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THE
MEANING OF
COLORS AND
THEIR ROLE IN
YOUR LIFE
SADHGURU ISHA FOUNDATION
Though he’s never taken a lesson or been on a practice
range, Sadhguru’s golf shotmaking is the envy of many
golfers. Named one of India’s 50 most infl uential people,
Sadhguru is a yogi, mystic, a bestselling author & poet.
Sadhguru has been conferred the “Padma Vibhushan” by
the Government of India in 2017, the highest civilian award
of the year, accorded for exceptional and distinguished
service. http://isha.sadhguru.org/
ow is color signifi cant for human consciousness
as such, or for any kind of spiritual process? It
insignifi cant in the sense that the color that you
refl ect will naturally add to the aura that you
carry. People on the ascetic path don’t want to
wear anything because they don’t want to add
anything new to themselves. They just want to work with what
they have. They don’t want to take on anything more. What you
are right now, to work that out is quite substantial. Adding one
more thing complicates it. So they walk naked. If walking naked
is diffi cult socially, they put on a loincloth. But the idea is they
don’t take on anything more than what they are. They know that
what they are is itself substantial. There are other aspects to it
but this is in terms of the color. What is color, fi rst of all? The
color of any substance is not because of what it is, it is what it
rejects or what it gives away or refl ects. Something looks red
not because it is red, but because it holds back everything that
white light contains and refl ects red. So red does not mean it is
red. Red means it is not red! Whatever you give away, that will
be your quality in the world also.
The meaning of the color red
If you walk in the forest, it is all green but there will be one spot
of red – somewhere one red fl ower blossoming – that draws your
attention because in your perception, red is the most vibrant of
all the colors. All other colors may be pretty and nice but red is
vibrant.
Many things which are signifi cant to you are red. Red is the
color of your blood for example. In human consciousness, colors
have a big impact upon how you feel, and red creates maximum
vibrance. Anything exuberant means red. You may have heard
of “painting the town red!” Among the deities that you create,
the feminine forms are the most exuberant. Linga Bhairavi’s
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