LESSON ONE
34. The planetary rays also converge at this spot and control its functions, and at this spot is located the helm which controls human life. Therefore a Yogi must leam to control this vital center and change the flow of breath as required for securing desired results.
35. When the Pingala nerve or the right nostril is in Row, the Ida nerve lies inactive or dormant, and the gate of the left nostril remains closed. Similarly, when the Ida nerve or the left nostril is in flow, the Pingala nerve lies dormant, and the gate of the right nostril remains shut. But when the Sushumana nerve or both nostrils are in flow, the gates of both of them lie ajar and both Pingala and Ida nerves are fully active.
36. When the right nostril is in flow, from each inhalation of air, the Pingala nerve selects the positive electrons contained in the ether which interpenetrate the air, and carries a current of positive electro-magnetism down the right side of the spine.
37. Because the right side is positive, people in whom the right nostril flow predominates evince positive characteristics, such as martial spirit and sometimes unusual aggressiveness.
38. In certain individuals, overabundant sexual passion is the result of an excessive flow of the right nostril.
39. Similarly, when the left nostril is in flow, the Ida nerve carries currents of negative electrons down the left side of the spine,
40. People with a predominant left nostril flow tend to manifest negative characteristics, such as fear, timidity, submission, humbleness, obedience, etc., and also virtues such as truthfulness, kindness, benevolence, reverence, and spirituality.
41. The positive electro-magnetic currents and the negative electro-magnetic currents which run alternately down Pingala and Ida nerves respectively, meet at the Solar Plexus and other Plexi of the Sympathetic Nervous System, which lie along the spinal column, and supply Prana for the function of the human machine.
42. As the numerous branches which Pingala and Ida nerves send out connect all of the plexi of the Sympathetic System with the Cerebro-spinal System, much of the etheric energy which is conveyed along Pingala and Ida is stored up in the different plexi, the chief of which is the Solar Plexus.
43. When Sushumana or both nostrils are equally in flow, both Pin and Ida nerves carry their respective currents down the spine at the same time, and these currents as they go down the spine distributing their wealth among the different plexi, carry what remains to the base of the spine, where they meet and supply Prana to the Sushumana Canal,
44. The Sympathetic Nervous System has its center in the Solar Plexus, and is the channel of that mental action which unconsciously supports the vital functions of the body.
45. The connection between the Cerebro-spinal and the Sympathetic Nervous System is made by the vagus nerve, which passes out of the cerebral region as a portion of the voluntary system to the thorax, sending out branches to the heart and lungs, and finally passing through the diaphragm, it loses its outer coating and becomes identified with the nerves of the Sympathetic System, so forming a connecting link between the two and making the human physically a single entity.
46. The Cerebro-Spinal System is the organ of the conscious mind, and the Sympathetic is the organ of the sub-conscious. The Cerebro-spinal is the channel through which we receive conscious perception from the physical senses and exercise control over the movements of the body. This system of nerves has its center in the brain.
47. When the Solar Plexus is in active operation, and is radiating life and energy and vitality to every part of the body, and to every one that you meet, the sensations are pleasant, the body is filled with health, and all with whom you come in contact experience a pleasant sensation.
48. If you wish to develop courage and power, and if you wish to become less timid and more aggressive, practice breathing through the right nostril; at first you may find it necessary to close the left nostril with the forefinger, but you will gradually acquire control and will eventually be able to close either nostril at will.
49. If you wish to cultivate any of the spiritual qualities such as benevolence, reverence, truthfulness, kindness, cheerfulness or goodness, you should practice breathing through the left nostril.
50. The information contained in this lesson is so startling, so unique, so useful, so surprisingly dependable that we feel everyone fortunate enough to obtain these
Amazing Secrets will lose no time in breaking the fetters which have held them in bondage to the misconceptions and traditions by which they have been enslaved.
51. The next lesson contains a secret of equal or greater importance: it tells how many attract to themselves evils and misfortunes, how others attract happiness and fortune. It also tells how the mighty wonder workers of India project themselves to any desired location at will. This is one of the secrets which have previously only been given by word of mouth. It has seldom, if ever before, been revealed in print.
LESSON ONE
Review Questions
1. The brain, the eyes, the nose, the arms, the lungs, the kidneys, the legs are all double organs. Why is this?
2. Is this true only of humans?
3. Which side of the human body is the positive pole? Which is the negative?
4. What happens when the body ceases to absorb and radiate energy from and to surrounding space?
5. Does the air flow through both nostrils continuously?
6. How does the breath usually flow in people of normal health?
7. How are people affected when the flow of the right nostril is predominant?
8. How are people affected when the flow of the left nostril is predominant?
9. Where do the Ida and Pingala nerves meet?
10. When both nostrils are equally in flow, what happens?