LESSON THREE
24. An occasional visitor to the sylvan solitudes situated in the high Himalayas where the Yogi adepts live, informs us that there are Yogis today whose ages range from two hundred years to five hundred or even more.
25. If this is true, it is positive proof that they are in possession of secrets unknown to others, by which they can prolong life far beyond the dreams of scientists.
26. But the modus operandi has remained a deep mystery to all up to the present.
27. You will now be entrusted with this dearest and brightest jewel in the diadem of Yogi power – the finest of all the gems in this mysterious necklet of cryptic wisdom.
28. But guard it as you would guard these eternal truths of Life, from falling into the hands of the vulgar, sealing your lips with the seal of silence.
29. Deep in the recess of the heart of every spiritually awakened individual is an insatiable longing to prolong the span of life indefinitely, free from the ravages of declining years.
30. But even those who have enjoyed in their prime of life perfect health, vibrant with supreme life force, sorrow when they witness their once rosy cheeks, the vigor and virility of their youth, the charm and magnetism of their personality and the pulsating life force which thrilled and animated every atom of their being, forsaking them little by little as the unfriendly years pass by.
31. Science has not as yet discovered any method or methods which could permanently defeat the signs of consuming age.
32. But science teaches us that old age is due to a slackening of the functions of various vital organs and glands of the body owing to either an insufficient amount of energy being generated within the body for the perfect functioning of all the organs, or the dissipation of energy generated within the body by careless living.
33. The imperfect functioning of all the vital organs results in imperfect assimilation of the necessary elements for repairing and rebuilding the body and in imperfect elimination of waste matter from the system. These signs precede old age and death. And no medicine or nourishing food or other scientific device known, has been able to successfully banish the ravages of old age and scare away the demon of death.
34. The Yogis know that as the prime of life is passed, the influence of the Moon begins to tell more and more upon the human organism as the years roll on. This influence of the moon affects the breath-flow, and the flow of the left nostril begins to predominate little by little, each day, each year. The decreased flow of the right nostril results consequently in imperfect digestion and assimilation, and signs of old age and decay begin to register upon the human organism.
35. Therefore, a proper balancing of the etheric currents energized by the solar rays and the etheric currents energized by the lunar rays, or polarized light from the sun, could retard signs of old age and decay, provided the person tries to preclude all that tends to dissipate energy, and lives a life of purity and chastity.
36. Now I shall explain the method by which the Yogis retain their youth and prolong life indefinitely. From sunrise to sunset or during the day these Yogis keep the right nostril closed, allowing the breath to flow only through the left nostril, and from sunset to sunrise or during the night they keep the left nostril closed allowing the breath to flow only through the right nostril.
37. By a careful and systematic practice of this method they arrest all decay, retain everlasting youth and defy even death. But the follower of this method is strictly enjoined to observe chastity and the conservation of the reproductive fluid, for without so doing, it would be difficult to control the breath as desired.
38. There is logic, science and philosophy in this method. The two luminaries, the Sun and the Moon, govern every incident in the life cycle of a human being. The Sun’s influence is greater during the day, when it gives light and heat, while the Moon’s influence is greater during the night. By causing the lunar nerve to flow during the day and the solar nerve to flow during the night, the evil effects of these luminaries are neutralized and their corroding influences checked. Thus all decay of the body is stopped and it is rejuvenated and regenerated as the years roll by.
39. Now you have the method followed by those who have succeeded in scaling this well-nigh impossible height. If you care to, you may attempt to reach it. And blessed are they who are willing to make the sacrifice, for the prize is indeed worth the cost.
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LESSON THREE
Review Questions
1. What is the result of every form of disease?
2. Why is this true?
3. How may such diseases be cured?
4. How can this be accomplished?
5. What other important function does it accomplish?
6. Is it possible that old age, decay and even death may be indefinitely postponed by a scientific control of the breath?
7. What is the cause of many chronic diseases?
8. How can this be remedied?
9. What is the usual cause of neurasthenia in woman?
10. What remedy have the Yogis to offer for the cure of old age and death?