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Ans. Colour is the object of the eye, the organ of seeing. In the acquisition of sensory knowledge, the eye is our most vivid sense organ. The senses of taste, touch, etc. also provide direct knowledge, still in everyday living, the knowledge that comes with seeing is generally regarded as the most direct and tangible. The object of vision is colour. It has a powerful effect on man. However, taste, smell, etc. are also connected with vision. Some parts of the body are more affected by colour. Similarly, some other parts are specifically affected by taste, smell and touch.
What is the taste of a man's tongue? Just as disease is diagnosed on this basis, similarly a man's feelings can also be examined.
The mouth of a man in whose body the bile is predominant, tastes bitter. Likewise with a man in a fit of anger.
In a predominantly phlegmatic organism, the mouth tastes too sweet. Likewise the mouth of a greedy person.
With a change in the colour of a man's leshya, his taste, smell and touch also change. The colour in a man's aura has been specifically treated. Taste etc. can also be similarly interpreted. But no subtle technique has yet been evolved for it. It continues to be a subject for research. Only a chemical analysis of the atoms of leshya might reveal how far a change of feelings affects its odour.
Q. Is a person's individuality identifiable on the basis
of smell and touch?
Ans. A woman has conducted some marvellous experiments in this connection. She has analysed the personalities of ten people on the basis of the odour
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