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PRIME:  PHILOSOPHY, CULTURE and RELIGION, continued

        Chakra, an Asian cultural view, is also applied as an alternative therapy to modify human behaviour and health.   It takes into account, various colours in order to find " inner balance ".   In simple terms, one's prior programming or " Karma ", that is, the challenges with which one is born (from nature), may be mitigated with the appropriate balancing of one‘s Chakras. (through. nurture).        

        The word, Chakra, comes from the Sanskrit, meaning " wheel " or " disc ", viewed as interconnecting coloured wheels; the colour and position of which, are designated to parts and organs of the body, and associated with a number of personal issues:

          

Chakra positions associating various personal issues

        There are cultural and religious differences in the way colour may be perceived.   Colour symbolism can be found in the iconography of many faiths.   Certain colours signify certain deities, passions, and/or ideas.   In the West ( certainly since the time of Queen Victoria ), black has been associated with death and in most Christian countries, white is consistently associated with purity, virginity and the wedding ceremony.   By contrast, Taoism, a view from the Far East, associates white with death, and in India, bright colours such as crimson, peach and magenta, are often associated with marriage.

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