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of astral matter, with the colours, rippling over and flashing through it, fine and clear in hue. While less delicate and less radiant than the mental body, it forms a beautiful object, and as selfishness is eleminated all the duller and heavier Shades disappear."
Each definite thought has radiating vibration and floating form. As human thoughts are by no means simple, the radiating vibration becomes a complex one and the resultant thought-forms show several colours. The quality of thought determines colour while the form is subject to the nature of thought and clearness of outline is dependent on definiteness of thought. They have assigned meanings to important colour grouped thus :
Black
: Hatred and malice Red of all shades : Anger Clear Brown : Avarice
Deep Heavy Grey : Depression Livid Pale
Fear Grey green : Signal of deceit Brownish green : Jealousy Green
: Adaptability
Crimson Rose Pure pale rose
: Affection : Absolutely unselfish love
IV
Deep orange Pale luminious primrose yellow
: Pride or ambition
Highest and most unselfish use of Intellectual power, the pure reason directed to spiritual ends.
Different shades of blue
Religious feeling. The beautiful pale azure of the highest form implies self renuniciation and union with the divine. The devotional thought of an unselfish heart is very lovely in colour, like the deep blue of summer-sky.
Now a few illustrations of Thought-Forms as actually observed by them : Though they can be understood and appreciated only when the actual drawings and colour plates are seen, attempt has, however, been made here to explain them in words. It may be noted that each thought-form and its colour is governed by the various emotions and thoughts and other associated ideas running side by side with them and their intensity and the actual nature of the person concerned and as such they are likely to differ from person to person.
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