A dip into secrets of Colourful Holi : Part 2

It’s Radha Krishna’s play that took this internal journey to next level and demonstrated the secret of being blissfull (Prahlad).

It was the time when Radha realized her Para form that made Krishna over joyous. To mark this happiness they celebrated Holi with colourful flowers.

We know that flowers are colourful, having pleasant smell and a soft touch. They arouse emotions…. Radha Krishna celebration’s external play was this colourful Holi. This play resulted taking us into that emotional state which was beyond comprehension and ultimately resulted into Compassion.

This was then followed year after year and Holi was played with flowers. The way of celebrating Holi further evolved and people started throwing water on each other to cool their bodies on this hot day.

Human creativity has no limits, and to make this water colourful, they started using different flowers. One such famous flower was called as Tesu ke phool. This flower leaves its colour in the water.

As the time progressed, like any other process, the substitutes of colours found their place. Now, we have colours made of different materials and call them Gulal, Rang, etc.

Now, to dwell deep into secrets of Holi celebrations, let’s look at it from different approaches – A yogic thought, scientific explanation, Vedic wisdom, etc.

Holi is such an event that even Yogis also follow though they employ techniques highlighted by Adiyogi Shiv. They prepare ‘Thandai’ – a typical preparation for cooling the entire body system. This drink prepares the body to be able to handle sudden increase in heat in the atmosphere. Thandai balances heat in body organs.

Radha Krishna’s Holi leela highlights a different approach; Love, laughter and play to cool and balance internal energy that leaves us wondering about those hidden concepts. This could help us in aligning ourselves with the Anand (bliss) of this occasion.

We have also learnt in science that when a ray of light passes through a prism, it divides into constituent colours. This is called spectrum of light. These colours are different due to different frequencies of electromagnetic waves. As per scientist Max Planck the energy is dependent on frequency of radiation. So we know that we have different energies that are seen as different colours.

Vedic wisdom highlights ‘Shiv –Shakti’ principle, which explains that energy, has corresponding matter also. As the famous scientist Einstein has explained by mathematical expression:

E=mc², 

He proved that energy and mass are inter-convertible. Basis this scientists designed Atom Bomb. Which demonstrated release of tremendous amount of energy when mass transformed in an atom bomb. Energy was so large that it changed destiny of humankind.

So, we know that energy has a corresponding matter also. On the same lines, in our body we have organs and their energy. This pair is explained in detail in Tantra. Energy is identified as soul of the organ or that body part. Energy is the Soul, while body part is identified as Shiv.

This pair of organ and its soul is depicted by Shiv – Shakti principle in Tantra. This gives us a basis for connecting us with these colours. Different colours will have their different energies and accordingly will have impact on different body parts. These pairs give us an experience called life.

So, when Holi is celebrated these colours activate the Love in their respective body parts. This play of Love balances the matter-energy in such a way that body part is geared up to handle more heat while enjoying astronomical and weather changes.

These colours also create a dynamic balance among themselves, which finally leads Love to surface with a mix of Kalaas (characteristics) of all the colours. This mixture is able to rise up into oneself to connect with the universal play and upon nourishment it flows down into individual’s heart as Karuna (compassion). 

The impact of these colours is very powerful hence when you play Holi this time, attempt to connect with your inner world to see how these colours changes so many things inside us. How they take us to the state of Bliss….

Remember to internalize else colours will be washed away and the experience will become a memory rather than a transforming activity which empowers us.       

Now, the question is that how do we do this?

continued in part 3...

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