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Other books by Valerieann Johnson Skinner Your Dream Mine: Discover the Gold Within Dream Journal Guidebook Returning to the Heart
Printed Copy $14.95 USACHAPTER 1: What About Color? ....1
Transcending Your Limitations ....1
Colors Through the Ages ....6
The Power of Color ....6
Review of Chapter 1 ....9
CHAPTER 2: Colors as Energy ....11
Chart . . . Energy Centers ....18
Review of Chapter 2 ....19
CHAPTER 3: Methods for Obtaining the Benefits of Colored Light ...21
Colored Flame Visualization ....24
The Violet Flame ....27
Using Sound With Color ....30
The Spoken Word ....31
Review of Chapter 3 ....33
CHAPTER 4: Meanings of Individual Colors ....35
White ....37
Yellow ....37
Orange ....39
Red. ....40
Pink ....42
Maroon ....42
Magenta ....42
Violet ....43
Purple ....44
Indigo ....45
Blue ....46
Green ....47
Turquoise ....49
Brown ....49
Gray ....49
Black ....50
Black Velvet ....51
CHAPTER 5: How to Interpret Colors in Your Dreams ....52
Steps for Interpreting Colors in Dreams ....55
About the Author ....57
If I could, I'd just sit here doing nothing for a while, resting myself from all my cares. Then . . . maybe I would get into my car and drive wherever my heart led me. And if I saw some birds bathing in the sun on the branch of a tree, I'd stop and join them, soaking in the beauties around me with no thought of time. Then perhaps, as I melted into my surroundings and they into me, I might just let go of my belief in gravity and fly with the birds.
With my new wings, I would fly to far places where new scenes of seashores and mountains would be waiting. I would enjoy each seashell on the shore, each leaf on the trees and the energy of everything around me until my cup was full. Then . . . who knows what I would do, for once I had experienced a world without limitations I would know that all my dreams were possible and I would never again be the same. After this . . . I couldn't go back to the old world, because it wouldn't exist, having (now) expanded my views beyond the old restrictions . . . into new possibilities.
Oh, but I can't take time to sit and do nothing . . . for I must tend to the needs of my family and those around me. There are mouths to feed, clothes to wash and house to clean . . . work to do, bills to pay and things to fix. Resting and enjoying the birds in the trees will never do. I cannot fly, especially to far off lands. There's never time or money for such things. Besides, that's not the thing that I "should" be doing anyway. So, I had better hurry home and get busy!
Which part of this story do you relate to? Are you doing the same old, same old, day after day, or are you enjoying your celestial wings of glory and flying in the realms of your full, unlimited potential?
Are there limitations in your life? Maybe just one or two? (Yes, I thought you had a few.) Would you like to transcend those limitations? It is possible. There is a place where time and space allow you to transcend your limitations. In this new world, which is found right where you are, you have "unlimited potential" and "unlimited possibilities." It is a world beyond the limited illusions of the physical. Does the thought of going there excite you?
Our universe is far more grand and subtle than anyone has previously thought. Albert Einstein's equation E=MC² tells us that all matter is energy. Physicists have proven that metal, plastic, wood and everything else in our world that appears solid is actually made up of swirling molecules temporarily molded in their current patterns and vibrating at the rates of metal, plastic or wood. Everything breaks down into subatomic particles of energy. And most importantly, our bodies are energy. Nothing is solid. It is all energy. Energy is nonphysical in nature and infinite.
As a matter of fact, physicists have isolated the smallest particles of energy . . . units far smaller than the atom . . . and examined them in sealed chambers. The particles remained constantly in motion until they eventually fell to the bottom of the chamber, where they appeared to die. But soon, the particles bounced back. Only this time, energy was a new size and weight and moving in a new pattern and speed.
What can we conclude from this?Energy cannot die, it can only transform.
Therefore, the obstacles to all your desires are really only energy . . . not brick walls . . . and those energies can be transformed. All the limitations you perceive out there are in reality . . . transformable energy.
Just to make sure you really heard what you just read, I'll repeat it. The obstacles to all your desires are really only energy . . . not brick walls . . . and those energies can be transformed. All the limitations you perceive out there are in reality . . . transformable energy.
Since we all are energy, we have always existed in some form, and we will always exist in some form. Furthermore, scientists have also concluded that we have the technological ability to measure only a tiny fraction of the energy spectrum surrounding us. If only we could measure the full spectrum. Einstein b elieved and current leading-edge scientists b elieve, we w ould discover entire new worlds, including alternate realities and parallel universes where, some speculate, events of our lives that we have yet to experience have already taken place! (Ponder that for a moment)
On a particular day, w hile traveling down a road in Kansas C ity, Missouri, my energies shifted such that I was able to see into another dimension. There before me, was the most beautiful city I had ever seen. It existed in the same place as Kansas City, only somewhat higher in elevation. It was full of light and appeared mostly white. It was as real to me as the physical city I was seeing simultaneously. Seeing this scene for myself let me know for certain that there are realities beyond what I usually see with my physical eyes. Opening myself up to all possibilities has resulted in many such experiences.
The fact is, there are unexplored realms of perception all around you. It is common knowledge that people rarely use more than 10% of their mental capabilities. However, it is possible to access the mysterious 90% of your mind that is unused . . . any time you want. How would you like to do that?
A simple way to begin tapping into that unused portion of genius is to become more aware of the subtle energies which are constantly at work in your life. By becoming aware of energy and consciously using your awareness of it to transform the undesirable energies into desirable energies, you are taking a big step in the direction of your unlimited potential, toward that which is already yours.
If you have never really thought about these things, learning about and using Color is a fun and easy way to begin your journey into the awareness of energy and how it works. Ultimately, you will be learning about yourself. According to Albert Einstein, everything is energy and that includes Color, which is the visible part of the spectrum of light. All Colors contain vibrations. We are empowered by becoming aware of and learning to work with these vibrations/energies. Vibrations affect us in everything we do both positively and negatively. They have the ability to destroy or heal, depress or uplift, repel or attract.
Studying the energies of the different Colors as a means for healing disease in body, mind, and spirit is very fascinating. Using Color to restore balance and harmony is an amazingly easy thing you can do for yourself. Unfortunately, most people are unaware of this simple and effective way of affecting their own healing or improving their business. But not for long, because this very information is contained in this book and is available to you right now. Read on to learn how you can begin enjoying the freedom found through a higher awareness of energy. Learn about the energy of each Color and how to use them in your life.
An important point to remember when using Color for healing is that complete healing comes about through an internal transformation . . . a changing of the energies inside ones self. God, the Source of all healing, enables this to happen. It is for us to be mindful of the tool(s) God offers to help effect the healing. Color is an important tool that we can use to complement healing. More than likely, your reading of this now, indicates that using Color is an important element in your healing or in some other aspect of your life. Nothing happens "by chance." Everything has meaning. You were led to read this for a reason. So read on and learn what is here for you.
Colors have been used to heal and protect mankind throughout the ages. White, for example, has been used in hospitals and churches for its purity and cleanliness. Black has been used for mourning our deceased.
It has been known f or thousa nds of years that Color 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: Color
does affect one's feelings, moods, and emotions. Whereas, in the past, so many of our hospitals and schools were painted that "institutional green." These places of learning and healing are now painted in vibrant Colors which help stimulate the mind and the emotions to a condition of healing and well-being.
We all respond, in some way, to our C olor environment. Most people know that bedrooms should not be painted in bright, flashy reds or yellows, because these Colors tend to stimulate the body and inhibit relaxation and sleep. By knowing how each color affects us, we can consciously use them to bless our lives. Otherwise, the Colors in our environment may be the wrong colors for what we need to stay in balance and may therefore be affecting us adversely.
You can begin to see that Color plays a vital role in the world in which we live. Color can sway thinking, change actions, and cause reactions. It can irritate or soothe your eyes, raise your blood pressure or suppress your appetite. When used in the right ways, Color can save energy consumption.
When used in the wrong ways, Color can contribute to global destruction. As a powerful form of communication, Color is irreplaceable. Red means "stop" and green means "go." Likewise, the Colors used for a product, web site, business card, or logo cause powerful reactions. Colors send a subliminal message, one which plays a critical role in success or failure.
For example, whenever you are selling anything, the secret is to appeal to the emotions of the person you are selling to. When they read your sales copy, they have to be reading words that stir up certain emotions which lead them to a position where they want your product more than anything else. An important part of the selling ta ctic, which, unfortunately, too many people pass up, is the Color scheme. Using Colors which symbolize what it is you are doing will make a huge difference. You will see an increase in performance of the best sales copy . . . if you have the right Colors behind it.
The concept of Color can be approached from several disciplines: physiology, psychology, philosophy, spirituality and art. Colors can be used to alter our physical, mental, emotional, and spiritual conditions.
It is interesting to note that everyone has an opinion on Colors. Everyone has his or her favorites and is affected by Colors, often more than is realized. Colors are intimately tied into all aspects of our lives. It has even become a significant part of our language. We use Colors to describe our physical health, our emotions, attitudes, and even our spiritual experiences. No one is neutral when it comes to Colors. There are always Colors we like more than others, and some w e just don't like at all.
Have you ever considered Color as having meaning in your dreams? You spend a good portion of your life sleeping. Just how vital is sleeping and how vital are your dreams? They are another form of subtle energy which aid us in not only healing, but in receiving direction in life. Researchers often study the effects of depriving a subject of sleep for a number of days. When humans are totally deprived of sleep for several days, they experience symptoms like irritability, blurred vision, slurred speech, memory lapses, and confusion.
In experiments in which rats were deprived of sleep for long periods of time, the animals eventually died. From these results scientists conclude that sleep does indeed serve a vital physiological function. Other researchers have discovered that it is the lack of dreaming which is most detrimental. If dreaming is so important to our well being, why don't we pay more attention to our dreams and what they mean? Have you ever had a dream that you wished you had an interpretation for?
As I learned about dreams and how to interpret them, I discovered that understanding Color was one of the vital keys. With the knowledge of Color and how to read the other signs and symbols, I have been empowered with an ability to tap into the insightful and healing messages sent to me each night. I will include a section on "H ow to Interpret Colors in Y our Dreams" in this book, however, if you are interested in an enlightening discourse on the healing available every night and how you can interpret your own dreams, read Your Dream Mine: Discover the Gold Within. To get a copy, go to www.valerieann.com. As I have learned how to receive the guidance given nightly and work with energies in this way, my life has taken a dramatic turn for the better.
2. What did Albert Einstein teach us about matter? a) all matter is energy
b) our bodies are energy
c) nothing is solid
d) energy is nonphysical in nature and infinite
3. What do we learn from examining units far smaller than the atom in isolated chambers?
a) energy cannot die, it can only transform
b) the obstacles to all your desires are really only energy which can be transformed
4. What d id Einstein believe we w ould discover if we could measure the full spectrum of energy surrounding us?
a) entire new worlds
b) alternate realities
c) parallel universes where, events of our lives that we have yet to experience have already taken place
6. Is it possible to use the other 90% right now?
a) yes
b) you can use 100% of your mind any time you want
a) by becoming aware of subtle energy and how to use it
8. How can you use subtle energy as a means for healing disease in body, mind and spirit?
a) there are many modalities, one of which is to learn about the energy
of each Color and then use what you learn
9. In what ways has Color been significant through the ages? a) it has been used for stimulating healing and well-being b) used for setting up particular moods, feelings or states of mind c) used as a powerful form of communication
10. Are dreams a form of subtle energy?
a) yes
b) they contain healing, balancing and insight
c) they are also a means of receiving communication from the divine
a) yes, it is very helpful
By the way, this was not a quiz with different possible answers . . . all answers are true.
Chapter 2
To understand how Colors are able to affect us, we must begin to understand what Einstein learned and see ourselves as an energy system which is indeed what we are. Everything in life is energy and is formed from vibration. These vibrations are the result of the movement of the electrons and protons of every atom in every molecule of every substance in the universe.
The human body comprises many energy fields. These energy fields surround, emanate from and can interact with the physical body and its various functions. These energy fields include, but are not limited to: light (Color), electricity, heat, sound, magnetism and electromagnetism. They are scientifically measurable. The different frequency of light or Colors affects different energies of the body. Some Colors can more easily affect the higher frequencies of the brain because they have a higher light wave frequency. Other Colors can affect the systems or energies of the body, which operates at a slow er rate, because they have a lower frequency.
By learning which Colors vibrate with the energy needed to accomplish our goals, whether the goal is for healing or success in business, we can greatly increase our effectiveness in achieving our desired result.
Is one of your desires to feel better and have more energy? Why not employ things you are already using every day such as the Color of the clothes you wear. Instead of unconsciously wearing Colors that may be amplifying negative undesired results, tap into the power of the Colors that can infuse your body and life with the desired energy and healing.
Chromotherapy, or Color healing, is one method for working with subtle energies of the body. The Human Energy Field is the manifestation of universal energy that is intimately involved with human life. It can be described as a luminous body that surrounds and interpenetrates the physical body, emits its own characteristic radiation and is usually called the "aura."
The aura is an outward expression of that which is taking place within the mind, the soul, the spirit and the feelings of the individual. It is the invisible energy body. Thus, any healing technique which deals with the aura or the energy field will jump start the individual, so to speak, and give 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 is most often the case, usually caused by buried or unresolved negative feelings, then it is important to complement what you are doing with true Spiritual Healing, where the power of God's Healing and Spirit can effect a cure. But even here, the individual must change that which needs to be cha nged or the condition which brought about the disease will eventually manifest again. The negative feelings must be dealt with and the negative energies changed to positive ones.
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 another form. This is the law of cause and effect.
God can effect miraculous healing, through many methods, but not even God can force the individual to change internally. That would be God's interfering with His most profound gift to us: the freedom of choice. We are the ones that need to "take the bull by the horns," so to speak, and choose the healing path.
You are now on the path of learning how to work with the energies in and around you. You not only have an energy field called an aura of which you need to be aware, but you also have energy centers throughout your body which are called "chakras," and every chakra is related to a specific Color.
There are seven main chakras. Each of these vortices exchanges energy with the universal energy field. It is important that these chakras or energy centers are open. Having our chakras open means two things. First, it means metabolizing a lot of energy from the universal field through all the chakras, large and small. Second, it means letting in, and in some way dealing with, all the consciousness that is associated with the energy that is flowing through us . . . not an easy task.
It is important to open the chakras and increase our energy flow, because the more energy we allow to flow through us, the healthier we are. Illness in the system is caused by an imbalance of energy or a blocking of the flow of energy.
With this in mind, let us look at how Color can impact the aura and chakras and help jump-start the tired or diseased body. Color healing can be implemented in a number of ways and it's not a new idea. The ancients built great halls for Color healing, where individuals entered and were bathed in light that was filtered through various colored glass panels or windows. Pay attention to what you feel the next time you have the opportunity to stand in the rays of the sun after they have first passed through a stained glass window. In ancient Egypt, people were often dipped in vats of Colored pigment, in order to help effect a cure. Other methods of Color healing involved grinding up crystals and gemstones for ingestion.
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. The Color used is most often inspired by your intuition or Spirit.
To facilitate healing, Colors act as balancers. You either administer the Color(s) someone needs more of, or give the opposite of the Color someone has too much of.
Colors and tones are parallel, having the same frequency. Healthy people are in tune with their ground or main tone, which means that they vibrate on their own unique frequency . . . the truth of their Being . . . who they really are. Their aura will keep them in balance by attracting the necessary energies or frequency to keep their physical body in balance. Healthy people are playing and living their unique song. A healthy person is in harmony with the song of the universe. All planets in their orbit, create the music of the spheres. The planets play music as they move. So do we. It is either a song of beauty or chaos, depending on our state of peace or unrest inside.
When people get stressed, shocked, frightened or threatened, their aura becomes damaged and their chakras become blocked. These energetic power fields become thin and show dark spots or lesions, which are what keeps the aura from working properly. The result is that their frequency changes and they adapt a different frequency, and as a result the person will feel uncomfortable or get sick. They move into a chaotic frequency, playing tones which are not theirs, becoming inharmonious with the universal song.
In 1988, UCLA professor, Dr. Valorie Hunt conducted a study on the human aura. Dr. Hunt found that the aura Colors could be measured in Hertz. (Hz = Hertz or cycles/second) The results of this research are as follows:
Blue 250-275 Hz, plus 1200 Hz
Green 250-475 Hz
Yellow 500-700 Hz
Orange 950-1050 Hz
Violet 1000-2000, plus 300-400 Hz; 600-800 Hz White 1100-2000 Hz
Learning about this research, which proved that each Color had a frequency, was very exciting to me as an artist. Several years ago, I began to realize that each of my oil paintings had a unique energy. As I hung them in my home, I could feel the effect they had on me. It wa s then that I really began to understand the power of Color in my life.
Hopefully you are seeing the relationship between Color, frequency, your health, attitudes and behaviors. Color is a big part of our human energy field; your aura and chakras. Learning how to use the frequency of Colors consciously is powerful. Anything you can do to raise your vibrations or frequency will ultimately help you in healing or anything else you are trying to accomplish in life.
In addition to using Color to effect healing and improve my life, I also use essential oils because of their ability to help my body maintain higher frequencies or energy. Essential oils have various grades, the more pure, the better the oil. I have f ound the pure oils sold by Young Living to be the best.
Essential Oils were mankind's first medicine. They are liquids that are distilled from plants (including plant parts such as seeds, bark, stems, leaves roots, flowers and fruit). They are the blood of the plants.
Essential oils also have a measurable frequency. For example, Rose has the highest frequency of the oils at 320 MHz. By using certain Essential Oils, I have been able to more easily maintain my energy level. I even add Essential Oils to my oil paint to enhance the energy of my paintings.
You now know that Colors and Essential Oils have measurable frequencies. Did you know that the Human Body has a frequency of between 62-68 MHz? Not only that, each disease also has its own frequency such as cancer at 42 MHz and cold symptoms at 58 MHz. Therefore, if your body vibrates at the frequency of 42 MHz for a period of time, rather than its usual 62 MHz, you will be living in the frequency of Cancer which could manifest in your physical body. Are you putting 2 and 2 together? Is it important to do things that keep your energies at a higher frequency? Remember Einstein and what he learned . . . everything is ENERGY and it cannot be destroyed, it can either stay the way it is or be changed/transformed, therefore . . .
Attaining your desired goals in healing or anything you are doing in life, has everything to do with learning to work with energy . . . vibrations . . . frequencies . . . and then with that awareness, using them to transform the undesirable into the desirable.
At which frequency are you living? Do you have illness and disease in your present experience? Do you think it would benefit you to raise your vibrations and maintain a higher freq uency?
Here the healing qualities of colored light come in. As already mentioned, each Color has a particular wavelength. By administering a certain Color you can strengthen the aura so it can repair itself and return to its original ground-tone. The physical effect is healing of the body.
On the next page you w ill find a chart showing where each Chakra is located in the body. It also shows the Color, Musical Notes, Glands and Essential Oils associated with each chakra.
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