Colour Challenge - The Face Of Buddha...

Color Indigo. Indigo is the color of the deep midnight sky. It is a combination of deep blue and violet and holds the attributes of both these colors. Indigo symbolizes a mystical borderland of wisdom, self-mastery and spiritual realization.

The Color Indigo Represents -
>Intuition: use it to assist in accessing intuitive abilities - it is the first step to higher spiritual knowledge
>Integrity: and deep sincerity are qualities of indigo
>Structure and Order: a good colour to use in restructuring aspects of your life or business
>Wisdom: an inner knowingness and awareness - spiritual wisdom rather than the wisdom of the intellect

The color indigo is the color of intuition and perception and is helpful in opening the third eye. It promotes deep concentration during times of introspection and meditation, helping you achieve deeper levels of consciousness. It is a color which relates to the "New Age" - the ability to use the Higher Mind to see beyond the normal senses with great powers of perception. It relies on intuition rather than gut feeling.

As indigo reflects great devotion, wisdom and justice along with fairness, impartiality and in the same way it reflects the life and teachings of 'The Gautam Buddha.'
The life story of the Buddha begins in Lumbini, near the border of Nepal and India, about 2,600 years ago, where the man Siddharta Gautama was born.
Although born a prince, he realized that conditioned experiences could not provide lasting happiness or protection from suffering. After a long spiritual search he went into deep meditation, where he realized the nature of mind. He achieved the state of unconditional and lasting happiness: the state of enlightenment, of buddhahood. This state of mind is free from disturbing emotions and expresses itself through fearlessness, joy and active compassion. For the rest of his life, the Buddha taught anyone who asked how they could reach the same state.

“I teach because you and all beings want to have happiness and want to avoid suffering. I teach the way things are.”
– The Buddha
“I can die happily. I have not kept a single teaching hidden in a closed hand. Everything that is useful for you, I have already given. Be your own guiding light.”
– The Buddha, while leaving his body at the age of eighty