Jaganmohanlal Pandita Sadhuwad Granth

Author(s): Sudarshanlal Jain
Publisher: Jaganmohanlal Shastri Sadhuwad Samiti Jabalpur

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Lesya Dhyana
YUVACHARYA MAHAPRAJNA
Jain Vishwabharti, Ladnun (Rajasthan)
Colour and Psychology
Our entire life is profoundly influenced by colours. Today psychologists and scientists have discovered that colour is the most important of the environmental factors which affect the conscious, subconscious and unconscious mind of a person. Colour profoundly affects our entire personality.
Light and colour profoundly affect the health and behaviour of living beings. Importance of sunlight to the vegetable kingdom is universally accepted. Ancient as well as modern science have been keenly interested in the studies of the effect of different colours on the physical, mental and emotional states and behavioural patterns of human beings as well as other animals. Colour-healers of 19th century claimed to cure everything from constipation to meningitis with coloured glass filters. Inevitably it was discredited. However it has been rejuvenated under the new names of photobiology and colour-therapy. Richard J. Wurtman, nutritionist at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, says.
clear that light is the most important environmental input after food, in controlling bodily functions." Several experiments have shown that different colours affect blood-pressure, pulse and respiration-rate as well as brain-activity and bio-rhythms. As a result, colours are now used in the treatment of a viriety of diseases.
Perception of Psychic Colours
Lesya-dhyana is perception of psychic colours in conjunction with psychic centres. It is the most important exercise in the system of Preksha meditation. In this exercise, the practitioner concentrates his full attention on a particular psychic centre and then visualises a specific colour on that centre. However, it is necessary for him to be proficient in practising relaxation, perception of breath, perception of body and perception of psychic centres, before he practises perception of psychic colours. A mountaineer who wants to climb the Everest, must first establish a base-camp and then plan his ascent in stages to reach the peak. The climbing process has its own order. Nobody can ignore the order and jump up on the peak. In the same way, one is not competent enough to practice Lesya dhyana until
(1) One is thoroughly conversant with numerous physical and mental Functions;
(2) One has experienced the subtle vibration, produced by the flow of vital energy, which is concomitant with these functions;
(3) One has developed full competency to grasp and perceive with equanimity the above-mentioned vibrations;