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Lesson XI: Matter and Force.451
the relation of the positive to the negative—and the control is possible,
with knowledge, under the direction of the Will. What the Yogis know as
Pranayama is the science or art of controlling the Prana by the Mind, or
Will. This is a feature of the science of “Raja Yoga,” and in its highest form, as
possessed and exercised by the advanced spiritual men of the East and West,
constitutes the basis of the power of the “Adepts,” and “Masters,” as they
are known to the world. The greater teachings on the subject are carefully
kept within the knowledge of the few, lest mankind would basely misuse the
power were it to be made known generally. But, still, there is quite a portion
of the teachings that are now allowed to be made public to those ready
for it, and anyone possessed of sufficient application and determination, in
connection with spiritual development, may put into practice a greater or
less degree of the science of Pranayama. There are other features of “Raja
Yoga,” besides this one, such as the control of the Mind or Chitta, etc., etc.,
but Pranayama forms one of the leading teachings.
Before leaving the subject of Energy or Prana, we wish to call the
attention of our students to the fact that occasional glimpses of the truth
of the Yogi teachings that Energy is a grosser manifestation of Mind, and
shades or melts into the latter, are afforded to close scientific observers of
the phenomena of Energy or Force. Observers and investigators have been
struck by the occasional conviction that Force or Energy, in some of its forms,
displayed a something akin to intelligent action, instead of acting like “blind”
force. When the attention of the scientific investigators is directed to this
fact (and it will be before long) they will notice, classify and investigate the
same, and new theories will be evolved and taught to account for the same.
Science must eventually come to accept facts bearing out the truth of the
Yogi teachings—for they exist.
Leaving the subject of Prana or Energy, we pass on to a consideration of
the Third Great Manifestation or Relativity: