Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1895-01-27
YOKI MIRACLES.
SUBJECT TO LAWS TIE SAME As OTTER
NATURAL PHENOMENA.
Adep! Zsmsndar Reveals Mysteries Of The Grsa!
I. 7. S. Brotherhood Of S. India.
ReDOrters' association.

L udNo uecu dsheu " stato "bos hHo"
about the subject.
To thsthere is no objection, inasmuch
as it Will conduce to the clearing up of
point upon which the American public
seems TO be at a loss how to decide.
II any ono can speak with authority
upon the subject il should be myself,
for my life, and not q few days or
weeks only, las with o European trav-
eler) has been spent among those with
whom these secrets abide.
Being member OF one of the oldest
orders of priesthood 10 India, the L. T.
S., OF Madras Presidency, am ensured
an actual knowledge, and not hsarssy
one, concerning these things, which
may be relied upon implicitly, for | have
no object to servs in gratifying tho
i public curiosity on this point whatever
There must be a distinction made al
! the outset between The yogi and the
fakir class of India, because one is
merely travelling juggier, whilst the
other, by reason of his having acmis-
| sion 10 4 sacred order, lives only In the
| light of eternal truth, and according TO
| the divine law.
The idea that so.caIled miracle
must be a breach OF natural law because
il seems unnatusal to the mortal senses
does not necessarily make ii so. and II
such were the case the yogi would per-
! form no miracles.
Their powers are entirely due TO
knowledge OF the the more subtle forces
of,an organism which so far as mankind
in general is concerned are not at all
| understood.
Were they properly comprehcnded
the popular incredulty concerning them
would be removed at once, because all
would seem as simple as do the tele-
phone or telegraph 10 the electrical ex-
pert, both of which TO the illiterate or
upInitated person appear marvellous.
In the East the soul and IT'S qualities
or possibilities, as distinct from those OF
the body, have been studied for thous-
ands of years by priesthood whose
traditions reach back 10 Tn early days OF
the world, when men walked with God.
and knew they were OF God themselves
The power TO perform miracles" Is a
god-like one, and only those who have
attained a mastery over the flesh can
do these astonishing and mysterious"
things.
When I state that the production Of
q material object from what Is appar-
emily nothing can be and Is done, with
out trickery, | must explain that In the
great void or storehouse Of nature there
exist resources for the production OF all
things seen by the senses in nature.
The student of chemistry may better
realize than another that this is posi-
BILE, and that these subtle elements can
be- changed by one who understands the
law. and presented in form realiza-
| bic to the human consciousness.
This transformation or creation. as
YOU may call 1t, is known TO US as pre-
! cipitation and IL Is assuredly accom-
| plished quite often by the real yogi, OF
India. Although many OF the brother
! od.sbecome accustomed TO giving
these manifestations Of the god-power,
each time IL is done one takes his life
in his hand, for the slightest error might
| lead to forfeiture OF the body by the
| soul.
The performance OF the so-called
miracles by the yogi Is Dot done To
| obtain the applause OF the crowd, Tor
the negatory principle upon which their
! lives are ordered renders them indlffer-
ent to such flattery.
They are performed In order to win
| it's respect and attention aud thBs bring
! the people about them that they may
| be taught the great truth OF religion.
The exercise Of these powers FOR any
! but good purposes is forbidden by the
rules OF the orders, and while 1t is mol
absolutely prohibited, 1t is barely per
missable to use them for the satisfac
ton of a selfish curiosity.
miracles" can only be performed
under certain favoring conditions which
render them possible under the law oil
nature. The atmosphere Of linda Is
permeated with genuine belief In the
| feality of these things which renders
the use OF such powers more felicitous
than would be the case here, and let
not this belief be COMPOUNDED with
superstition, either.
During my travels In the United
| States, have once or twice, when sur
rounded by friends. under favorable
circumstances, given ocular proof oil
what am now stating and have per-
formed so-called miracles.
On one of these occasions a gentle
mao well.known In American theatri-
cal circles, was present and he offered
me an enormous sum OF money to give
public exhibitions Of such phenomena.
| IL is not for such purposes, however,
that we are given these powers. as no
permanent good to mankind would be
| effected thereby, only vulgar curiosi-
ty being gratifed. The person who
would be interested In such mani
/ festa,ions would not belong 10
the class that could be attract
ed to the higher things which We are
instructed 10 teach, or the moro usefu!
things that we are sent TO do.
My promise is given, however. to
! substantate what | have said about
| such manifestations, In due time, by
| giving TO few persons In New York
! the necessary proof that such mira
Giles" are really performed by the yogi.
Asa further illustration OF abilities,
which TO the ordinary mind appear
marvellous, may alludo to the power
| given us to read the past and future
| and thus see those things which are
yelled from the physical eyes.
The eye Of the soul, II must be under
stood, penetrstes beneath the outward
mask. known az tho body, TO the fhe
organism or soul on which Is depicted
both the past and future OF an individ-
ual.
We who see with the eye OF the soul
read as 10 the pages OF book. those