Color Therapy – Also known as “chromotherapy” can bring healing down to the physical level.

Editor’s Note | Higher Journeys

In my recent article about synesthesia – the unique ability for an individual to associate one physical sense with another (i.e. tasting numbers or seeing music as images)  – I revealed that I’ve always paired days of the week with a specific color. In fact, I’ve always had an affinity to the energetic properties of color, even before I’d learned that something known as color therapy, also known as chromotherapy existed.

Well it appears that my sense was correct. Varying aspects of color therapy have existed for millennia and continue in earnest to this day. The following article paints a picture of how chromotherapy can be added to one’s self-healing arsenal.

By Dr. Laura Di Giorgio | DeepTranceNow.com

It has been known for eons of time that color plays a major role in setting up a particular mood or state of mind. Color does affect one’s feelings, moods, and emotions.

Colors are certain wavelengths of electro-magnetic energy seen through our eyes. The color we see is the part of the visible spectrum that is reflected back by a certain object.

We know that when all colors join the result is white light. Therefore working with White Light brings about completeness, oneness, union of all complementary parts.

How Colors Affect Us

• Color is one of the languages of the soul, just look at inspired or meditative paintings.
• They influence our mood and emotions.
• They have their impact on our sense of well-being or un-easiness.
• Using and avoiding certain colors is a way of self-expression; it sheds light on our personality.
• Colors affect our way of perception (light colors make a space look big, a high ceiling looks less high when painted in a dark color, etc.)
• Colors have a symbolic meaning which is immediately recognized by our subconsciousness. It must be said that not all colors mean the same to all persons and all cultures.
• They influence the flow and amount of energy in our bodies.
• Colors tell something about biological attraction and sexual availability.

Before examining color 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.

Body is an outward expression of that which is taking place within the mind, the soul (subconscious) , and the spirit (superconscious) of the individual. Thus, any healing technique which deals only with the physical body and 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.

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

Energy (spiritual) healers often supplement their healing work with color healing. As they lay their hands on the patient, they mentally direct specific color rays into the patient’s aura and body. Oftentimes, the color used is inspired by the superconscious.

In healing colors act as balancers: we administer the color(s) someone needs more of, or we give the opposite of the color someone has too much of.

Color Chart

A preference for certain colors can point at two things:

• self-expression (you choose the colors which match your personality; for instance green for a lover of harmony and nature)
• completion (you choose the colors you need more of; for instance an active, passionate person chooses blue colors to cool down his nature).

An aversion against certain colors gives information as well. Possible explanations are given in the chart.

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