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Prana
or Vital Force
From: "14 Lessons in Yogi Philosophy &
Oriental Occultism"
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By Yogi Ramacharaka
We
have said something of Prana in our little book, "The Science of
Breath" which many of you have read. As we said in that book,
Prana is
universal energy, but in our consideration of it we will confine
ourselves to
that manifestation of Prana which we call vital force. This vital force
is
found in all forms of life—from the amoeba to man—from the most
elementary form
of plant life to the highest form of animal life. Prana is
all-pervading. It is
found in all things having life, and as the occult philosophy teaches
that life is in all things—in
every atom-the apparent lifelessness of some things being only a lesser
degree
of manifestation, we may understand that Prana is everywhere, in
everything.
Prana is not the Ego, but is merely a form of energy used by the Ego in
its
material manifestation. When the Ego departs from the physical body, in
what we
call "death," the Prana, being no longer under the control of the
Ego, responds only to the orders of the individual atoms or their
groups, which
have formed the physical body, and as the physical body disintegrates
and is
resolved back to its original elements, each atom takes with it
sufficient
Prana to enable it to form new combinations, the unused Prana returning
to the
great universal storehouse from whence it came. Prana is in all forms
of
matter, and yet it is not matter—it is the energy or force which
animates
matter. We have gone into the matter of Prana in our little book
previously
referred to, and we do not wish to take up the students' time in
repeating what
we said there.
But before taking up the
next principle, we wish to direct the student's attention to the fact
that
Prana is the force underlying magnetic healing, much of mental healing,
absent
treatment, etc. That which has been spoken of by many as human
magnetism is
really Prana.
In "Science of
Breath," we have given you directions for increasing the Prana in your
system; distributing it over the body, strengthening each part and
organ and
stimulating every cell. It may be directed toward relieving pain in
one's self
and others by sending to the affected part a supply of Prana extracted
from the
air. It may be projected to a distance so far as to affect other
persons. The
thought of the projector sends forth and colors the Prana gathered for
the
purpose, and finds lodgment in the psychic organism of the patient.
Like the
Marconi waves it is invisible to the eye of man (with the exception of
certain
persons who have attained a high degree of clairvoyant power); it
passes
through intervening obstacles and seeks the person attuned to receive
it.
This transferring of Prana
under the direction of the will is the underlying principle of thought
transference, telepathy, etc. One may surround himself with an aura of
Prana,
colored with strong positive thought, which will enable him to resist
the
adverse thought waves of others, and which will enable him to live
serene in an
atmosphere of antagonistic and inharmonious thought.
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