Raja-Yoga

many millions of miles one set
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of vibration, and then
so many millions of miles still higher, and so on. It is
perfectl} certain, then, that those who live on the plane
of a certain state of vibration will have the power
of recognising each other, but will not recognise
those above or below them. Yet, just as by the
telescope and the microscope we can increase the
scope of our vision, and make higher or lower
vibrations cognisable to us, similarly, every man can
bring himself to the state of vibration belonging to the
next plane, thus enabling himself to see what is
going
on there. Suppose this room were full of beings whom
we do not see. They represent certain vibrations in
the Prdna, and we represent other vibrations. Sup
pose they represent the quicker, and we the slower.
Prdna is the material of which they are composed, also
of which we are composed; all are parts of the same
ocean of Prdna, only
the rate of vibration differs. If
I can bring myself to the quicker vibration this plane
will immediately change for me; I shall not see you
any more ; you vanish, and they appear. Some of you,
perhaps, know this to be true. All this bringing of the
mind into a higher state of vibration is included in one
word in Yoga Samddhi. All these states of higher
vibration, superconscious vibrations of the mind, are
grouped in that one word, Samddhi, and the lower
states of Samddhi give us visions of these beings. The
highest grade
of Samddhi is when we see the real
thing, when we see the material out of which the
whole of these grades of beings are composed, and that