Everything in the known Universe is energy, the mysterious power that holds atoms together, makes trees grow, keeps your heart beating and the Earth spinning through space. This energy vibrates at different speeds, or wavelengths. Matter may be understood to be very slow-moving energy relative to, say, sunlight. We can use the electromagnetic spectrum, a chart of all the types of energy science has measured, to better understand this concept. X-rays, radio waves, microwaves, and television transmissions are all to be found on the electromagnetic spectrum, as well as visible light, within which we find the seven colors of the rainbow: red, orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo and violet. All of these energy forms have characteristic frequencies at which they vibrate.
If you tune your radio to a frequency of, say, 102.5, you'll always get the same station. The station sends out its programming at a particular frequency; your receiver transforms the radio waves into audible sound waves. One form of energy is transmuted into another form.
Colorology, the science of color, is based on the same principle. Each of the seven colors and their shadings vibrate at a characteristic frequency; anything you can see (visible light) must also be vibrating at one or more of those frequencies. Our physical bodies "tune in to" -- or receive and resonate with in a particular way -- each of the seven colors of the rainbow. Sunlight contains all of those frequencies and more (ultraviolet rays, cosmic rays, etc.)
How do our bodies "tune in" to these frequencies? We all have seven major endocrine glands in our bodies, which regulate the functioning of bodily systems (circulation, reproduction, respiration and so forth) by secreting complex chemicals called hormones. Hormones act to stimulate or depress bodily activities as necessary to maintain a state of dynamic balance that we experience as "good health." As a result of excessive or insufficient amounts of hormones, physical, mental and/or emotional imbalance (dis-ease) can occur.
Each of these seven endocrine glands, being a visible energy form, is vibrating at the frequency of one of the colors of the rainbow. We can, therefore, by various methods expose our bodies to these colors and literally, physically affect the vibratory rate of the endocrine glands, which in turn affects the rate of hormone secretion, and thus the functioning of the organs. This holds true for the brain as well; therefore, emotional and mental states are also influenced.
Children, the elderly, anyone in poor health, and current or recovering substance abusers (all of whom may be in a state of energy imbalance) are usually overly sensitive to the effects of color; its use should, therefore, be carefully monitored with these groups.
Using Color Practically
It's usually best to start by balancing the body using all the colors; then, once you know what system (color) is out of balance, you can work more extensively on that particular area, either stimulating the energy with that system's color, or by suppressing the energy with the complementary color. When balancing the body, always start at the base of the spine (red, the "root" chakra or energy center) and work your way up the torso to the top of the head (violet, the "crown" chakra). The body more easily adjusts and accepts the energy if the frequencies progress from longer to shorter wavelengths ("slower to faster").
There are a number of simple, inexpensive and effective ways to intentionally employ color:
Visualization -- Simply imagine a ray of light of the desired color penetrating and bathing the dis-eased area. Researchers have found that thoughts have a tangible effect on the physical body, measurable by EEG machines and other methods.
Solarized water -- Place a clear, glass bottle filled with distilled or purified water and covered with colored cellophane in direct morning sunlight for approximately two hours (a transparent colored glass bottle may also be used). The vibratory frequency of the water will change to that of the color through which the sunlight is filtered. The water can then be consumed internally (sip gradually throughout the day -- don't gulp it down!) or used as a compress. Do not allow the bottle to come in contact with metal (use a corked bottle), and do not refrigerate it.
Color breathing -- As you inhale, imagine the color streaming into your body with the air and penetrating the dis-eased area. Exhale the energy of dis-ease and imbalance.
Clothing -- Deliberately ask your body what color it needs each day. You can use dowsing or simply run your hand along the clothes in your closet and sense a response.
Decor -- Red, orange and yellow stimulate, activate, motivate and warm. Green is balance and harmony. Blue, indigo and violet are calming, cooling and soothing colors. Red and/or orange in the area of a child's bed can be overstimulating. Unless a child is unusually lethargic, it's best not to dress him or her in those colors either.
Food -- Because food is energy, it is vibrating at the frequency of one of the seven colors of the rainbow. You can increase or decrease the intake of particular colors of foods. (These should be natural colors, obviously.)
Education -- Some of the most exciting color research is in the field of education. Math problems and vocabulary words written in finger paint or with color pens or pencils are remembered much more easily. The color helps to integrate the right and left hemispheres of the brain. Reading through a colored overlay has been found to be helpful with some learning disabilities and dyslexia.
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2006-09-21 07:08:13
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