ISJS Jainism Study Notes E5 Vol 03

Author(s): International School for Jain Studies
Publisher: International School for Jain Studies

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mental and physical health. Preliminary studies (Van Wijk et al., 2006) have suggested that practice of meditation could change the pattern of bio-photon emission.
4.1.3. Biophotons and Leśyā May be related Dravya-leśyā, the material form of lesyā, is supposed to be associated with the Nāmakarma, the determinant of structure and form of the living being, analogous to the DNA, the carrier of genetic information according to modern biology. Experimental evidence pointing to DNA being an important source of bio-photons and the coherent bio-photonic field of the DNA providing the basic communication network regulating the functioning of the living organism have been discussed. Therefore, possible relation of bio-photons with leśyā (meaning light/radiation in Sanskrit) could be a fruitful area of research.
4.2. Leśyā, Aura and Behavior Modification The aura is an electromagnetic field that surrounds not only every living organism but also every inanimate object. The aura of a living system represents a blend of 2 components: (1) leśyā associated radiations emanating from consciousness and (2) electromagnetic radiations from the physical body. Since leśyā and the state of consciousness change with time, the aura of a living system is liable to variations unlike the aura of a physical object, which is static. Under certain conditions the normally invisible aura can be made visible and photographed using special techniques such as Kirlian photography discovered in 1939 by Semyon Kirlian in Russia. It has been suggested that changes in the brightness and patterns of colors in Kirlian photographs of the living beings may correlate with the health and emotional changes.
The color of leśyā can be considered as an index reflecting the spiritual development and behavior modification can be brought out by a transmutation of leśyā. It isassumed thatthe aura of living beings is also influenced by leśyā and emotions. Change in leśyā can therefore, in ducea corresponding change in the color of aura. The cause and effect relation between Leśyās and colors is reciprocal. In other words, just as any change in lesyās would result in the change in the color of aura, the change in the aura by the influence of the colors of the external environment would also bring about a change in the lesyā. This principle has been utilized in Leśyā-dhyana employing the "perception of the psychic colors" to transform the malevolent leśyā into benevolent ones.
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