Comparative and Critical Study of Mantrashastra

Author(s): Mohanlal Bhagwandas Jhaveri, K V Abhayankar
Publisher: Sarabhai Manilal Nawab

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METHODS OF DEVELOPING AURA
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COMPOSITION OF AURA "The fundamental substance of which the human aura is composed is * * * best known under the Sanskrit term, Prana, but which may be thought of as Vital Essence, Life Power. etc. " PP. 15-16.
PRANA-AURA The vibratory movement of the prana-aura is like the heated air arising from a hot stove or lamp or from the heated ground. Human magnetism used in magnetic healing is the same as pranaaura. This prana-aura is colourless like a diamond or clear water an average person but it is of a faint pink tinge and warm in a person of strong vitality. It is therefore known as “Vital Force" or “Nerve Force" and its vibrations as 'vitality vibrations'.
METHODS OF DEVELOPING AURA Having regard to the fact that the aura of an individual is an important part of his personality and affects and influences other persons coming in his contact, it is necessary that he should exert to develop his aura for acquiring desirable qualities and eradicating undesirable ones. The development of aura is thus an important factor in self-development and character-building. It can be achieved in two ways (1) by holding in the mind clear pictures of ideas and feelings desired and thus directly modifying the aura and (2) by contemplating mental images of the colours corresponding to the ideas and feelings desired. The latter method "consists simply in forming as clear a mental image as possible of the color or colors desired and then projecting the vibrations into the aura by the simple effort of the Will." PP. 76-77 The mental imaging of colours may be materially aided by concentration upon physical material of the right colour. By concentrating the attention and vision upon bright red ruby or bright green emerald one may be able to form a clear mental image of the respective colour. The attention instinctively takes up an impression of the colour, and consequently vibrations, from one's surroundings; the latter there fore should be of the desired tint.