Colour Healing

It has been known for eons of time that colour plays a major role in setting up a particular mood or state of mind. Yet, only recently have design artists put into practice that which the ancients knew all along: colour does affect one's feelings, moods, and emotions. Whereas, in the past, so many of our hospitals and schools were painted that ubiquitous institutional green, we now have these places of learning and healing painted in vibrant shades of hues which help stimulate the mind and the emotions to a condition of healing and well-being.

We all respond, in some way, to our colour environment. Most people know that bedrooms should not be painted in bright, flashy reds or yellows, because these colours tend to stimulate the body and inhibit relaxation and sleep. Blue is often associated with cold and astringency, while red tends to conjure up thoughts of soothing warmth. Even our vocabulary suggests conditions of "icy blue" and "warm red."

Before examining colour and its healing implications, we must address a very important concept: that of cause and effect. True healing comes about when the cause of the condition or illness is addressed and transformed. If healing goes no further than a mere relief or masking of the symptoms, then, eventually, that which brought about the need for healing, in the first place, will resurface and manifest itself within the body in one form or another.

The aura is an effect -- an outward expression -- of that which is taking place within the mind, the soul, and the spirit of the individual. Thus, any healing technique, which deals only with the aura or the energy field of the individual tends to accomplish one thing: it jump starts the individual, so to speak, and gives him or her an added boost of energy. That energy boost then allows that person's own internal healing mechanism to become mobilized into greater activity.

For conditions, which are purely physical in nature, such an energy jump-start may be all that is necessary. But, if the root cause of the illness is internal in nature -- as it so often is -- then this type of healing must be looked at on a deeper level. But even here, the individual must change that which needs to be changed, or the condition, which brought about the disease will eventually manifest again.

Keeping this in mind, let us look at how colour can impact the aura and help jump-start the tired or diseased body. Colour healing, known as Chromotherapy, can be implemented in a number of ways. The ancients built great halls of colour healing, where individuals entered and were bathed in light that was filtered through various coloured glass panels or windows.

Spirit Syrsha, trance guide of Rev. Fulton, tells us that, in ancient Egypt, people were often dipped in vats of coloured pigment, in order to help effect a cure. Other methods of colour healing involved the grinding up of crystals and gemstones that would be ingested.

Solarised water is another way in which the energy of colour can be taken into the body. This is an easy and inexpensive way in which to become personally involved in colour healing. Simply place purified water within a coloured bottle and allow it to be bathed in sunlight for a period of time. The rays of the sun, filtered through the coloured bottle, energize the water along a specific line of colour vibration. What you end up with is a healing tonic.

Spiritual healers often supplement their healing work with colour healing. As they lay their hands on the patient, they mentally direct specific colour rays into the patient's aura and body. Oftentimes, the colour used is inspired by Spirit.

These methods of using colour in healing point to our basic contention: colour does impact the human aura and, consequently, the human body.

Pam Couchman

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