Science & Spirituality in wearing Black clothes for deities and devotees!
A woman devotee (Name hidden) asked like this:
“Hari Bol, In Iskcon temples radharani is dressed in black many times and some devotees follow this on Saturday. Wearing black is auspicious on Saturday they say but one of your post stated otherwise. Is it ok to wear black, since I have read that wearing black can attract negative energy. Please clarify this.”
REPLY:
Wearing Black colour is spiritually good, but materially negative.
Let us now analyze the Science & Spirituality in wearing Black clothes for deities and devotees!
Materialistic people consider black as attracting negative energy.
They mean Sanyasa by telling Negative energy.
Sanyasa is a bad word for materialistic people, but is like honey for the serious devotees.
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How?
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Usually, Saturdays and Black ared closely connected.
Saturday is the day of Saturn.
Saturn wears and favours black colour.
Black colour reflects the negative energy back to the atmosphere. Black colour does not allow the cloth to absorb the negative vibrations inside our body.
That is why, umbrellas are mostly made up of Black cloth. During day time, these black umbrellas will reflect the UV rays in the sun light back to the atmosphere.
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So, we do not feel more temperature under black colour umbrellas.
Whereas, other coloured umbrellas make us feel hot under the umbrella.
But, umbrellas are different from the clothes.
Umbrellas are not worn, but held atleast a foot away from head. So, they protect us by not allowing negative rays in sun light.
But, black clothes are worn touching the body directly.
This has both the benefits and negative effects.
How?
Black clothes are worn by the devotees of a few mutts, temples, etc. For example, the Manikanda devotees wear pure black clothes during their 48 days Mandala Period before going to Sabhari mala.
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It is a belief that black colour does not allow negative vibrations from outside to our bodies.
Black is the most protective colour out of all colours that protects from environment.
According to a U.S. study published in JAMA Dermatology, any handheld black colour umbrella can block more than 90% of ultraviolet (UV) light on a sunny day.
Similarfly, black colour clothes also protect our internal energies and internal spiritual vibrations getting drained through vibrations outside the clothes.
Therefore, our energy and spiritual vibrations are not wasted.
While protecting from the incoming negative energies and U-V rays and outgoing internal energies, the black clothes are believed to increase our spiritual poiwer as our spiritual power is not drained out and we do not receive negative rays from outside to reduce our spiritual power.
The benefits of black colour are more than its negatives.
See, Black is the colour of renunciation.
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Why?
Because, Black belongs to Saturn.
Saturn gives renouncement for the people by giving the reactions for their karma.
That is why, those who like to preach materialistic devotion more, do not support Black clothes as the black encourages renounciation.
However, the Manikanda devotees are advised black clothes because the devotees should live like sanyasis atleast for One mandala before they visit Sabharimala, by avoiding intoxication, mating, meat, etc.
Krishna too is black that symbolizes that He is fully spiritual. Particularly, Krishna’s Shyama Sundar form is fully blackish and hence that form of Krishna attracts Gopis and devotees more.
More black – More spiritual power.
Similarly, wearing Black clothes to Radharani on Saturdays helps to filter the UV rays and other negative rays that exist more during Saturdays as Saturdays have more domination of the rays of the planet Saturn.
However, there is no such rules to wear black clothes to the deities of Radharani and Krishna.
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But, wearing Black clothes are like the protective layer for the deities similar to some oils that are applied for the deities to protect them in Vishnu temples.
So, Black is Spiritually Positive for the devotees. For those who like to enjoy more materially, black is the negative colour.
Are you clear now with this Kinder Garden explanation for the Science & Spirituality in wearing Black clothes for deities and devotees?
TAIL PIECE:
Two people are advised to avoid wearing black colour.
According to astrology, there are 2 such zodiac signs (Lagnas/ Rasis) for which the black is not considered favorable. They are: Aries and Scorpio.
Do you know why?
Because Aries and Scorpio belong to Mars. Mars is the hot planet. So, those people may have heat body. So, when they wear black. It will not allow the body excess heat out. So, they may not have temperature balance of body.
Interesting. Isn’t it.
This is the Simple explanation for the Science & Spirituality in wearing Black clothes for deities and devotees!
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