Raja-Yoga

PRANA. 41
of this Prdna, which gave them tremendous will power;
they had brought their Prdna to the highest state of
motion, and this is what gave them power to sway the
world. All manifestations of power arise from this
control. Men may not know the secret, but this is
the one explanation. Sometimes in your own body the
supply of Prdna gravitates more or less to one part;
the balance is disturbed, and when the balance of
Prdna is disturbed, what we call disease is produced.
To take away the superfluous Prdna, or to supply the
Prdna that is wanting, will be curing the disease. That
again is Prdndydma, to learn when there is more or less
Prdna in one part of the body than there should be.
The feelings will become so subtle that the mind will
feel that there is less Prdna in the toe or the finger
than there should be, and possess the power to supply
it. These are among the various functions of Prdndydma.
They have to be learned slowly and gradually,
and, as you see, the whole scope of Rdja Yoga is really
to teach the control and direction in different planes of
the Prdna. When a man has concentrated his energies
he masters the Prdna that is in his body. When a man
is meditating, he is also concentrating the Prdna.
In an ocean there are huge waves, like mountains,
then smaller waves, and still smaller, down to little
bubbles, but the background of all these is the infinite
ocean. The bubble is connected with the infinite
ocean at one end, and the huge wave at the other end.
So, one may be a gigantic man, and another a little
bubble, but each is connected with that infinite ocean