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LAGHU YOGA VASISTHA
it goes by the name of Jiva, on account of the many
surrounding things which agitate it. This
fluctuating Jiva, subject to the delusions of
Sankalpa, regards this illusory body as real, as
ghosts are regarded by ignorant lads. The world
will judge of this Jiva by the opinions of the
majority of enlightened men in every age, who
discern with trained minds. It is only by the
exercise of a determined will that persons,
although ignorant, can transform poison into
nectar, and the reverse, thus entirely changing the
nature of things. By contemplating the body, it
becomes gross; and thus also the visible body,
through the conception of its unreal nature, again
becomes a subtle one, All psychic powers, such as
Anima, and others acquired through meditation,
are awakened by this course (of Will- Thought)
alone. This will be self-evident only to those who
have mastered the Siddhis of Yoga through selfillumination.‟
„Having by these means developed the powers of
Anima, etc., Chudala instantaneously moved and
disported herself in all the universe, encircled by
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