Raja-Yoga

PRANA. 39
first man, in such a case, has a little more control over
the Prdna, and can rouse, for the time being, his Prdna,
as it were, to a certain state of vibration, and transmit
it to another person.
There have been cases where this process
has been
carried on at a distance, but in reality there is no dis
tance, in the sense of a break. Where is the distance
that has a break ? Is there any break between you and
the sun ? It is a continuous mass of matter, the sun
the one part, and you the other. Is there a break
between one part of a river and another ? Then why
cannot any force travel ? There is no reason against
it. These cases are perfectly true, and this Prdna can
be transmitted to a very great distance; but to one
genuine case, there are hundreds of frauds. It is not
so easy as it is thought to be. In the most ordinary
cases of this healing you will find that these healers
are simply taking advantage of the naturally healthy
state of the human body. There is no disease in this
world which kills the majority of persons attacked.
Even in cholera epidemics, if for a few days sixty per
cent, die, after that the rate comes down to thirty and
twenty per cent, and the rest recover. An allopath
comes and treats cholera patients, and gives them his
medicines; the homoeopath comes and gives his medi
cine, and cures perhaps more, simply because the
homoeopath did not disturb the patients, but allowed
nature to deal with them; and the faith-healer will
cure more still, because he will bring the strength of