its subtle body-taijasa śarīra. In this case, together with the electro-magnetic energy, vital energy (prāņa) is also radiated. Hence, the aura of an organism is bright, dynamic and radiant while that of an inanimate object is dull and static. The aura of an organism is not static but dynamic. Contraction, expansion, contamination and purification-all these continuously occur in it. This is because within the organism there exist the domains of leśyā and emotions which keep it ever-changing. This is a factor of distinction between an organism and an inanimate object, i.e. the latter does not possess a change producing factor. The radiations of vital energy are not visible to the human eye, unlike those of other energies. Only someone with extrasensory perception (ESP) can see this. Inspite of this, scientists, doctors and yoga-philosphers, all agree that aura does really exist and depicts a true picture of physical, mental and emotional states of an individual.
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