Black is a colour steeped in mystery and traditions; religions and cultures use this colour in abundance. Black is the beginning; everything starts with the colour black pervading. The creation itself starts with darkness and the God orders that “there shall be light, and light there was”. So runs the scriptures. Babies are born from mothers’ womb, once again from the world of darkness. After college education, the successful students file past in their convocations donning black cloaks. Marriage ceremony takes place often with the groom in formal dress mainly in black. When the end of life comes black pervades once again in its full and manifest strength. So the colour black is with us. But is it good, bad or ugly? I am describing in the blog post the general facts along with good, bad and ugly features of the black colour.
1. General Facts
Black colour actually means absence of any colour; in the Indian Vedic system black is considered to be in the colourless region.
1. It denote the cosmic night – what is un-seen, un-fathomed and un-known; it goes deep into infinity on the horizon and it goes deep underneath the earth where nobody has ever ventured
2. Two issues make black colour cosmically important. One, it is formless hence requires intervention of form from elsewhere; the other, it works within; it boils inside and needs another colour may be white or magenta or any other to brighten it up. This dependence made the colour be something feminine. From time immemorial women liked this colour. Today girls and ladies wear black colour (I am omitting the word clothes to keep it short and sweet) both as inner and outer garments
3. In the paint industry more than 50 % of the production consists of either black or white colour paints. Though black is considered to be a background colour for many activities, such as painting, drawing, acting, drama and so on, it is simply the fusion of three basic colours: Red, Blue and Yellow
4. Religious leaders selected black as their chosen colour; Jewish Rabbis began this tradition later followed in the Christian liturgy generously; the swirling movements of the dancing Sufi Dervesh ( Mendicants ) in their black coloured breast coats is too spectacular for you to watch
5. It is a colour of formal occasions; in the court rooms lawyers wear black cloak universally. In formal ceremonies majority of the men still wear black colour suits
6. The curative properties of black coloured gems and crystals such as black obsidian (apache tears) smoky quartz, black onyx, black tourmaline (schorl) black opals and black pearls are well known
7. Black colour is specially recommended for those born in the 21st lunar mansion of the City ( Arabic Manzil Al-Baldah ); those born in the lunar days of 8 , 17 and 26; those who have number combination where 8 is prominent; those whose names begin with H, F , P and S.
2. Good
There are several positive cosmics in black colour:
1. Most grounding colour, it makes you put your feet down and stand with strength and resoluteness; for a serious minded, conservative and conventional person black is “the colour”.
2. When wearing black you will feel that the ground energy begins to flow from your feet and move upward, energizing all your energy centres (Chakras). This happens via the spinal cord. This energy, feminine in nature meets up with white colour flowing downward from the head. The meeting place could be anywhere in the body frame
3. When you require a high degree of inner strength and focus, black is the colour that helps; you can concentrate and zoom in on a question, say a math or other issue
4. Black works in two ways depending on the person who wear; for some it attracts bad vibration (see under Bad); for some it repels black magic. You have heard about diamond cutting diamond; same thing prevails in black magic and spells. By wearing black you counter the effects of bad vibes. This is the reason why exorcists throughout the world use white garments with a black coat or cap
5. Black gives you security; women fearing the opposite sex often resort to black cloaks or over-alls to seek refuge. Inside such cloaks or over-alls they feel very secure, but when they are out these they are dead scared of men, a bitter psychological condition
6. Aristocracy and the wealthy wear black over-alls to project authority and awe; but generally remove the black over-alls as they enter their palaces to prevent any bad vibes streaming inside
7. Black gives you authority, power and prestige; it gives you composure, rest and a feeling of slow-tuning zing
8. Oh yes. Black is a definite plus for sex and sexuality; ladies wear black for style and elegance; that is what they say; in fact they do this for inciting sex in men
9. When females wear black it gives them a slim look but when men wear it they get an athletic look
10. Black mixes well with light colours and in such combination black enhances the brightness of the other colour
11. Inside house and rooms black dulls brightness but compensates by giving an ambience of rest, sobriety and silence
3. Bad
Inappropriate use of black colour gives the following negative cosmics:
1. The word black is often used with bad connotation; black denotes protest, rebel, and the dress code for the hangmen and the ones to be hanged
2. Black is symbolized with death, bereavement, shroud, sepulchre and mourning
3. Black instills the fear of the un-known; the dark side of anything; It resonates well with Evil and Lucifer
4. It also signifies something hidden but important, like black box in an aircraft
5. It gives the feeling of depression, anxiety, loneliness, sorrow; being negative, passive and inundated with lot of pessimism
6. You always get a feeling that you are in “a bind”; something that overlooking you like a CTV camera in a supermarket or something that does not make you move forward
7. It makes the wearer feel aloof, proud and prejudiced like a pea-cock in plumes
8. In the colour personality test developed by Dr. Max Luscher, black expresses the idea of nothingness, renunciation, surrender or relinquishment
9. Al-Biruni, the famous Arab astronomer dismissed black as the colour of Saturn and anything connected to this evil planet
10. For some, black attracts bad vibes; genies hang on to their black coats or cloaks and enter houses without the wearer’s knowledge. This is acute generally in the case of women wearing cloaks when they are menstruating.
11. In Eastern cultures seeing menstruating women first thing in the morning (called Mulichi in Tamil), is very bad omen. Besides, if the menstruating women wear black cloaks or over-alls it is double whammy
12. In Hindu tradition the goddess Kali (war) god Yama (death) are dressed in black
13. Black inside home would destroy positive vibration and make it a graveyard
4. Ugly
Over-use of black colour gives the following very negative cosmics:
1. Though black absorbs heat, like inside a black umbrella, it drains the cosmic energy coming from the sunlight; too much black cloaks and over-alls destroys the cosmic harmony of the entire world. Not only that, the over-use of black cloaks and over-alls deprives others who are in the vicinity of the black wearers, the benefit of enjoying cosmic rays.
2. The colour rays that pour down on the earth are for the benefit of the entire humanity. These rays nurture and nourish the earth and its atmosphere. When lots of people wear black cloaks or over-alls, the cosmic rays are blunted and sent back to the atmosphere. This phenomenon creates havoc in the atmosphere as piled up rays tend to break the ozone belt
3. Ozone belt is not only destroyed by the use of chemicals and gases but by the indiscriminate use of black colour. While attempts are being made to reduce the impact of chemicals and gases, sadly, no effort is being made to reduce the over-use of black
4. Black incites the dark and criminal quality of sub-conscious mind. When this happens the criminal element takes the upper hand and men and women are forced to engage in criminal activities to satisfy the dark desires that lie deep-seated in their minds
5. Black also intimidates the people who innocently witness too many people wearing black in their vicinity
6. Finally too much of black destroys the cosmic balance of the earth and its people, a danger that needs immediate attention by the human race.
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Muthu Ashraff
Cosmic Adviser