The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1893-01-29
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seen there. vharsns. ths hxn,nt,. srh;.o.
esems to be divid.d into ! ,,onh,. 40 "a 80
rule. remembsrs nothtns In Tho nrIr ststa
Of what occurred 10 him In Tho s.c,n,iorr
Others OF the yoa,s adont nroioneed sas,,no
lsbetinence frono slesn .aIttortnra ana onan,'
alton with ths sama oh;.ct nnnsir tha -
duction OF Tho body. ana nnaran,iv s,,,, sor,s.
what similar resn,ts. nnt In ths.n oasas not
only insiaht "a .supnosod a. h. ra,nod
but eddod norors ovor rst,ro .ris,nr
from the intsres sorcoa NJ contro, nnt
forth and eduesd bs ,tbs,s exercises. Ths
.e o,uunh OF. miraculous
universally atceptedi In india that orr onthor
found Il din,eult AVIAN altar msting Al, allow
ances, not to be carried avav on the stroam a,
belief. Indssd. shsn ma nons,dars tba snovn
powers of the Win. oultivatod as Il IA 70 lint a
feeble depree AIMING Westcrn neonIea. thsra
seems to be- no inherent probability in the
case. The Hindoo adsnts. bowever. ss n rpia
though eptifely asteninr that the attainm ant
Of the siddbi poWers n poasible. strongly con.
denim the ousAs Of thsfn by these methods. do.
clarinp that ths mere fact Of a ouest Of tbis
kind ia a breach az ths law of indiYerence and
trust, and that the oueat. being instiRated by
some desire. ambition. spiritual pride. love Of
gain. or Whit not, necessarily ends either by
stultifyinR itself Of bv Feeding the desire: ami.
II some powera are rained, BY the devotion Of
them to evil aida Tina tho methods that
are mainly physica, produce certain results
cl~airvoyahces aud c~ontrols-which are largely
physical IN their character. and are .~probnbly.
for the most mart. more ar Less morbid and
dangerous. Thee ara howeyer. verv widely
spread among the inferlor c,as.es az vooi. nj,
over India. and tho performapces which sprInp
from them, BIZ exciting the fear and wonder of
the populace. often become. IA IN the cass OF
mesmerio performances ia the west, A source
OF considerable gain to The chief actor.
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VIII.
There remain two other classes of methods,
tho mental and the moral. or the mental. no
Q6uDI In0 mO0L Lm0OTIAnE is yn0 9uDDr9RS1On
Of thought. To this We already have adyerted.
It remains to consider the efYacement of prof.
Gets and purposes. which comes to much the
same thing as the contfol Of desire. and which
belongs moro ~propetlS To the m oral aide of the
question. No doubt the subjection Of thought
itself IA closely related to the subiection
OF desire, and consequently. has its specially
moral as we'll as its specially intellectual 70.
lation to tho question In hand. N~ine.tenths
Of the scattered or sporadic thoughts with
which the mind usually occupies itself whom
not concentrated on any definite work. Is what
may be called Observation-Disclosures OF n kind
which dwells on and exafgerates the sense OF
self. This 10 hard to realize until tho effort is
made to suppress IL One Of the most excel
lent results Of such an effort is. that with the
sitting OF all tbs phautoms which hover
around the lower self. ones rotations to
others. to ones friends. to the world at large.
and ones perception OF oil that is concerned
in these relations, come out into q purity and
distinctness unknown before. Obviously.
while the mind ls full Of the little desires and
fears which concern tho local self and Is
clouded over by the thoughtimages which such
desires and ienrs evoke. It is impossible that
1t should SEQ and understand the greater facts
beyond and its own relation to them. But.
with the subsiding Of the former. the
great vision begins 70 dawn. and tho man
never feels less alone than when he has ceased
to think whether ho is alone or not. 1t 10 in
this respect that the subsection OF desire is
really important, The Hindu adopts do not
teach that there is any necessity to suppose
that desire In itself Ia an evil: on tho contrary.
1t Is quito conceivable that 1t may fall into
place rs q useful and important element Of
human nature. though certainly one whose i'm
portanco will he found to dwindle and gradu-
ally vanish as time goes on. The trouble for
us In our present state Is TINT desire is liable
to grow to sucI, dimensions as to overcloud
the world for us. imbrison and shut us out
beneath Its sway from inestimablo freedom.
Under such circumstances 1t must be .domi-