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Chapter VI: The Principles of Pranic Healing.1989
Chapter VI: The Principles of Pranic Healing.
Before we can understand Pranic Healing, we must understand something
about Prana. Prana is the name given by the Yogi philosophers to “Vital
Force,” or Energy, which is found within the body of every living thing. It
may be called the Life Force. At the last, Prana is known to be Mental in
its nature, and is the Energy of the Mind of the Universe. But in order to
avoid metaphysical distinctions in this book, let us follow the usual custom
of treating Prana as an independent thing, just as we do Mind and Matter.
The Yogis teach that Prana is a Universal Principle—a Something pervading
all Space, and together with Mind and Matter composing the Threefold
Manifestation of the Absolute. Leaving aside the manifestations of Prana in
the forms of Force, known as Electricity, Heat, Light, etc., let us consider it
in its manifestation of Vital Force, which is the only aspect with which we
are concerned in this book. Prana is the Force by which all activity is carried
on in the body—by which all bodily movements are possible—by which
all functioning is done—by which all signs of life manifest themselves. We
have described Prana at considerable length in our other books, and do
not desire to repeat ourselves, and to take up space in such repetitions, any
more than can be avoided.