The body has a system of its own, and like every system, this too has an immunity setup. If some disorder takes place, the immunity system resists in two ways:
- Directly without waiting for any help from the outside.
- Using assistance and help.
There are many therapeutic systems in use to cure and treat disease, for instance, the use of vibration, sunlight, artificial light, aqua therapy, chromotherapy, counseling, herbal treatment, acupuncture, ayurvedic treatment, allopathy, homeopathy, physiotherapy, aromatherapy, and spiritual healing, etc. In one such system of treatment, particular parts of the body are struck in such a manner that a resonating tremor is produced in the body. This is the method that was practiced in the primitive era and is still in practice among uncivilized people.
The patient is made to lie on a bamboo cot, wooden plank, or a stone sill, about three feet high off the ground. The toes of both feet are tied with a thick thread, and the therapist strikes the soles of the patient with both hands clasped together. They believe that points concerning every vital part of the physical system are located in the soles of the feet. The concept of points exists in Chinese Acupuncture, but instead of striking them, they pierce these points with needles. A similar methodology is used in Reflexology, in which the therapist applies pressure on the points of the palms and soles.
Diagnosis and causes of a disease could be easily determined if this physical body is considered a pipe, and the lights and colours flowing in this body could be taken as water. The water flowing in a pipe is a similitude of the lights and colours flowing in the human body. There could be many reasons for obstruction in the flow of water in a pipe. Water, for instance, loses its fluidity when it freezes, becomes viscous, is polluted, and impurities make it dirty and unclean.
In order to cleanse the pipe, one of the methods would be to put clean and clear water with pressure so that the impurities, dirt, and other harmful things could be flushed out of the pipe. And, in order to accelerate the flow of lights in the human body, coloured lights are used instead.
If a pipe opens up, or to say, the blockage in the flow is removed when pressure is applied on it, it means that the fault is not in the pipe and the pipe is otherwise alright. But if there is any leakage in the pipe, then, in order to restore the flow of water in the pipe, the opening or the point of leakage is required to be closed by using some paste or tape or it is to be welded. This can thus be implied that if the disease is caused because of the faulty flow of the lights, then using the rays of colourful lights it can be cured, and if the body has been damaged, then we have to operate upon the body so that the leakage of the lights could be checked. It must be kept in mind that water has its own role and importance and the pipe has its own significance; we are not to mix them up.
Stagnation in the flow of water can cause it to putrefy, poisonous material can be produced, and the colour will transform into the colour of rancid water. If there is obstruction in the flow of water in a body, even then the colour of water will change. If the water becomes viscid, its colour will change. If it becomes sticky, bacteria start overproducing or perishing in the water; the colour of the body fluids (water) is bound to change. It means that if the colour of the water in a body is right, the person is healthy, and the change in the colour of the body fluids is a symptom of disease, whether it is in the form of its viscidity, thickness, diluteness, bitterness, putrefaction, or it becomes reddish.
If the body fluids become diluted from their original condition, then this state is termed as anemia or low blood pressure. And if the fluids become thick or absorb excess heat, then this state is termed as high blood pressure. Bitterness in the body fluids indicates excess production of bile. When the heat of the body fluids exceeds a limit and a burnt effect is produced, murkiness increases in the body system. Malfunctioning of the spleen that results in default of blood production is because of the murky fluids. If viscidity is produced in the body fluids, the phlegmatic diseases find their way into the body system. And if such particles find their way into the body fluids that consume the Red Blood Corpuscles, then this state is termed as cancer. Or to say, cancer is a disease that results from the RBCs’ consumption at the hands of one or the other particles that manage to establish themselves in the body fluids.
Man is nothing more than a void or an empty space within. In other words, man is a collection of holes and empty cavities. If the holes and cavities of the physical body are done away with, the body will perish. We might not be fully aware of the presence of the pores on the skin, but their utilization cannot be denied. These not only help in the excretion of sweat but also help in absorbing oxygen and other useful things from the air and atmosphere. If these pores are blocked, the skin becomes infected.
An electric current resulting from the combination of light and colourful vibrations circulates in the body. This current is responsible for the maintenance and proper functioning of the body systems. If the flow of this current in the body system stops, the holes and the cavities in the body become imbalanced, resulting in a state of inflammation.
In the joints and limbs, these electrical impulses flow in circles, and because of their circulatory movement, lubricants that are responsible for the mobility of the joints are produced. If these electrical impulses become affected and lose their balance, the joints become rigid, and inflammation causes them to lose their mobility.
Man is not only a physical body. There exists another light and delicate body over this physical body. The existence of our physical body is based upon a subtle body of lights. This subtle body of lights regulates all the functions and activities of the material body. The successful therapist, during the course of diagnosis, also takes into consideration the aspect of the physical body’s failure in proper reception of the stimuli of the astral body.
In order to develop their ability in this regard, the experts have devised many exercises to have an insight about certain points in the incorporeal body and their mode of functioning. Those who know how to use their inner eye can sight these points. They can see these points by looking at the astral body. Radiant lights of rainbow colours keep on emitting from the astral body. Each colourful light has a specific point in the astral body from where it is discharged. And corresponding to those points, there are points in the physical body to absorb the colourful vibrations from the astral body. If the colour points of the physical body are not absorbing the respective vibrations in adequate quantities, the physical body starts malfunctioning or is said to be ailing.
When a therapist with such a faculty looks at a patient, he immediately notices the deficiency or excess of colour(s) in the patient. He also comes to know whether the excess or deficiency of a colour or colours is because of immoderate feelings and emotions or due to some external factors like germs, viruses, or bacteria.
Negative feelings, perverted emotions, complex thinking, and impure thoughts result in destructive attitudes, which cause spots and patches in the subtle body of lights. These spots in the astral body become wounds and boils of the physical body, allowing passage to germs of every kind into the body.
Understanding the emotional and the physical condition of a patient is of vital importance when one is trying to diagnose and suggest treatment for a disease. In order to diagnose the cause of a disease, not only must the therapist know which colours are lacking in the patient so that the deficiency could be overcome by using the required colour in the appropriate quantity, but he must also know how the body system of a patient would react to different colours. If a therapist fails to exercise due diligence in this regard, he is prone to make mistakes in respect of correct analysis and diagnosis of the disease of a patient, resulting in faulty treatment and delay in cure for the patient. Therefore, for correct diagnosis and accurate treatment of a patient, a chromotherapist is required to know as much as possible about the general habits, temperament, and reactions of the patient towards various colours besides knowing the exact properties and characteristics of different frequencies of colourful vibrations.
Deficiency of red vibrations causes lethargy, debilitation, and sleepiness, and one can also suffer from constipation, whereas the deficiency of blue vibrations makes a person jittery, short-tempered, and hasty. The symptoms that indicate the deficiency or excess of a colour must be very clearly understood and remembered by the colour therapist.
In order to have the best results, a chromotherapist provides the required colours to the patient in such a manner that the colours are supplied to their respective centers in the body only. Diseases related to the brain, ears, nose, and eyes, for instance, need blue variations for their treatment, and if the rays of blue light are thrown upon the head, neck, and face, these vibrations will directly affect the center of blue colour. And, in case of gastric problems, yellow vibrations are required to be cast upon the abdomen and stomach so that the yellow center of the body could be supplemented with the needed colour.
In problems related to the heart, if the blood circulation is to be slowed down, then the patient is supplied with the blue, indigo, or violet colour, and if the blood circulation is to be stimulated, then the orange or red rays are to be provided. In complaints related to the spinal cord, if the yellow rays are cast over the backbone and the violet over the right side of the head, then the rate of recovery and cure becomes considerably fast.
In problems related to blood circulation, if the blood pressure and circulation are to be suppressed, then the use of green vibrations has been found very effective. And, in cases of low blood pressure, massage of oil charged with the red rays on the extremities and oral administration of water charged in the red vibrations brings immediate relief. Similarly, the pains in the limbs resulting from anemia and low circulation of blood invite red vibrations, but in muscular pains where the blood pressure is not low, the massage of oil prepared in the green vibrations effectively relieves the patients.
In cases of diseases resulting from hyperactivation of glands and excess of bile, the green colour brings their functioning to normal, and in cases when the glands are not functioning properly and the functioning is to be boosted, then the use of yellow and violet colours alternatively helps in achieving the desired results.
Problems of the abdomen, stomach, intestines, indigestion, etc., can be easily handled with yellow chromatized water, and to stimulate the visceral organs, one or two doses of red chromatized water help in quick recovery. In rheumatic piles, orange chromatized water orally and placing pads over hemorrhoids after wetting them in blue chromatized water brings immediate soothing.
In complaints related to the urinary tract, bladder, and kidneys, the violet rays over the lower back, along with green, orange, or blue colours according to symptoms, produce effective results.
In problems related to the lungs and respiratory tract, the use of orange gives remarkable results. And if in the treatment the violet colour is also added, then the cure is even more rapid.
In order to treat the weakness in the nervous system, the orange and violet are to be suggested, and to treat the oversensitivity of the nerves, the use of blue and green colours is to be recommended.
For treating problems of the uterus, ovaries, and womb and to improve their functioning, violet and yellow are the colours. And to treat sexual diseases like premature ejaculation and extra sensitivity, blue, violet, and green are the colours, but for incomplete erection and lack of sexual desires, red is to be administered along with violet. In order to increase the sperm count and for treating cases of impotency, violet and red are to be used.
Everyone of six billion people living on earth is nothing but a conglomeration of colours. The atmosphere where man lives is also nothing but a kaleidoscopic phenomenon of colours.
For example, the seven colours of the rainbow, variant colours of the sun, colour of the moonlight, stars, flowers, water, oxygen, clouds, plants, trees, and mountains. The colours of darkness, colourful shades of the sky, the earth, attractive colours of dresses that we wear, of curtains, furniture, and fixtures, vibrant paints of the walls, and the appetizing colours of our food and edibles like fruits and vegetables. The seasons—spring, autumn, winter, and summer—our living, wearing, and eating is all colours and only colours.
Every man, whether he is illiterate or literate, scholar or non-scholar, a peasant or a poet, a writer or a doctor, an artist or a scientist, man or woman, child or adult, lives in the world of colours, and when colours leave him, he passes away.
The system of health and disease is also based upon colours. The entire system of the earth is a system of colours. When nothing is colourless, then it becomes necessary all the same to find out the deficiency or excess of which colours result in illness, and how by balancing them we can maintain our health. When we talk about the therapeutic system practiced by uncivilized people, we do note the change in methodology and ways of application, but the basic principles remain the same.
Example:
Treating by Vibration:
When a medicine is administered upon a patient, it certainly contains one or more colours in it.
- When the medicine goes into the stomach, it leaves an effect like vibration.
- When the medicine is injected into the body, it causes a sensation like vibration.
- When a surgeon operates, that too causes vibration in the entire body system.
- When an anesthetist administers chloroform, it means that under the effect of anesthesia the consciousness is suspended forcefully.
The human body is nothing but a void within a void.
The void can be seen in the form of holes of the eyes, ears, nostrils, mouth, throat, and excretory system. Pores of the skin and the tunnel-like passage of the digestive system are also empty spaces. In absence of these holes, sweating couldn’t take place, nor could the air find its way in or out. When the function of these holes is disturbed, that place swells, and the body bulges. A sort of electric current made of colours and light keeps on circulating the body and keeps the physical system in order.
If the flow of this current stops, the spongy system of the holes unbalances, and swelling of the related parts results. Electrical impulses, during their circulation in the body, whirl in rounds and reach the joints. Due to the whirling effect of the electric current, the parts of joints remain apart, and lubricating oil-like substances are produced to keep the joints in proper working condition. If the flow of the electrical impulse loses its balance, the joints swell and become stiff.
Dense and Subtle Bodies
Man is not merely the material body of flesh and bones. There is a subtle body enveloping this physical body of matter. We have two bodies: dense and subtle. The subtle body controls all the movements and actions of the physical body.
For developing the capabilities of therapists, experts have determined different points of this subtle body, which can be seen only by those who have aroused their power of witnessing this subtle body of lights. These lights are no different than the rainbow colours.
When a therapist having this faculty looks at the patients, he comes to know which of the colours is in excess or is deficient in the patient. He also knows whether the cause of disease is unbalancing of feelings and emotions or it is because of external effects like germs, etc.
Complicated concepts, negative feelings, impious thoughts, and destructive acts and deeds produce spots in the subtle body of lights, which later on are displayed upon the physical body as wounds and boils that provide a sanctuary to germs and foreign bodies.
Method of Determining the Excess or Deficiency of Colours
For proper diagnosis and treatment, understanding of the physical and emotional conditions of the patient is very important so that it could be determined which colour has exceeded and which one is lacking in the body, and which colour could be used to get rid of the ailment. The patient’s habits, temperament, and ways of reacting to situations must also be taken into consideration before advising a treatment.
Deficiency of red causes a patient to become lethargic and sleepy; he may also complain of constipation. Whereas, in case of deficiency of blue, the patient becomes anxious, expresses anger, and acts impatiently.
One of the methods to determine the needed colour in the body is to study the colour of eyeballs, nails, and the skin of the patient. For instance, if a patient requires red colour, his eyeballs and nails would have a bluish tinge, his skin would appear to be off-colour, and he would have a dark shade under the eyes, whereas deficiency of blue would be indicated by redness in the eyes, nails, and skin.
If the red exceeds suddenly and excessively, as happens in the case of dog bites, the use of blue colour is to be repeated in quick successions.
Sometimes a particular colour seems to exceed in a particular organ or at a single point in the body, e.g., boils, rashes, sore eyes, headache, and paralysis, etc., but actually, this colour dominates the entire body system, and the natural immune system draws our attention towards its excess by exhibiting its symptoms on one or two parts of the body. In such a case, the therapist is required to also keep this thing into his consideration.
Sometimes the colour of the eyes might indicate the opposite of the requirement, e.g., reddening of the eyes could also be because of the lack of red colour in the body system. But when the other two things are examined closely, the exact situation can be easily determined.
People living in hot temperature zone countries have black pupils, whereas white-skinned people have blue or light-coloured pupils. Therefore, examination of all these three at the same time helps in reaching a correct decision.
Sometimes the nails have vertical lines, which indicate excessive production of phlegm in the body, and blackening of nails means that the black bile is exceeding its limits.
To control the excess of a colour, that colour is to be balanced using its moderating colour. How can we find a balancing colour, and which colour balances which colour?
Answers to these questions are also given in the Holy Scriptures.
“And, We created everything in pairs of twos.” (Quran)
God’s statement that everything has been created in pairs means that everything existing in this universe has been created with two sides, e.g., day and night, man and woman, delight and sorrow, light and darkness, hot and cold, spring and autumn, sleep and awakening, love and hatred; in short, nothing falls out of this law of creation. Out of these two sides, if one side is dominating, the other remains dominated, and at times the dominated side shifts its place with the dominating side and the dominating side becomes the dominated one. Colours are also the creation of God and these too follow this law.
The colour that we see with our eyes is the dominating side of that colour; its dominated side remains obscure from our eyes. It is the property of the dominated side that it balances the effects of the dominating side, and likewise, the dominating side balances the effects of the dominated side.
The method to see the dominated side of a colour is to stare at a colour intently for a while and then shift your gaze upon a white or off-white surface. The dominated side would appear lingering on that surface for a moment or so.
Dominating and dominated sides balance the effects of one another, therefore they are also known as complementary colours of one another.