By Marishka
What causes that beautiful rainbow?
What do those colors mean?
Nobody knows what keeps a person alive. We know that we consist of many complex proteins, organs, and nerves, which work as a whole and perfect machine. But what is the spark? What makes us tick, and why? Our bodies consist of molecules, one on top of each other, and organs connected to other organs in an incredible chain of perfection.
In the words of the famous song, do you ever ask yourself "Is that all there is" to life? Do you think that man is limited to existence only? The most important thing to realize is that that we are fantastic biochemical factories with unlimited possibilities, both mental and physical.
We have access to pure energy. Light is life. Light is our source of energy. The sun sends a constant stream of energy to our earth. Everything reaches for this energy. Even if it is raining, the sun is still shining above the clouds and sending its energy through every raindrop. In that way the rain is both water and intense solar energy.
If you look into a raindrop in the right way you will see a rainbow reflection. The light vibrates with colour energies, which we absorb through our eyes and skin. We cannot live without that light energy.
It is not until illness eats up our energy reserves, and we feel that our energy is disappearing, our body weakened and our mental will inadequate to make the body function with vitality, that we realize how essential life's energy sources are. It is like a dam without water when the body is drained of energy.
We can see the colours in sunlight if we pass the rays through a prism. Because each of the colours has a different wavelength, each is bent by a different amount. Water droplets in the sky act as natural prisms. As sunlight passes through the droplets, each of the different rays is bent by a different amount, creating a rainbow.
The rainbow colors form one "octave" of light, with Red being the longest wavelength that we can see (with the slowest frequency of vibration), and Violet the shortest wavelength (with the quickest vibration).
Our eyes are undeniably the primary organs for sensing colours, but it has been proved that we can also sense colour through our skin. A sightless person can often describe colour based on the sensation that it creates - and so vividly that you would believe that they could see!
Colour affects us every minute of our lives, whether we are awake or asleep, sighted or blind. The decoration of our homes and gardens, the clothes we wear, the makeup that we use to decorate our bodies, the food we eat; all exhibit colour, all affect our living. There are the colours that we inherit naturally - hair, eyes, and skin - and there are the colours that we have a love for. Then there are the colours we need to use to attain our immediate personal goals.
If we know the influence that colours can have, then we can choose the right colour to create the desired effect. Conversely, if we don't understand how colour effects us and those around us, it's the same as trying to get somewhere without a map.
There have been many studies done, and subsequently many books written on the influence of colour. I thought I would discuss a couple of areas, and if they spark your imagination, please get the reference books from the Library or from Amazon.
Pink Pink - is a mixture of red to which white has been added, is gentler in its stimulation than red and helps our muscles to relax.