Animals are of two kinds. One walks on four legs, and the other walks on two legs. Flying animals and swimming animals are also included among those that walk on four legs, because they use both wings and legs. The way they fly is the same as that of four-legged animals. The animal that walks on two legs is the human being.
Four-legged animals, flying animals, and swimming animals receive the celestial color evenly throughout their bodies. For this reason, instinct operates in them rather than intellect. At most, they can be trained, but that too does not fall within the sphere of reasoning. They only acquire what is necessary for their survival and have little connection with unnecessary things. The things they need are mostly related to the waves of the celestial color.
The two-legged animal, that is, man, first receives the mixed celestial color, composed of many hues, in his hair and head, and this mixed color remains attached to him. The more the thoughts, feelings, and perceptions arising from this mixture of colors influence his mind, the more he is affected.
There are trillions of compartments in the brain through which electrical currents pass. Through these electrical currents, thoughts move between consciousness, subconsciousness, and the much deeper unconscious.
One compartment of the brain is that in which the electric current continuously takes and distributes photographs. These photographs are either extremely dark or extremely bright.
Another compartment holds some important things, but not so important that they are remembered after many years. A third compartment absorbs relatively more important matters that sometimes return to memory when the occasion arises. A fourth compartment stores routine activities through which a person acts, though without deliberate intent. A fifth compartment recalls past events suddenly, which have no connection with the sequence of one’s life. That is, one thought appears and immediately another thought arises that has no relation to the first. A sixth compartment is one in which nothing is remembered, or if remembered, it is instantly followed by action. For example, one thinks of a bird, and immediately that bird appears before him. A seventh compartment is what is commonly called memory.
When the mixed celestial color enters and becomes rooted in the brain, thoughts, feelings, and perceptions keep changing. The nature of these changes is such that the shades of this color, whether light or dense, produce varying effects, and then quickly withdraw to make room for other shades. Many of the shades that withdraw become sensations because they are deep, while many ideas lose their distinct forms and scatter. Gradually, man learns to combine these ideas. Those that he entirely cuts off are deleted, and those he absorbs become actions. These shades continue to work in this way, and through them man experiences sorrow and joy. Sometimes he becomes sad, even deeply sorrowful, and sometimes he becomes happy, even very happy. The shades that can leave the body are released, but those that become embedded within the body turn into the nervous system.
Man walks on two legs; therefore, the effects of these shades are first received by his brain. The brain has certain specific movements through which it operates the nervous system. The back part of the head, the medulla oblongata, and the spinal cord play a special role in this system. Both sorrow and joy affect the nervous system. Sorrow and joy are in reality an electric current that enters the brain and spreads through all the nerves.
These waves enter the brain of the two-legged animal. Their weight, composition, and atmosphere are not uniform everywhere but are distributed unevenly. In this distribution, some shades of the waves are absorbed more and some less. Countless cells in the human brain also work simultaneously. It is not necessary that the wave-shades formed from the atmosphere retain their effects in all these countless cells. Sometimes their effects are very weak, sometimes they vanish altogether. Yet it is clear that these brain cells are never empty. Sometimes their inclination is more toward air, sometimes toward water, sometimes toward food, and sometimes solely toward light. From this light, colors and blended forms of colors are produced and continually expended.
By Khawaja Shamuddin Azeemi RA, from his book: Healing with Colors and Light