From the tantric point of view, whenever we open our mind and senses to the objective world, our perception is always related to a particular color. And each color that we perceive-- blue, red, green and so on-- is directly related to what is happening in our internal world. That is why the practice of tantra, with its visualization of deities and so forth, color and light play such an important part.
To give an idea of what I mean, let us consider the color blue again. As I said, the particular inner quality of radiant blue light is freedom from fantasy projections. If these projections are very strong-- when, for example, we are so caught up in ourselves that we cannot break out of depression-- then even on a perfectly clear day we are unable to see the blueness of the sky. All we see is greyness. This definitely happens and, along with the experience of seeing red when angry or being green with jealousy, shows the close relationship between color and states of mind. ('clear spaciousness of mind', introduction to tantra) 78
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