How do the colour and design of the clothes affect the person wearing it?

Contents

• 1. Selection of colours by a person according to the temperament
• 2. Process in the context of selection of clothes by a person
• 3. Why does a person select tamasik clothes?
• 4. Basic components of sattvikta of clothes and their importance
• 5. Clothes worn by men, their colours and sattvikta available from them
• 6. Subtle effects of wearing different kinds of dresses by men
  • 6.1 Protection from raja-tama frequencies due to sattvikta of the dress
  • 6.2 Effects of wearing very less clothes while sleeping
  • 6.3 Reason for increase in the swelling on the body because of horizontal stripes on clothes
• 7. Importance of wearing dresses appropriate from a spiritual viewpoint
• 8. Sattvik dress for children

1. Selection of colours by a person according to the temperament

The likes-dislikes of a person are according to the three gunas.

• A sattvik person likes to wear clothes of sattvik colours like yellow, blue, pink etc.

• A rajasik person likes clothes of gaudy colours, like red, orange etc., with colourful designs

• A tamasik person likes to wear black clothes or clothes of dark tamasik colours with weird designs.

A sattvik person likes to wear simple clothes with minimum stitching. Other sattvik persons also like such clothes and experience closeness with such a person.

2. Process in the context of selection of clothes by a person

On looking at the clothes of various colours and designs their vibrations are attracted towards the vibrations of the subconscious mind of the person. When both the vibrations match each other, favourable sensations are created in the subconscious mind of the person. The person likes those clothes and thinks of purchasing them.

But when the vibrations of the clothes and the person’s subconscious mind do not match, unfavourable or distressing vibrations are created in his subconscious mind. The person does not like such clothes and he does not wish to purchase them.

A process takes place at a subtle level in the person’s subconscious mind through the vibrations because of which he likes clothes of some specific colours or specific design according to his temperament.

3. Why does a person like tamasik clothes?

There are some reasons for the tamasik attitude and likes of a person. One of the reasons is the distress of negative energies. In today’s Kaliyug, the process of selection of clothes of the person suffering from negative energies varies as per the level of his distress.

• If the negative energies control the mind and intellect of the person or if the negative energy is fully manifest through the person at a sagun level or if the person is puzzled, then the clothes are selected by the person according to the liking of the negative energy.

• A rajasik person selects tamasik clothes because of being under the control of a negative energy.

• If the existence of the negative energy is in low proportion in a person, then the selection of clothes is done according to the liking of the Jiva.

It is clear that the influence of negative energies compels a person to take inappropriate action. Be it the selection of clothes or any other action in life, obtaining Divine chaitanya through them is helpful in making our life stable. Hence the Sanatan culture teaches us to observe righteous conduct. By understanding how much sattvikta we derive from the clothes we wear, we will also be able to perform the action of wearing the clothes with faith.

4. Basic components of sattvikta of clothes and their importance

Similar to a person, every object has its good or distressing vibrations based on its characteristics. The vibrations of many objects of regular use around us constantly affect us. So it is necessary that the objects of our daily use be sattvik. The vibrations and bhav-emotions are created in a person according to the gunas of the clothes he wears.

• By wearing sattvik clothes the person experiences stability and Shanti.

• By wearing rajasik clothes fickleness is generated in the person.

• By wearing tamasik clothes, extroversion is generated in the person and he becomes self-willed in behaviour.

So the selection of clothes should be done from the viewpoint of sattvikta. As per a rule of science of Spirituality, word, touch, form, taste, fragrance and its associated energy co-exist. Hence the vibrations of the clothes depend on their type, colour, form, the design on them and the stitching. When these ingredients are sattvik, sattvik vibrations are attracted in the clothes and the person wearing them gets the benefit of sattvikta and divine chaitanya.

5. Clothes worn by men, their colours and sattvikta available from them

Sattvikta available from different colours of a half and full sleeved shirt:

Now let us look at the colours of a shirt tucked in and an untucked bush-shirt. There is a difference between a shirt and a bush-shirt. The shirt is cut in a specific round shape at the lower end and is a little open near the neck whereas a bush-shirt is not cut at the lower end; but is fully open from the front.

Sattvikta available from an average collar and a stand collar of shirts of various colours

Sattvikta available from various colours of a collar-less kurta

Sattvikta available from various colours of a pant

It is understood from all the above tables that, whatever be the type of men’s clothes,

• No sattvikta is available from dark brown colour.

• The proportion of availability of sattvikta from a white and a yellow coloured shirt or a bush-shirt is more, i.e. 2.7%.

• Higher, i.e. 2.7% sattvikta is available from a white, blue and an ash coloured pant also.

Similar to the colours, if there are various kinds of designs and forms, they also affect the person. The person himself or other persons also are not distressed by the vibrations emitted by clothes that are as per the temperament of the person.

6. Subtle effects of wearing different kinds of dresses by men

Sanatan Sanstha conducts spiritual research under the guidance of H.H. Dr. Athavale to understand the effect of every action in man’s life at a spiritual level. As part of these experiments, a subtle analysis is also carried out through seekers having ability to perceive the subtle dimension. Subtle means that which is beyond the five sense organs, mind and intellect. Through sadhana the ability to understand the subtle is created. Many seekers with this ability perceive the subtle events; whereas many actually see them in the subtle. When the subtle event perceived is described in words it is called a subtle-analysis. When this event is demonstrated in the form of pictures, they are called ‘subtle-pictures’ and when good or distressing vibrations are experienced by looking at an object or a person or studying that experience is called ‘performing a subtle-experiment’.

One of the seekers having this ability is Ms. Ranjana Gavas, a seeker from Goa. A subtle-analysis was conducted by Ms. Ranjana on 12^th April 2009 to understand the subtle-effects regarding the wearing of dresses by men.

Clothes befitting a person due to the matching vibrations when they are worn as per the temperament: Ms. Ranjana saw a person who had worn a green and violet coloured shirt with red shaded slanting lines. Ms. Ranjana felt that the vibrations emitted by his body as per his temperament and the vibrations emitted by his shirt were matching with each other. As the shirt worn by the person was as per his temperament, it suited him well..

Experiencing contradiction in the vibrations of a sattvik person and the shirt worn by him: After some time Ms. Ranjana saw that a similar shirt is worn by a sattvik person. By looking at him she felt a contradiction in the vibrations emitted by the sattvik person and the shirt. The friction of the mismatched vibrations against each other generated distressing vibrations. Due to this the mildness of the person and the brightness of the shirt were not matching. As a result the shirt did not suit him. That time Ms. Ranjana experienced pressure on the chest.

When the raja-tama-predominant person had worn clothes that created raja-tama vibrations, both the vibrations matched with each other. So while performing a subtle-analysis, Ms. Ranjana did not experience anything special. But when the clothes creating raja-tama vibrations were worn by a sattvik person, both the vibrations did not mix well with each other. For this reason, because of the friction, distressing vibrations were being created. This is the reason why Ms. Ranjana experienced pressure on the chest after looking at the person.

Results of the subtle-analysis made by Ms. Ranjana:

• If the vibrations of the temperament of a person and the clothes worn by him are matching, the person is not distressed.

• When a sattvik person wears raja-tama-predominant clothes, distressing vibrations are created.

• The sattva and raja-tama frequencies in the environment affect every object and Jiva. The objects are also charged with the black energy emitted by the distressing and negative energies. Any object gets charged with good or negative energies due to the energy influencing the object. Sattvikta and chaitanya cannot be absorbed by the objects charged with negative energies.

The dresses kept for a long period in a premise affected by negative energy or used by a person affected by negative energy are charged with distressing vibrations. The dresses kept in a sattvik premise like a temple or used by Saints are charged with sattvik frequencies.

It is understood from this table why it is most sattvik to wear a silk dhoti and an uparana as prescribed by Hindu religious scriptures.

The proportion of getting charged by negative energies of the appropriate dresses as per Hindu culture like a dhoti-uparana, a dhoti-kurta and a kurta-pyjama is similar to that of other dresses. However because inherent sattvikta in these dresses being more, their ability to make the energy and attacks of the negative energies ineffective is also more as compared to other dresses. For this reason many experience spiritual healing happening from these dresses.

Spiritual experience: The experience of lightness of body felt two hours after wearing a sattvik dress lasting throughout the day: I was advised spiritual healing remedies for four hours daily for relief from my spiritual distress. Earlier, after the completion of three hours of spiritual remedies, I would experience lightness because of reduction of the black covering around me. I began wearing a dhoti and a kurta from 27^th March 2009, that is, from the Hindu New Year day. On wearing the sattvik dress I started experiencing lightness just after two hours of wearing the dress. I felt the lightness throughout the day. Now every day I wear this dress only. - Mr. Rajaram Padhye, Maharashtra

Mr. Padhye experienced lightness because of reduction in the covering of black energy due to Chaitanya available from wearing a dhoti-kurta. From this spiritual experience it is evident that ‘a dhoti and a kurta are sattvik and one derives benefits by wearing this dress’.

6.1 Protection from raja-tama frequencies due to sattvikta of the dress

Through the medium of the dresses used by men, to some extent they get the benefit of good energy, i.e. sattvikta because of which a person is protected from the raja-tama frequencies.

Thus 1.8% good energy is available from a pyjama and 2% from a dhoti. From all these statements, one aspect that stands out is that wearing a dress is also an achar. By wearing clothes, a person gets sattvikta and Divine energy. Similarly he is also protected from the negative energies. In spite of this some people are interested in wearing scanty clothes. Some people consider wearing old clothes as ‘simple living’ and wearing new clothes as a sign of an ‘egoistic’ person. Some persons wear clothes for many days without washing. Because the negative energies are raja-tama predominant, they like to wear old clothes. Because of such distress the person feels that this is his own liking.

6.2 Effects of wearing very less clothes while sleeping

Some people sleep at night with very few clothes. In such situation they have a risk of distress of negative energies.

Spiritual experience: On sleeping without clothes, experiencing ‘somebody's touch on the body’ and after wearing a T-shirt with horizontal lines there being an increase in the body swelling: This person has to sleep completely covered with clothes since childhood. Else he experiences ‘somebody's touch on the body’ and there is swelling on the whole body. With this he also experienced that on wearing a T-shirt with horizontal lines, the swelling on the body increases.

It is imperative for us to understand what process takes place at a subtle level in getting the experience of someone’s touch on sleeping without clothes or in developing swelling on the body.

• There is an immediate attack of external raja-tama frequencies on an uncovered body.

• A person affected by negative energies is touched by the raja-tama frequencies in the environment. The places of black energies in the body are immediately activated and they respond to this touch. These places of black energy absorb the distressing frequencies of the relative level according to the sensitiveness of the person.

• Similarly during the night there is an increase in the influence of tama-dominant frequencies in the environment. By the touch of these frequencies to a person’s body they have a friction with the body. With this friction the places of distressing vibrations in the person’s body are awakened and they begin responding to the tama-dominant frequencies in the environment.

• The exchange of the tama-dominant distressing vibrations in the person’s body and the atmosphere begins. The distressing vibrations start moving in the vitality of the body. For this reason, swelling starts developing on the person’s body.

• At the same time, many negative energies in the environment are attracted to the person.

From this one aspect becomes clear that the influence of negative energies increases by wandering or sleeping without wearing clothes.

6.3 Reason for increase in the swelling on the body because of horizontal stripes on clothes

The horizontal stripes on clothes are aligned with the ground and indicate a close relation with it. These stripes have the ability to attract the distressing vibrations emitted from the Hell region (Patal) in a short time and conserve them in the void between the two stripes. Hence, by the touch of these distressing frequencies, the distressing vibrations are accumulated in the body in higher proportion by wearing a horizontal striped T-shirt. The proportion of the flow of these frequencies in the body increases. Because of the distressing vibrations spread in the body, the swelling on the body also increases.

7. Importance of wearing dresses appropriate from a spiritual viewpoint

Wearing dresses as per Hindu religious scriptures is also an achar. Observing achars regularly amounts to abiding by Dharma. Wearing dresses of sattvik colours and sattvik designs helps in obtaining Divine frequencies. One is also protected from the negative energies. Also due to abiding by Dharma, God bestows grace on the person. Hence it is necessary to wear clothes as prescribed by the Scriptures. By regular abiding by Dharma, the person starts becoming sattvik. There is a change in his likes. There is a change in his likes regarding the selection of clothes also.

Example of a positive change in a person and developing interest in sattvik colours of clothes: Generation of liking in clothes of blue and sky-blue colours on starting sadhana: Since childhood I did not have liking for clothes of any particular colour. After I began sadhana my liking for clothes of blue colour increased. Five years later, I did not realise when my liking changed from the clothes of blue colour to clothes of sky-blue colour. Then I realised that the sky-blue colour is created from the blue colour itself. When the blue colour is removed from this colour totally, white colour remains. Now I feel that when the level of my sadhana will increase I will like the clothes of white colour only. - Mr. Vishal Pawar, Maharashtra

Here the point to note is that there was a change in Mr. Vishal’s thoughts and his thought process was directed towards living Spirituality because of sadhana. The blue colour is the symbol of Bhav/Shanti and the white colour is of nirgun. By mixing white colour in blue colour, the sky-blue colour is created. This means because of sadhana a person travels from sagun to nirgun and in the end, he merges into the nirgun and formless God. One does get the benefit of doing action as per scriptures.

Spiritual experience: Beginning to use clothes of one colour only after commencing sadhana and thereafter using only a half-sleeved kurta and a pyjama for the last 7-8 years: On beginning sadhana, gradually I started giving away my colourful clothes and those with designs to others and started wearing clothes having only single colour and devoid of any designs. Thereafter I started wearing only a white coloured, half-sleeved kurta and a pant. For the last 3 years I have been wearing a pyjama in place of a pant. This transformation in me happened automatically. For this I did not make any special efforts or none suggested me to do so. I realised the reason for this change at the time of translating the Marathi Holy text published by Sanatan Sanstha ‘How should a dress be from a spiritual viewpoint?’ into Kannada. I was amazed at the profound thought given to all the actions like wearing of clothes etc. in the Hindu Dharma. My faith on the principle that great transformation can be achieved in each person and the society by putting into practice the small actions of life strengthened. - Dr. Prakash Ghali, Kanataka

Due to sadhana, the achars are observed by a person and it helps enhance his faith in Dharma. We have seen the spiritual experiences of two seekers regarding the changes in their selection of clothes after commencing sadhana. Many seekers have had this type of spiritual experiences. Here are some of the examples:

• Reduction in obesity

• Experiencing ease while walking

• Increasing of pride in the Dharma

• Experiencing anger about heretic events

• Increase in the yearning that ‘I should strive for the spread of Dharma in a better way’.

• Increase in chanting and sattvik thoughts

• Sustaining of communion with God

• Experiencing extraordinary Shanti and Anand

In the raja-tama filled environment in Kaliyug, generally 100% people are affected by the negative energies in less or more proportion. The average people have no knowledge whether they have distress of negative energies or not; and if they have, in what proportion. For this reason it is helpful for all to wear sattvik or single-coloured clothes only. If this is not possible, the clothes of light colour and with small designs should be worn; but the black, deep brown or other dark and tama-dominant coloured clothes and clothes with weird designs should not be worn. By wearing sattvik clothes one will certainly get such spiritual experiences.

8. Sattvik dress for children

Just as adults should wear sattvik clothes, they should also dress their children in sattvik clothes. White cotton clothes are appropriate for children. The state of the children is stable. In such a state, dressing the children in white cotton clothes that indicate predominance of nirgun principle is better. Due to these clothes the child gets the Chaitanya from the environment and the seed of sanskar is sowed in him/her. Through the washed white cotton clothes, the child imbibes divine virtues. There is a risk of the child being distressed by negative energies from the bright coloured clothes and those made from synthetic yarn.