Comparative Study of Mantrashastra

SR No.: 006575
Original Sutra Author: N/A
Author: Mohanlal Bhagwandas Jhaveri
Publisher: Sarabhai Manilal Nawab
Publication Year: 1944
Total Pages: 376
Language: English
Classification: Book_English, L000, & L020
File Size: 21 MB

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spiritual attainment and unfoldment, and when seen permeating the entire aura it is one of the Signs of the Master- the token of Adeptship." p. 38.
INTRODUCTION
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The effect of colour on the moral and mental welfare of people is being recognized in western countries in as much as brighter colours are provided in schools, hospitals and other public buildings. It is said of a judge, in an American journal that he insisted upon his court-room being painted in light cheerful tints instead of old gloomy shades. He said that brightness led to right thinking and darkness to crooked thinking. He further said: White, cream, light yellow and orange are the colors which are the sanest. I might add light green, for that is the predominant color in Nature; black brown and deep red are incentives to crime-a man in anger sees red." This knowledge about colours is being utilized in therapeutics or mental healing also. We may note here that deep concentrated thought or a strong desire or feeling sets up strong vibrations in the person's aura and produces thought-forms of varying shapes but of the colour of his aura. This thought-form is practically "a bit of the detached aura of a person charged with a degree of his prana, and energized with a degree of his life energy. So, in a limited sense, it really is a projected portion of his personality." p. 54.
Just as an individual has his peculiar aura, so also places of abode or congregations have also their collective aura. The persistence of though-forms gives various public and private places their characteristic atmosphere.
ATMARAKṢĀ AND PROTECTIVE AURA
Readers acquainted with Tantras will remember that as a part of the worship prescribed in Tantras and as the first and most important part thereof various forms of Atmarakṣà are prescribed to be effected through recitation of Mantras. The object seems to be to protect the worshipper from adverse psychic influences i. e. by excluding the undesirable psychic influences while allowing an inlet for such as are desired by the worshipper.