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Raja Yoga or Mental Development
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Cultivation of Perception.
Man gains his knowledge of the outside world through his senses. And,
consequently, many of us are in the habit of thinking of
these senses as if they did the sensing, instead
of being merely carriers of the vibrations coming from the outside world, which
are then presented to the Mind for examination. We shall speak of this at greater length a little later on in this lesson.
Just now we wish to impress upon you the fact
that it is the Mind that perceives, not the senses. And,
consequently, a development of Perception is really a development of the
Mind.
The
Yogis put their students through a very arduous course
of practice and exercises designed to develop their
powers of perception. To many this would appear to
be merely a development of the Senses, which might
appear odd in view of the fact that the Yogis are
constantly preaching the folly of being governed and ruled by the senses. But
there is nothing paradoxical about all this, for the
Yogis, while preaching the folly of sense life, and
manifesting the teaching in their lives, nevertheless
believe in any and all exercises calculated to "sharpen" the Mind,
and develop it to a keen state and condition.
They see
a great difference between having a sharp-ened
perception, on the one hand, and being a slave to the
senses on the other. For instance, what would be
thought of a man who objected to acquiring a keen eyesight, for fear it would
lead him away from higher things, by reason of his
becoming attached to the beautiful things he might see.
To realize the folly of this idea, one may look at its
logical conclusion, which would be that one would then be
much better off if all their senses were destroyed. The absurdity, not to say wickedness,
of such an idea will be apparent to everyone, after a minute's
consideration.
The
secret of the Yogi theory and teachings regarding the development of the
Mental powers, lies in the word "Mastery." The Yoga student
accomplishes and attains this mastery in two
ways. The first way is by subordinating all the feelings,
sense-impressions, etc., to the Mastery of the
"I," or Will, the Mastery being obtained
in this way by the assertion of the dominancy of the
"I" over the faculties and emotions, etc. The second step, or way, lies in the Yogi, once having asserted
the mastery, beginning to develop and perfect the
Mental Instrument, so as to get better work and returns
from it. In this way he increases his kingdom and is
Master over a much larger territory.
In order for one to gain knowledge, it is necessary to use to the best
advantage the mental instruments and tools
that he finds at his disposal. And again, one must
develop and improve such toolsput a keen edge upon
them. etc. Not only does one gain a great benefit from a development of the
faculties of perception, but he
also acquires an additional benefit from the training
of the whole mind arising from the mental discipline and training resulting
from the former exercises, etc. In our previous
lessons we have pointed out some of the means by which
these faculties might he greatly improved, and their
efficiency increased. In this lesson we shall point out
certain directions in which the Perceptive faculties
may be trained. We trust that the simplicity of the
idea may not cause any of our students to lose interest
in the work. If they only knew just what such
development would lead to they would gladly follow our
suggestions in the matter. Every one of the ideas and
exercises given by us are intended to lead up to the
strengthening of the Mind, and the attainment of
powers and the unfoldment of faculties. There is no
royal road to Raja Yoga, but the student will be
well repaid for the work of climbing the hill of Attainment.
In
view of the above, let us examine the question of The Senses. Through the doors
of the senses Man receives all his information regarding the outside world. If
he keeps these doors but half open, or crowded up with
obstacles and rubbish, he may expect to receive but few
messages from outside. But if he keeps his doorways
clear, and clean, he will obtain the best that is passing his way.
If one were born without sense-organsno matter how good a Mind he might
havehe would be compelled to live his life in a
dreamy plant-life stage of existence, with little or
no consciousness. The Mind would be
like a seed in the earth, that for some reason was prevented from growing.
One may object that the highest ideas do not come to
us through the senses, but the reply is that the things obtained
through the senses arc the "raw material" upon which the mind works, and fashions the beautiful
things that it is able to produce in its highest stages. Just as is the body dependent for growth upon the nourishment
taken into it, so is the mind dependent for
growth upon the impressions received from the Universeand these impressions
come largely through the senses. It may be
objected to that we know many things
that we have not received through our
senses. But, does the objector include the impressions that came through his senses in some previous existence, and which have been impressed
upon his instinctive mind, or soul-memory ? It is true that there are higher senses than those usually
recognized. but Nature insists upon one learning the lessons of the lower grades before attempting those of the higher.
Do not forget that
all that we know we have "worked
for." There is nothing that comes to the idler, or shirker. What we know is merely the result of "stored-up accumulations of previous
experience," as Lewes has so well said.
So it wilt be seen that the Yogi idea that one should develop
all parts of the Mind is strictly correct, if one will take the trouble to examine into the matter. A man
sees and knows but very little of what is going on about
him. His limitations are great. His powers of vision
report only a few vibrations of light, while below and
above the scale lie an infinity of vibrations unknown
to him. The same is true of the powers of hearing,
for only a comparatively small portion of the sound-waves
reach the Mind of Maneven some of the animals hear more than he
does.
If a man had only one sense he would obtain but a one-sense idea of the outside world. If another sense is added his
knowledge is doubled. And so on. The best
proof of the relation between increased sense perception and development is had in the study of the evolution
of animal forms. In the early stages of life the
organism has only the sense of feelingand very dim at
thatand a faint sense of taste. Then developed
smell, hearing and sight, each marking a distinct advance
in the scale of life, for a new world has been opened out to the advancing
forms of life. And, when man develops new
sensesand this is before the racehe will be a much wiser and greater being.
Carpenter, many years ago, voiced a thought that will
be familiar to those who are acquainted with the Yogi
teachings regarding the unfoldment of new senses. He said: "It does
not seem at all improbable that there are
properties of matter of which none of
our senses can take immediate cognizance, and which other beings might be formed to perceive in the same manner as we are sensible to light,
sound, etc."
And Isaac Taylor
said: "It may be that within the field
occupied by the visible and ponderable universe
there is existing and moving another element fraught
with another species of lifecorporeal, Indeed, and
various in its orders, but not open to cognizance
of those who are confined to the conditions of animal organization. Is it to be
thought that the eye of man is the measure of the Creator's power? and
that He created nothing but that which he has exposed to our present senses?
The contrary seems much more than barely
possible; ought we not to think it almost certain ?"
Another
writer, Prof. Masson, has said: "If a new sense or
two were added to the present normal number, in man,
that which is now the phenomenal world for all of
us might, for all that we know, burst into something
amazingly different and wider, in consequence of the additional revelations of
these new senses."
But
not only is this true, but Man may increase his powers
of knowledge and experience if he will but develop the senses he has to a
higher degree of efficiency, instead of allowing them
to remain comparatively atrophied. And toward this end. this lesson is
written.
The
Mind obtains its impressions of objects of the outside world by means of the
brain and sense organs. The sensory organs are the
instruments of the Mind, as is also the brain and the entire nervous system. By
means of the nerves, and the brain, the Mind makes
use of the sensory organs in order that it may obtain information regarding external objects.
The
senses are usually said to consist of five different
forms, sight, hearing, smell,
touch, and taste.
The
Yogis teach that there are higher senses, undeveloped,
or comparatively so, in the majority of the race, hut
toward the unfoldment of which the race is tending. Bat
we shall not touch upon these latent senses in this
lesson, as they belong to another phase of the subject. In addition to the five
senses above enumerated, some physiologists and
psychologists have held that there were several others
in evidence. For instance, the sense by which the
inner organs revealed their presence and condition. The muscular system reports to the mind through some sense that is not that of "touch," although closely allied to it. And the feelings of hunger, thirst, etc., seem to come to us through an unnamed sense.
Bernstein has distinguished between the five senses and the one just
referred to as follows: "The characteristic
distinction between these common sensations and the sensations of the senses is
that by the latter we gain knowledge of the occurrences and objects which belong to the external world (and which sensations we refer to external objects), whilst by the former we only feel conditions of our own body."
A sensation is the internal, mental conception, resulting from an external object or fact exciting the sense organs and nerves, and the brain, thus making the
mind "aware" of the external object or fact As Bain has said, it is the "mental impression, feeling, or conscious
state, resulting from the action of external things
on some part of the body, called on that account, sensitive."
Each channel of sense impressions has an organ, or organs,
peculiarly adapted for the excitation of its substance
by the particular kind of vibrations through which it
receives impressions. The eye is most cunningly
and carefully designed to receive the lightwaves;
and sound-waves produce no effect upon it. And,
likewise, the delicate mechanism of the ear responds
only to sound-waves; light-waves failing to register
upon it. Each set of sensations is entirely different,
and the organs and nerves designed to register
each particular set are peculiarly adapted to their own special work.
The organs of sense, including their special nervous systems, may be compared to
a delicate instrument that the mind has
fashioned for itself, that it may
investigate, examine and obtain reports from the outside world.
We have become so accustomed to the workings of the
senses that we take them as a "matter of course," and
fail to recognize them as the delicate and wonderful
instruments that they aredesigned and perfected by the mind for its own
use. If we will think of the soul as designing,
manufacturing and using these
instruments, we may begin to understand their true relations to our lives, and,
accordingly treat them with more respect and consideration.
We
are in the habit of thinking that we are aware of all
the sensations received by our mind. But this is very far from being
correct. The unconscious regions of the
mind are incomparably larger than the small
conscious area that we generally think of when we say
"my mind." In future lessons we shall proceed to consider this
wonderful area, and examine what is to be found there. Taine has well said,
"There is going on within us a
subterranean process of infinite
extent; its products alone are known to us, and are only known to us in
the mass. As to elements, and their
elements, consciousness does not attain to them. They are to sensations what secondary molecules and primitive molecules are to bodies. We
get a glance here and there at
obscure and infinite worlds extending beneath our distinct sensations.
These are compounds and wholes. For their
elements to be perceptible to
consciousness, it is necessary for them to be added together, and so to acquire a certain bulk and to
occupy a certain time, for if the group does not
attain this bulk, and does not last this time, we observe no changes in our
state. Nevertheless, though it escapes us, there is one."
But we must postpone our consideration of this more than interesting phase of the subject, until some future
lesson, when we shall take a trip into the regions of
Mind, under and above Consciousness. And a most wonderful trip many of
us will find it, too.
For the present, we must pay our attention to the channels by which the material for knowledge and thought enter our minds. For these sense impressions,
coming to us from without, are indeed "material"
upon which the mind works in order to manufacture
the product called "Thought."
This material we obtain through
the channels of the senses,
and then store in that wonderful storehouse, the
Memory, from whence we bring out material from
time to time, which we proceed to weave into the fabric of Thought. The skill
of the worker depends upon his training, and his ability to select and combine the proper materials. And the
acquiring of good materials to be stored up is an important part of the
work.
A mind without stored-up material of impressions and
experiences would be like a factory without material. The machinery would
have nothing upon which to work, and the
shop would be idle. As Helmholtz has said, "Apprehension by the senses
supplies directly or indirectly, the
material of all human knowledge, or
at least the stimulus necessary to develop
every inborn faculty of the mind." And Herbert Spencer, has this to say of this phase of the subject, "It is almost a truism to say that in
proportion to the numerousness of
the objects that can be distinguished, and in proportion to the variety of coexistences and sequences that can be severally responded
to, must be the number and rapidity and variety of the changes within the organismmust be the amount of
vitality."
A
little reflection upon this subject will show us that the greater degree of exercise and training given the senses, the greater the degree of mental power and capability. As we store our mental storehouse with the materials to he manufactured into thought, so is the quality and
quantity of the fabric produced.
It
therefore behooves us to awaken from our "lazy" condition
of mind, and to proceed to develop our organs of
sense, and their attendant mechanism, as by doing so
we increase our capacity for thought and knowledge.
Before passing to the exercises, however, it may be
well to give a hasty passing glance at the several senses, and their
peculiarities.
The sense of Touch is the simplest and primal sense. Long before the lower forms of life had' developed the higher senses,
they had evidenced the sense of Touch or
Feeling. Without this sense they would have been
unable to have found their food, or to receive and respond to outside impressions. In the early forms of
life it was exercised equally by all parts of the body, although in the higher
forms this sense has become somewhat localized, as
certain parts of the body are far more sensitive than
are others. The skin is the scat of the sense of
Touch, and its nerves are distributed over the entire
area of the skin. The hand, and particularly the
fingers, and their tips, are the principal organs of this
sense.
The acutenees of Touch varies materially in different parts of the body. Experiments have shown that a pair of compasses would register impressions as a very slight
distance apart when applied to the tip of the tongue. The distance at which the
two points could be distinguished from one
point, on the tip of the tongue, was
called "one line." Using this "line" as a standard, it was found that the palmar surface of the third finger
registered 2 lines; the surface of the
lips 4 lines, and the skin of the back, and on the middle of the arm or thigh, as high as 60 lines. The degree of sensitiveness to Touch varies greatly
with different individuals, some having a very fine sense of touch in their fingers, while others
manifested a very much lower degree.
In the same way, there is a great difference in the response
of the fingers to weighta great difference in the ability to distinguish
the difference of the weight of objects. It
has been found that some people can
distinguish differences in weight down to very small fractions of an
ounce. Fine distinctions in the differences
in temperature have also been noticed.
The
sense of touch, and its development has meant much for Man. It is the one sense
in which Man surpasses the animals in the matter
of degree and acuteness. The animal may have a
keener smell, taste, hearing and sight, but its sense of Touch is far beneath that
of Man. Anaxagoras is quoted as saying that
"if the animals had hands and fingers, they would be like men."
In developing the sense of Touch, the student must remember
that Attention is the key to success. The greater
the amount of Attention the greater the degree of
development possible in the case of any sense. When the Attention is
concentrated upon any particular sense, the latter becomes
quickened and more acute, and repeated exercise,
under the stimulus of Attention,
wilt work wonders in the case of any particular sense. And on the
other hand, the sense of touch may be
almost, or completely inhibited, by firmly fixing the Attention upon
something else. As an extreme proof of this latter fact, the student is asked to remember the fact that men have been known to suffer excruciating torture, apparently
without feeling, owing to the mind
being intently riveted upon some idea or thought. As Wyld has said, "The martyr borne above sensuous impressions, is not
only able to endure tortures, but is
able to endure and quench them. The
pinching and cutting of the flesh only
added energy to the death song of the American Indian, and even the slave under the lash is sustained by the
indignant sense of his wrongs."
In
the cases of persons engaged in occupations requiring
a fine degree of Touch, the development is marvelous.
The engraver passes his hand over the plate,
and is able to distinguish the slightest imperfection.
And the handler of cloth and fabrics is able to
distinguish the finest differences, simply by the sense
of touch. Wool sorters also exercise a wonderfully
high degree of fineness of touch. And the blind are able
to make up for the loss of sight by their greatly increased sense of Touch,
cases being recorded where the blind have been
able to distinguish color by the different "feel" of the material.
The sense of Taste is closely allied to that of Touch in
fact some authorities have considered Taste as a very highly developed sense
of Touch in certain surfaces of the
body, the tongue notably. It will be
remembered that the tongue has the finest sense of Touch, and it also has the
sense of Taste developed to perfection.
In Taste and Touch the object must be
brought in direct contact with the organ of sense, which is not the case in Smell, Hearing, or
Sight. And, be it remembered, that
the latter senses have special nerves, while Taste is compelled to fall
back upon the ordinary nerves of
Touch. It is true that Taste is confined
to a very small part of the surface of the body, while Touch is general. Hut this only indicates a special development of the special area. The sense of Taste also depends to a
great extent upon the presence of fluids,
and only substances that are soluble
make their presence known through the organs and sense of Taste.
Physiologists
report that the sense of Taste in some persons
is so acute that one part of strychnine in one million
parts of water has been distinguished. There are
certain occupations, such as that of wine-tasters, tea-tasters, etc., the followers of which manifest a degree of fineness of Taste almost incredible.
The sense of Smell is closely connected with the sense
of Taste, and often acts in connection therewith, as the tiny particles of the substance in the mouth arise to the organs
of Smell, by means of the opening or means
of communication situated in the back part
of the mouth. Besides which the nose usually detects the odor of substances before they enter the mouth.
The sense of Smell operates by reason of the tiny particles or the object
being carried to the mucous membrane of the interior of the nose, by means of
the air. The membrane, being moist, seizes and holds these particles for a moment, and the fine nervous
organism reports differences and qualities and the Mind is thus informed of the
nature of the object.
The sense of Smell is very highly developed among animals,
who are compelled to rely upon it to a considerable
extent. And many occupations among men require the development of
this sense, for instance, the tobacconist,
the wine dealer, the perfumers, the chemist, etc. It is related that in
the cases of certain blind people, it has
been observed that they could. distinguish persons in this manner.
The
sense of Hearing is a more complex one than in the case of Taste, Touch and
Smell. In the latter three the objects to be sensed must be brought in close
contact with the sense-organs, while in Hearing the object may be far removed, the impressions being carried by
the vibrations of the air, which are caught up and reported upon by the nervous
organism of the sense of Hearing. The internal mechanism of the ear is most
wonderfully intricate and complex, and excites to wonder the person examining
it. It cannot be described here for want of
space, but the student is advised to inquire into it if he has
access to any library containing books on the subject. It is a wonderful
illustration of the work of the mind in,
building up for itself instruments with which to workto acquire
knowledge.
The car records
vibrations in the air from 20 or 32 per
second, the rate of the lowest audible note, to those of 38,000 per second, the rate of the highest audible
note. There is a great difference in individuals
in regard to the fineness of the sense of Hearing. But all may develop this sense by the application of Attention. The animals and savages have wonderfully acute senses of Hearing developed
only along the lines of distinctness, howeveron the other hand musicians have developed the sense along
different lines.
The
sense of Sight is generally conceded to be the highest
and most complex of all the senses of Man. It deals with a far larger
number of objectsat longer distancesand
gives a far greater variety of reports
to the mind than any of its associate senses. It is the sense of Touch magnified many times. As Wilson says of
it, "Our sight may be considered as a
more delicate and diffusive kind of touch that spreads itself over an infinite number of bodies; comprehends
the largest figures, and brings into our reach
some of the most remote parts of the universe."
The sense of Sight receives its impressions from the
outside world by means of waves that travel from body to bodyfrom sun to earth, and from lamp to eye. These waves of
light arise from vibrations in substance, of an almost
incredible degree of rapidity. The lowest light vibration
is about 450,000,000,000,000 par
second, while the highest is about 750,000,000,000,000 per second. These
figures deal only with the vibrations recognizable by
the eye as light. Above and below these figures of the
scale are countless other degrees invisible to the
eye, although some of them may be recorded by
instruments. The different sensations of color,
depend upon the rate of the vibrations, red being the limit of the lowest,
and violet the limit of the highest visible
vibrations orange, yellow, green,
blue, and indigo being the intermediate rates or colors.
The cultivation of the sense of Sight, under the aid of Attention is
most important to all persons. By being able
to clearly see and distinguish the parts of an object, a degree of knowledge
regarding it is obtained that one may not acquire without
the said exercise of the faculty. We have spoken of this under the subject
of Attention, in a previous lesson, to which lesson we again refer the
student. The fixing of the eye upon an
object has the power of concentrating
the thoughts and preventing them from wandering. The eye has other properties and qualities that will be dwelt upon in future lessons. It has
other uses than seeing. The
influence of the eye is a marvelous thing, and may be cultivated and
developed.
We
trust that what we have said will bring the student to a
realization of the importance of developing the
powers of Perception. The senses have been developed
by the mind during a long period of evolution and
effort that surely would not have been given unless
the object in view was worth it all. The "I" insists upon obtaining knowledge of the Universe, and
much of this knowledge may be obtained only through the senses. The Yogi
student must be "wide awake" and
possessed of developed senses and powers
of Perception. The senses of Sight and Hearing, the two latest in the scale of Evolutionary growth and unfoldment, must receive a particular degree
of attention. The student must make
himself "aware" of what is going on about and around him, so
that he may "catch" the best vibrations.
It would surprise many Westerners if they could come in contact with a
highly developed Yogi, and witness the marvelously
finely developed senses he possesses. He is able to
distinguish the finest differences in things, and his mind is so trained that,
in thought, he may draw conclusions from what he has perceived,
in a manner that seems almost "second-sight"
to the uninitiated. In fact, a certain degree of second-sight
is possible to one who develops his sense of Sight, under the
urge of Attention. A new world is
opened out to such a person. One must learn to master the senses, not only in the direction of being independent of
and superior to their urgings, but also in the matter of developing them to a high degree. The development of the physical senses, also has
much to do with the development of
the "Astral Senses," of which
we have spoken in our "Fourteen Lessons," and of which we may have more to say in the present
series. The idea of Raja Yoga is to render the student the
possessor of a highly developed Mind, with highly developed
instruments with which the mind may work.
In our future
lessons we shall give the student many
illustrations, directions, and exercises calculated to develop the different faculties of the mind not only the ordinary faculties of everyday use,
but others hidden behind these
familiar faculties and senses.
Commencing with the next lesson, we shall present a system of exercises, drills, etc., the purpose of which will be the above mentioned development
of the faculties of the Mind.
In
this lesson we shall not attempt to give specific exercises, but will content
ourselves with calling the attention of the student
to a few general rules underlying the development of Perception.
GENERAL
RULES OF PERCEPTION.
The first thing to remember in acquiring the art of Perception is that one should not attempt to perceive the
whole of a complex thing or object at the same time, or
at once. One should consider the object in detail,
and then, by grouping the details, he will find that he has considered the
whole. Let us take the face of a person as a familiar
object. If one tries to perceive a face as a whole,
he will find that he will meet with a certain degree of
failure, the impression being indistinct and cloudy, it following, also, that
the memory of that face will correspond with the
original perception.
But let the observer consider the face in detail, first
the eyes, then the nose, then the mouth, then the chin,
then the hair, then the outline of the face, the complexion, etc., and he will
find that he will have acquired a clear and distinct
impression or perception of the whole face.
The same
rule may be applied to any subject or object. Let us take another familiar
illustration. You wish
to observe a building. If you simply
get a general perception of the building as a whole, you will be able to remember
very little about it, except its general outlines, shape, size, color,
etc. And a description will prove to be very disappointing. But if you have noted, in detail, the material used, the shape of
the doors, chimney, roof, porches, decorations, trimmings, ornamentation, size
and number of the window-panes etc., etc.,
the shape and angles of the roof, etc., you will have an intelligent idea
of the building, in the place of a mere
general outline or impression of
such as might be acquired by an animal in passing.
We will conclude this lesson with an anecdote of the
methods of that famous naturalist Agassiz, in his training
of his pupils. His pupils became renowned for their
close powers of observation and perception. and their
consequent ability to "think" about the things they had seen. Many of them rose to eminent positions,
and claimed that this was largely by reason of their careful training.
The
tale runs that a new student presented himself to Agassiz one day, asking to
be set to work. The naturalist took a fish from a
jar in which it had been preserved, and
laying it before the young student
bade him observe it carefully, and be ready to report upon what he had noticed about the fish. The student was then left alone with the fish. There
was nothing especially interesting about that fishit was like many other fishes that he had seen before.
He noticed that it had fins and
scales, and a mouth and eyes, yes, and a tail. In a half hour he felt
certain that he had observed all about that
fish that there was to be
perceived. But the naturalist remained
away.
The
time rolled on, and the youth, having nothing else to
do, began to grow restless and weary. He started
out to hunt up the teacher, but he failed to find him,
and so had to return and gaze again at that wearisome
fish. Several hours had passed, and he knew but
little more about the fish than he did in the first place.
He
went out to lunch and when he returned it was still a case of watching the
fish. He felt disgusted and discouraged, and
wished he had never come to Agassiz,
whom, it seemed, was a stupid old man after all,one away behind the times. Then, in order to kill time, he began to count the scales. This completed he counted the spines of the fins. Then he
began to draw a picture of the fish.
In drawing the picture he. noticed
that the fish had no eyelids. He thus
made the discovery that as his teacher had expressed it often, in lectures, "a pencil is the best of
eyes." Shortly after the teacher
returned, and after ascertaining
what the youth had observed, he left rather
disappointed, telling the boy to keep on looking and maybe he would
see something.
This put the boy on his mettle, and he began to work
with his pencil, putting down little details that had escaped him before, but which now seemed very plain to him. He began to catch the secret of observation. Little by little he brought to light new objects of interest
about the fish. But this did not suffice
his teacher, who kept him at work on the same fish for
three whole days. At the end of that time the student
really knew something about the fish, and, better
than all, had acquired the "knack" and habit of careful observation and perception in detail.
Years after, the student, then attained to eminence, is
reported as saying: "That was the best zoological lesson I ever hada lesson whose influence has extended
to the details of every subsequent study; a legacy
that the professor left to me, as he left to many others,
of inestimable value, which we could not buy, and with which we cannot
part."
Apart
from the value to the student of the particular
information obtained, was the quickening of the perceptive faculties, that
enabled him to observe the important points in a
subject or object, and, consequently to deduce important information from that
which was observed. The Mind is hungry for knowledge,
and it has by years of weary evolution and effort built up a series of sense systems in order to yield it that knowledge, and it is still building. The men and women in
the world who have arrived at the point of success
have availed themselves of these wonderful channels of information, and by
directing them under the guidance of Will and
Attention, have attained wonderful results. These things
arc of importance, and we beg of our students not to pass by this portion of the subject as uninteresting. Cultivate a spirit of wide-awakeness and perception, and the "knowing" that will come to you will surprise you.
No
only do you develop the existing senses by such practice
and use, but you help in the unfoldment of the latent
powers and senses that are striving for unfold' went. By using and exercising the
faculties that we have, we help to unfold those for the coming of which
we have been dreaming.
MANTRAM
(AFFIRMATION).
I am a Soul, possessed of channels of communication with the outer world. I
will use these channels, and thereby acquire
the information and knowledge necessary for my mental development. I
will exercise and develop my organs of
sense, knowing that in so doing I shall cause to unfold the higher senses, of which
they are but forerunners and symbols. I will be
"wide-awake" and open to the inflow of knowledge and information. The Universe is my HomeI will explore
it.
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