Colors...

Black and white are psychologically mirrors of each other. The word “black” will bring out the response “white” almost instantaneously in most people. The association between black and white is obviously very strong. All we know about black is only a overturn chapter of white.

It is either the absence of color or full shining radiation of all the colors, black and white indicate a place that is beyond color. There is a place inside of everyone that cannot be touched (Red), cannot be explored socially (Orange), cannot be separated, changed or judged (Yellow), cannot be possessed (Green), cannot be conceptualized or bound in time (Blue), cannot be known through psychic faculties (Indigo), and cannot be patterned, imagined, ordered or magically conjured (Violet).

What is it that is beyond all our levels of perception? What is it that we can know only in a pure sense through direct experience? When we are still we can know what most people miss and that is the level of pure being with its will or lack of it.

When we communicate and relate to others there is something beyond their mind, emotions and body that we can touch or completely ignore. We listen to words, argue with words without paying much attention to the being behind the words. When we listen to another there are three levels. The first is the word level, second is the essence level and the third is the level of being. Normally we do not pay attention to how people actually feel beyond their emotions, this is the basic cause of most of the miscommunications, misunderstandings and conflicts people normally experience.

Perhaps the easiest way to understand the thoughtful space of black, and its severe connection to white, is to look up at the darkness of space. When one looks in-between the stars in the heavens what do we see. We see the blackness of space but with our minds, we can understand that it is only black because it is so full of white light that we would go blind if we could see all of the light that is traveling between the stars. In every pinpoint of space is all the light from all the stars in the universe. Each point is an absolute space of cosmic light.

 The colors and levels of intelligence all come from the cosmic light, which is broken down into the spectrum colors inside of us. However, our beings are tuned to the full spectrum that is not broken down by us or anyone else.

Consciousness is the manifestation of Pure Being and has everything to do with light. Consciousness creates the world in which we live and have our being. Just like a mirror, Consciousness reflects things on its own surface. Consciousness is the basic substance of the universe and everything we experience in our minds, emotions and bodies is a disturbance in consciousness. Pure being and pure consciousness are the same thing as pure awareness, which is a knowing space that we can only usually experience when we still our minds so no thoughts are present.

With the human brain able to distinguish over two hundred shades of white, able to see the same color no matter the light source, saying color is essential to our perception is no slight exaggeration. Viewing a black and white scenic full of all the shades of gray that a good medium and artist can bring to light, the emotions just those shades of gray can evoke is tremendous! But that's just a small sampling of the potential a full palette of colors can bring to an artwork. Not going to pass myself off as a scholarly master of psychology or try to convince you that one must have one color over the other for an ART to be successful. A sunset is going to be in a red band of light no matter what psychological message we might want to communicate. What I want to bring to the forefront of your consciousness and understanding is what color can communicate and how you can make use of that in your ART.

One can get a handle on the mystery of consciousness and that state of pure being when we understand that pure consciousness is the Creator of Creation and that without consciousness nothing can exist. Everything that happens—happens in consciousness. When we realize that everything we see depends on consciousness, the pure impersonal level of consciousness that permeates everyone and everything, we take a big step in understanding the true nature of our beings and our existence in life in a body.

Color greatly influences human emotion and behavior. Artists and designers have long understood how color can dramatically affect moods, feelings, and emotions. It is a powerful communication tool and can be used to signal action, influence mood, and cause physiological reactions. It is already proved that certain colors have been associated with increased blood pressure, increased metabolism, and eyestrain.

When we meditate, after years of practice, most damaging thoughts are filtered. The mind becomes clear without the intrusion of worries, uncertainties, and fears. It is a place of stillness, clarity and illumination thanks to the elimination of these detrimental thoughts. When we meditate we challenge our minds to progress beyond its usual state of constant busyness to stillness so we can experience something else that is beyond mental awareness. Allowing ourselves to achieve this mental freedom is the only way to experience the state of clarity that comes from experiencing our pure consciousness. It is bliss that anyone is capable of achieving when we can bathe ourselves in our pure selves.

The whole spectrum of complexity of life is really the infinite gradations of this capacity for consciousness or awareness. This type of awareness or consciousness exists beyond all dualities so it is not easy to understand and or express.