CHAPTER XX 



THE CROWN OF CONCENTRATION 



SO far all the explanations concerning exer- 

 cises and discipline for concentration have 

 necessarily given prominence to the physical 

 plane, because we must know our mediums of ac- 

 tivity in order to use them correctly and bene- 

 ficially; and because the physical is the lowest and 

 grossest medium in the scale of human develop- 

 ment, but also the vehicle of expression for all ac- 

 tivities, and therefore the one which we must first 

 learn to control. 



No method of purifying and energizing the 

 nerves is known to Western science that in any re- 

 spect approaches the efficacy of the exercises for 

 Prdndydma; and from their effect upon the vibra- 

 tions, they prepare the physical conditions most fa- 

 vorable for success in higher concentration. 



In the Sushumnd man bridges the abyss between 

 the physical and spiritual over the psychic realm. 

 It is only through the complete mastery of our 

 thoughts and their conscious direction to the high- 

 est and best that we are able to open this gate- 

 way to the inner senses ; for the process refines the 



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