Colour and Influence of Saintly Thoughts Swami Sivananda

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The Buddha declared, All that we are is made up of our thoughts. It

is our thoughts that cause the round of births. So, we should always

strive to purify our thoughts.

 

When we o and sit near a sage, we feel a unique calmness; but if we

are in the company of a bad and selfish person, we feel uneasy. It is

because the vibrations of peace and calmness emanate from the aura of

the sage, whereas from the aura of the selfish person emanate

vibrations of evil and selfish thoughts.

 

The second effect of thought is the creation of a definite form. The

quality and the nature of a thought determine, the colour and the

clearness of that thought-form. A thought-form is a living entity and

it has a strong tendency to carry out the intention of the thinker.

Blue thought-forms denote devotion.

 

The thought-form of self-renunciation is of the lovliest pale azure

with a white light shining though it. Thought-forms of selfishness,

pride and anger are of grey-brown, orange and red colour,

respectively.

 

We are always surrounded by these thought-forms and our minds are

seriously affected by them. Not one-fourth of our thoughts are our

own, but are simply picked up from the atmosphere. Mostly they are of

evil nature. So we should always utter God’s name mentally. It will

always protect us from their evil influence.

 

Power of Thoughts that Prompt

 

Gain a clear understanding of suggestions and their effects upon the

mind. You should be careful in the use of suggestions. Never give

wrong suggestion which will destructive results to anybody. You will

be doing a great harm and disservice to him. Think well before you

speak.

 

Teachers and professors should have a thorough knowledge of the

science of suggestion and auto-suggestion. They can educate and

elevate students in an efficient manner.

 

In Southern India, when children cry out in house parents frighten

them by saying, Look here, the two-eyed man has come. Keep quiet, or

I will hand you over to this man or ghost has come, etc., and

suggestions of this sort are very destructive. The child becomes

timid.

 

The minds of children are elastic, tender and pliable. Samskaras are

indelibly impressed at this age. Changing or obliterating the

Samskaras becomes impossible when they grow. When the child grows

into a man, he manifests timidity.

 

Parents should infuse courage into the minds of their children. They

should say, Here is a lion. See the lion in this picture. Roar like a

lion. Be courageous. See the picture of Shivaji, Arjuna or Clive.

Become chivalrous.

 

In the West, teachers show the pictures of battlefields to children

and say, Look here, See this picture of Napoleon. Look at his

chivalry. Won’t you like to become a Commander-in-chief of the army

or a Brigadier-General? They infuse courage into the minds of

children from their very childhood. When they grow, these Samskaras

get strengthened by additional external stimuli.