Jenny, a skilled nurse and lightworker, is on the phone. We have been friends for many years and she is one of the most nurturing, most loving people on the planet. Unfortunately, Jenny is sick again. And it's not just the "I-have-a-common-cold" kind of sick, but something major. It's cancer--for the third time.
"What colors should I take?" she asks me. And so I tell her and we talk and she says she feels better now and thank you. But I know it won't be long before Jenny calls again because it's her pattern. And when she does she will have accrued yet another new type of ailment because that's her pattern, too.
Even lightworkers get the blues
Louise Hay, the well-known lightworker and self-help publishing pioneer, says that for every physical ailment, there is an underlying emotional reason for the dis-ease. For example, you may have all the symptoms of a cold but it may be your original thought patterns of being overwhelmed and confused which created your original medical condition.
In Jenny's case, her cancer stems from 1) fear of not making enough money to pay her bills and 2) anger towards her ex-husband. She works and worries herself so much that her body has determined that the only way it can get Jenny to slow down and take care of herself is to give her a life-threatening disease to concentrate on.
Marie is an energy healer who came out of the spiritual closet a few years ago. She writes a column about spirituality in a major online publication and has been interviewed on many radio shows. While Marie is happily following her path (which includes an aggressive business marketing campaign), she has come under attack by other so-called lightworkers, who doubt her pure intentions. Now Marie spends enormous amounts of energy stressing and has developed insomnia and overeating problems, which she combats with over-the-counter drugs instead of relying on her own healing abilities.
Got a headache? Take an aspirin. Can't sleep? Swallow a sleeping pill. Coughing all night? Drink this syrup.
We have evolved (or should I say devolved) into an over-medicated society that believes most issues are cured by visiting the bathroom medicine cabinet. According to the Department of Health and Human Services, annual drug expenditures in the United States are in the trillions of dollars with nearly one half of all Americans taking at least one prescription drug.
Change your colors and you change your world
Color therapy is a powerful tool and a safer, cheaper alternative to those over-the-counter wonder "cures", an ancient energy healing method that has been used for thousands of years. In the 21st century, color healing is as simple as draping a colored scarf over the afflicted area or visualizing and breathing the preferred hue. Indeed, lightworkers have a myriad of color aid at their disposal, from chromotherapy baths and colored tuning forks to colored lightbulbs and dual color therapy systems like Aura-Soma and Colour Mirrors.
In her Color Book: Use the healing powers of color to transform your life, author Lori Reid confirms that color "acts on our bodies, minds, and emotions, triggering deep and subtle responses on a subconscious level."
Think about how colors make you feel. When you see the color red, do you automatically feel warm? Cheery? Angry? Do you feel energized or calm when you wear a blue shirt? Say you're feeling less than chipper--do you don your dullest grays to proclaim to the world, "I'm sick, don't bother me"? Or do you reach for a color tonic in, say, something in a bright, sunny yellow?
Color is empowerment
So many lightworkers are busy chasing rainbows that they completely overlook the fact that they never lost them at all. The next time you are doing your daily chakra clearing, visualize the colors of the rainbow and add these Color Empowerment affirmations to your routine:
Red (root chakra, located at the base of the spine) is used for energy, grounding and passion. "I am always in control of every difficult situation."
Orange (sacral chakra, located two inches below the naval) promotes joy and sexuality. "I am always feeling good about myself and others."
Yellow (solar plexus chakra, located below the breastbone) helps counteract depression and stimulates mental activity. "I am always confident that I can achieve anything I want at any time."
Green (heart chakra, located at the center of the chest) represents compassion, healing and balance. "I am always healthy and forgiving."
Blue (throat chakra, located at the throat) deals with communication and artistic expression. "I am always sincere and respected."
Indigo (brow chakra, located at the Third Eye area, between the brows) activates intuition. "I am always using my imagination to create positive change."
Violet (crown chakra, located at the crown of the head) represents spirituality and inspiration. "I am always positive that things happen for a reason and will turn out fine."
Color me happy
Did you know that you have actually been practicing some form of color therapy your entire life? You choose the colors you wear, the colors you eat, your furnishings and wall colors. And whether you're conscious of it or not, all of these color choices are meant to make you feel better.
So how can color help Jenny and Marie? Instead of working and worrying more, Jenny could benefit by a heaping dose of the color red (for grounding), yellow (for self-esteem) and green (for forgiveness). Marie's fear of rejection originates with a lack of self-confidence, which is related to her solar plexus chakra, her power center. To increase her self-esteem, I might recommend the color yellow, as well as its complementary color, violet, which can help shield her from negative entities.
I look forward to the day when prescription drugs are just a memory. Wouldn't it be wonderful if all future physicians were color-enlightened individuals, whose sage advice included "Take a color and call me in the morning!"
Eleyne-Mari is the producer of Wake UP, Lightworkers! and host of "Light Lunch" and "Full Moon Color Healing Circle". She is a writer, color therapist, spiritual aromatherapist, crystal worker and director of Aura House School of Color Therapy.
