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Advanced Course in Yogi Philosophy and Oriental Occultism448
run a belt, and the belt to impart its motion to certain machinery, and so on.
But the principle is the same in all cases. The student is advised to read some
elementary work on Natural Philosophy, or Physics, in order to get a more
detailed idea of Energy, Force, Motion, etc. Examples of the transforming of
Energy from one form of motion to another may be seen in every act. We
pick up a ball, and sending a nerve-current from the brain, cause certain
muscles of the arm to contract and expand, which process imparts motion
to the ball and throws it from the hand. The ball strikes another object, and
throws it down, and so on. A row of bricks extending around the world
could be toppled over, one after the other, by imparting a slight motion to
the first one, which would pass it on to the next, and so on. The Energy in
gunpowder, when released in a close chamber, is imparted to the bullet in
the shape of motion, and the bullet travels through space, until the Energy in
the earth, known as the Attraction of Gravitation, overcomes the imparted
motion of the powder, and eventually imparts to the ball a new motion
which causes it to be drawn toward the earth.
Science (both physical and occult) teaches that all Matter is in constant
motion—that is, the atoms are in constant vibration. This motion or vibration
of course is imparted by the principle of Energy. We cannot perceive this
motion, but it is known to exist, and Life as it is would be impossible without
it. Each form of Matter has its own rate of vibration. We cannot spare the
space for a consideration of this part of the subject, and must refer the
student who wishes to investigate the theories and facts of material science
to the many text books on the subject which may be found at any book
store or public library. We have stated the principal theory, and will now
pass on to the Yogi teaching of Prana, which corresponds very closely with
the teachings of physical science regarding Energy. In fact there is very little
ground for difference on general principles possible to investigators of the
subject.
The Yogi Philosophy teaches that in the world of forms, or relativity, all
Matter, or forms of Akasa, is in perpetual motion—there is no rest in the