Raja-Yoga

YOGA APHORISMS. 197
knows exactly by those that are waiting when his body
will fall. He knows when he will die, at what hour,
even at what minute. The Hindus think very much of
that knowledge
or consciousness of the nearness of
death, because it is
taught in the Gitd that the thoughts
at the moment of departure are great powers in deter
mining the next life.
23. By making Samyama on friendship, etc., various
strength comes.
24. By making Samyama on the strength of the ele
phant, etc., that strength comes to the Yogi.
When a Yogi has attained to this Samyama and wants
strength, he makes a Samyama on the
elephant, and gets
it.
strength of the
Infinite energy is at the disposal
of everyone, if he only knows how to get it. The Yogi
has discovered the science of getting it.
25. By making Samyama on that effulgent light comes
the knowledge of the fine, the obstructed, and
the remote,
When the Yogi makes Samyama on that effulgent
light in the heart he sees things which are very
remote, things, for instance, that are happening in a
distant place, and which are obstructed by mountain
barriers and also things which are very fine.
26. By making Samyama on the sun the knowledge of
the world.
27. On the moon the knowledge of the cluster of stars,