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to put all the strain upon it that it will bear. 

 Nerve- and muscle-tension wears people tremend- 

 ously because it is a stretching, straining, and 

 sundering of atoms one from another which breaks 

 down structure physiologically. In concentration 

 of energy as in the Held-breath exercise the 

 reverse is the condition. The atoms are com- 

 pacted closer and closer together, and thrill with 

 the force of unison and the harmony of synchron- 

 ous motion. Thus the most delicate and finest 

 nerve is raised to the power of a larger one; and 

 the increase of energy throughout the nervous sys- 

 tem corresponds. 



Face every mental or physical crisis first, by tak- 

 ing a few deep, full inspirations to change the air 

 and thus the vibrations, that is, the form of 

 action in the lungs; and follow this with eight 

 or ten repetitions of the nerve-purifying and nerve- 

 strengthening alternate breathing, as directed in 

 Chapter IV. While thus breathing, look within, 

 and seek that heart-silence which carries you to 

 the radiant center of your being, and laps you in 

 poise and confidence. 



You will thus raise your vibrations to a higher 

 plane, and in doing this you not only lift yourself 

 into a state in sympathy with higher influ- 

 ences and draw them to you, but above condi- 

 tions where unwholesome vibrations and thoughts 

 (similar to those you may desire to expel) reach 



