The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-01-14
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say of the names of God, or the name of saint of virtue While he repeats this sacred word he keeps his mind focused upon the word and the thing it signifies. 1t is matter of mechanical lip work but, distinctly, of concentration, of which the verbal repetition is but means. Now, did not, when achild, follow this of concentration in prayer.
 My father the manager of the estate of local proprietor in Bengal He had considerable talent for figures, and kept his extensive accounts largely in his mind. My mother, too, had an ex- ceedingiy retentive memory for numbers. When they gave me concentration exercise they gave me- not prayers, to fix my mind upon, but numbers. l was taught to repeat set of numbers and keep my mind upon them, though saw them before me- to keep them fixed in my attention for long periods of time They increased the quantity of figures that l must hold in imagination. l was soon abbe by the aid of such mental pictures, to work calculations. By the time was twenty I could multiply numbers of twenty digits by each other"
 VXTITH this sort of talent the youth, after going w through preparatory British schools was
 brilliant candidate for an accountants post in a Calcutta counting house. He served in this capacity for several years, doing the work of four dor the pay of one, of course). All the while he methodicaIy developed his powers of mental cal culation constantly doing larger multphcations
 
 and roots. Then larger ambitions seized him.
 It has been famous sinces the days of antiquity that in India are sago of extraordinary powers of mind. Learned works and travellers descriptions alike have told of the strange adepts who seek the hidden knowledge of lie and the soul by practice of acetcsm and intenee and sustained mental effort Seh-torture, fantastic abnegation of the body ex- tyaofdinaEy systems of mental exercise, these have been called upon to ad in the quest for the secret of tme and eternity. The result has been that the Hindm have gathered body of rather mystesious lRe- The wisdom gle.ned by the sagss h.s not been transmitted to the public to be misunderstood in ths modem democratic way, but has been retained jeaousy and confined to circles of adopts who, to gain entrance to the esotere learning, have to follow long eonses of preparatory discipline.
 Somesh Ch4ndya Bose resolved to perfect his own extraordinary powers by having recourse to the hidden mind seczets of his He journeyed India, exhibiting his powers, and took occasion to pry into the India systems of mathematics and concentration. He sought out the masters of the es took counsel with them, and studied their lore. He encountered many sages of prodigios mental powers, who custodians Of the ancient esoteric systems of mind culture. Prom all of them he sought methods of improvement in concentration He gathered many different theories, tried them upon himself, judged of their efficacy. and harmonized them with each other. The grave and learned Brahmin, full of the dixni6es and austerites of his station; the wander ing scholar, who could rece all of the immense bulk Of the sacred Sanscfit writings from memory: the