The Colour of Your Love ?

A metaphysical journey of inspiration; to consider how you may live as a being of love ~ by choice. ?

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In the literature on chakras, the energy of your Anahata or heart chakra is said to be green; and “represents the ability to give and receive love, compassion, empathy; and it is what drives our desire to be of service to others; to offer loving-kindness. Activating your heart chakra is how you feel greater self-love and love for others.”

Your heart chakra is located in the center of your chest. If you have listened to some of my guided meditations that relate to the expression of love and self-love, you may notice that I always refer to your heart center as a place of focus and ‘to feel expansive and free’. This is so that during meditation, you may simultaneously activate the energy of your heart chakra; to open it; to allow healing; and to feel these soothing effects as you are led through the (meditation) practice.

There is also another colour; that of light pink (or as it is sometimes referred to as ‘baby’ pink); that is associated with this chakra; and an awakening of the spiritual energy of love. The color pink may be what you that we envision as you direct love unto yourself; and as you practice self-care and attend to your needs.

You might think of this beautiful color pink as both what you see in your heart centre and also to surround yourself with this colour. You may want to fill your entire being with this beautiful colour of light; and as you do, to witness this light; to notice what you feel, and to imagine it as unconditional, spiritual love directed unto yourself.

I also recommend to students that we are of this beautiful sacred energy. It exists in all of us.

Chakras are energy centers in the body that link our energetic and physical bodies with universal life-force energy.

In the world around us, we see all colors; we notice the beautiful shades of orange, yellow and red in the foliage in fall. Many of us can’t resist going outdoors to experience the falling snowflakes cascading in harmony from the wintry sky; the presence of white that layers the earth; as a covering of protection in hibernation. In spring and early summer, colors pop and ignite our hearts in wonder; the earth lush and green; flowers that open to the sun with radiant color; the oceans reflecting the light from above reveal a multitude of shades of blue and turquoise; the sky showcasing a pop of dreamy white; the clouds nestled there, always in motion.

Colour is symbolic and represents feelings, people, countries, and cultures.

In colour we identify our favorite foods (e.g. think pinks and reds of watermelon and strawberries, the orange of papaya, and ice-cream and gelato in a showcase of rainbow colours, displayed to delight our senses).

Colour can describe our mood (at times ‘blue’, at times, ‘light’); our preference for style, clothing, and self-identity.

The colour of love is what we feel instinctively towards another living being each time that we soften into the comfort and ease of our heart; each time that we hold presence in what we are witness to, and without discounting nor judging another as foolish, wrong, or ignorant, but indeed holding the space for compassion and love to flow willingly because the colour of love is compassion.

The colour of love is grace; it is willingness to honour one’s self with dignity and kindness. The colour of love is in your actions (spoken as words and the subtle nuances that relay your inner and present thoughts and feelings.)

The colour of your love and my love can be different.

It can reveal itself in a gentle smile, a kiss; it can be the eye contact that is shared between two people; possibly strangers of whom each may never ‘see’ one another again; but in that certain moment, and as they pass on the street, in those few deliberate moments when eyes lock and smiles pour fluidly, both acknowledge the presence of the other; and the shared bond between humans that we all might remember; that exists between each one of us; even if in the ether.

The colour of love is happiness, it is the feeling of sharing peace, and of wishing another well.

My colour of love is pink. It is sometimes green as I send love as a beam of light to another; and as I choose to see the good because seeing the good in others doesn’t mean that you agree with all of their beliefs, thoughts or actions; rather it means that you have, in those moments allowed yourself to witness their inner light; their ability to be of light.

I see love as all of the colours that exist and which shape our life. I see the colours of love in all of the kind actions and compassionate words that are spoken.

I see the colours of love in the innocent and forever curious mind and heart of a child who wants to take in all of life’s moments, and with a question or several that follow.

I see the colour of love in how we might look deeper still into the meaning of this global pandemic; of how we are reminded of our humanness; our ability to put up walls and boundaries through our words and actions, and how perhaps we are being called to feel compassion towards our self, and for the lives of others who are suffering.

We are all being reminded of our shared responsibility to each other and the planet and to reexamine our life choices and what this time has urged us to reassess and reevaluate.

I see the colour of love in the way in which we all have carried on; in our innate resilience, capable as best as possible; amidst the many constraints and challenges of losing our job, of our work being significantly different or reduced; of needing to return to work by choice or because this is what we have been summoned to do; and the uncomfortable nature of what it means to cover your nose and mouth each time that you leave your home and to limit contact with others.

The colour of love is in your words and actions. The colour of love is in how you choose to see others and the world; as one global community all living this pandemic together.

Is it easier to imagine yourself as a part of the greater whole, and to feel compassion and empathy when you witness others sharing similar experiences; and doing their best to remain safe and healthy?

Do you take lightly your efforts or do you commit to making your life and the lives of others safe; not only in diminishing this risk, but in all of yours actions that may affect another? (e.g. for example driving safely, being mindful of your consumption, of your footprint on the planet?)

Are you rethinking any of the beliefs that you have based on what you were taught; and which may not be entirely true based on what you are learning now?

What is the colour of your love?

Is it kindness? Is your love consistent? Is it forgiving? Is it inspired by your desire to be gentle, calm, sincere?

Ask this of yourself? What is the colour of my love? What is the compassion that I give? What is the truth that I am willing to speak and to do so with kindness and respect?

What is your love for, if not to enjoy that you are able to be this – in all places, in all moments because it is actually you who benefits most each time that you hold loving kindness towards another living being.

Each time you reveal the colour of your love (aka the way and means in which you love, in which you are loving), you witness love in and of your heart. – dorothy ratusny

 

Your heart chakra energy may be green; it may be imagined as the colour pink as you enjoy the practice of self-love; and being of love as you witness the feelings of this beautiful energy rise up and felt within your being.

The colour of your love is what you live as each time that you hold the space to witness the perfect moments of life; as you choose to be love in action; ever present and here in your heart.  Namaste!

If you would like to learn more about the chakras, this website offers a free chakra affirmation poster: 

Resources:

Eastern Body, Western Mind: Psychology and the Chakra System as a Path to the Self. Written by: Anodea Judith