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Naturally, the starting station of this journey is one's physical body and the transport is provided by the electromagnetic radiations, particularly that portion which is known as 'colour' (visible spectrum). Colour is known to exert profound influence on a person's attitude and behaviour. Perhaps no other primordial force has so profound an influence as colour. Its effect extends from the gross external personal behaviour to the subtle emotion-producing impulsive forces within and the range of its influence covers the micro-world of lesya also. Colour reigns supreme not only over the entire physical universe but many facets of the psychical one also. By deciphering the secrets of colours and unravelling the mysteries of their profound influence on the mental states and behavioural patterns of a person, one can obtain a potent tool to purifiy the vitiated and distorted tendencies of man.
Earlier it has been mentioned that there are benevolent lesyās as well as malevolent ones. There are three dark lesyās: kṛṣṇa, nila and kāpota and also there are three bright ones: taijasa, padma and śukla. the dark ones are malevolent and the bright ones are benevolent. Dark black, blue and grey are the colours of the three malignant lesyās. When a person is under the influence of these lesyās, his mental tendencies will be vitiated by cruelty, hate, jealousy and irrational fear. On the other hand, under the influence of three benign lesyās, the vitiated tendencies are purified and transmuted into compassion, love, fearlessness and bliss. Bestial urges would vitiate and distort one's mental state when he is under the dark black colour, the colour of malevolent kṛṣṇa leśyä. A hundred sermons, a thousand pious resolutions, diplomatic trainingnone of these would prevent him from behaving wickedly. The dark impelling forces would be so powerful that the reasoning mind would be unable to exert any control over his speech and action. The malevolent lesya would first generate the bestial urges and instincts. Instincts would produce feelings and attitude. Finally they would demand an appropriate
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