The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-11-21

who employs only the nerve fbres on either s,de
tSr the transmission Of tho nerve currents. pn.
t tbh.H 'g Y o mas found a most ihipor ssnneeeded IN
opening It's lower end. us !.
" Connected with the cord at It's lower ena Is
a small bun lie OF nerve fibrcs In the FORM Oh a
Triangle. This bundle OF coil IL q great ontuerS,
ssuppiyihR nervous energy. y torr rhx hm onn
VII DO able to arouse this coil and to force open
ht connection with the hollow tube IN inc eoru,
the b %G1hC; a sweeping eur hrnin. It i is pre-.
c,scly like tolographing without wires; Now
thS current nnG is qpon and ,bo o breath iG hsops
tho current in rhythmic motion. passing
through tho great potential nerve coil A. mo
through St this 81 bo iSS s tmbs and GpF reisc sMSSf into tho
Rray;.coatcd cells of tho BRAIN, This nerve cir.
cult is open In all real yogis and that + why they
minds to the higncst state of detachment.
Begin this exercise by closing tho right nos.
four seconds th nauR1o the Sop left %nostrii. imaEino
while doing this that you are %sending. a current
down the spinal column. Hold you, breath for
forcing the current. through this triangular
nerve coil. Thon close yonr left nostril and
skhaito the breath at The rate OF eight seconds.
In this last you must try to imagine that you
At" drGWing the current up, me spinal S3ra;
through the left. Do this for four times at n
sitting and practice three times a day, morning.
body and the spinal cord hang free. While in
THIS exercise allow nc, one to distnr 4, You;
Some persons will begin to feel the effects OF
ans exercise in a very short time. For others 1t
VIII take months. But Its success means q revo-
A person Of evil mind and body may acquire
some power in this way, but only temporarily.
for right thin ing and right living are abso.
lutely. necessary to reach and hold n high state
OF such psychic existence. and there is danger
for any person who follows these exercises and
loads an unchaste life of becoming insane.
when one IL well on the road to SUCCESS, the
mental phenomena sometimes appearing will
often startle him; One will now and then sec
flashes OF beautiful light, hear sounds OF sweet
music, and smell most fragrant odors. which
would be entirely imperceptible to the ordinary
seems to become slighter and much less sens!:
feelings. The rhythmic thrill and the mental
calInnrss and indifference to ordinary desires
and troubles cannot be described to one who has
not experienced this exalted state. You lilo
but you scarcely know what real rest is until
you have successfully practiced these exercises.
A real yogi never sleeps as you do. He simply
rests In a state OF consciousness.
TO aid further the concentration OF tho
mind. there, are q number OF purely mental ex-
utes on tho tip Of the nose; fixing the imaRina-
ton on some point in the heart or some other
part Of the body, and tracing the feeling Of the
on the skin from the foot to the head.
In many cases the mind IL set to wandering and
made to watch its rambling. Then we discover
something in us which does the watching
like a mother ovor her child, that something
none of us can understand, for that is the soul"
The Swami was asked II these exercises would
help to make a genius of the average mind.
Yes" he Immediately replied, the percep-
tive faculties of the mind are greatly benefited
by the publication of the nerves In these breath
ing exercises. Genius is memory Of world facts
and concentration. end by such training the
mind can more readily concentrate itself upon
any subject. The inclination, however. of every
person who has attained to q high psychic state
Is to withdraw himself from the affairs OF the
for he finds moro happiness in company
with his SOul. Rut. aa / said awhila np0 tho
subjective training of the mind will prove to be
superior to its objective training. for the under
standing of the physical nature. The mind Is
capable of understanding all the secrets Of mat
ter without SO much as making an objective
examination of them. This Is the goal Of the
mind. Do not forget that"