Yoga Philosophy

SR No.: 006542
Original Sutra Author: N/A
Author: Virchand R Gandhi, Bhagu F Karbhari
Publisher: Devchand Lalbhai Pustakoddhar Fund
Publication Year: 1912
Total Pages: 284
Language: English
Classification: Book_English & Yoga
File Size: 11 MB

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THE SCIENCE OF BREATHING
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ethers also have different locations, in which they are predominant, although they are, as I have said, all over the body, and these I have explained to you in former lectures. The system of therapeutics which is used by the Yogis is based on this fact. If we wish to make the ether predominant in a certain part where there is a deficiency, it is simply necessary to concentrate on that part, because to concentrate means to send out the force to that part, which ineans stipulating the ether which is there and making it stronger. So we can in our thoughts control these ethers; we may know from the light which can be seen in the way I have described, or by the vibrations, which ether is predominant and in which we are dificient, and can by concentration make that ether predominant. The two centres of the body, the heart and the brain, send out many other powers; the upper part is the brain center, which gives rise to the intellectual powers ; the lower center is the heart center, and gives rise to the emotional forces. Both of them are positive and negative in their nature, according to the will or the position of the person. We can change this condition by simply changing from one side to the other; if we are lying on the left side and continue so for ten or fifteen minutes the force of the life current will go in the opposite direction and the polarity will be changed. All the rules of breathing ought not to be practised until the vehicles of the subtle forces in the body are operative because if they are so practised, these very powers and forces act as poisons and will kill the person. Persons even