Key of Knowledge

SR No.: 006702
Original Sutra Author: N/A
Author: Champat Rai Jain
Publisher: ZZZ Unknown
Publication Year: 1919
Total Pages: 1204
Language: English
Classification: Book_English
File Size: 25 MB

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YOGA. ovum which is a single cell formed in the body of the female parent, and fecundated by the spermatozoon in the father's seed. Before conception, however, neither the ovum nor the spermatozoon is complete enough in itself, and, for that reason, neither is capable of development or growth as an embryo. The fusion of their nuclei results in the formation of a complete cell which becomes the starting point of a fresh incarnation for the migrating soul. The cell now immediately sets out on the path of embryonic growth, and the formation of the organisin begins. By the process of successive divisions, new cells are formed from this single primitive parent,' and come to occupy their proper places in the system. This process continues till the organism grows into a colony of cells, with numerous centres of control to regulate their function and movement. As new cells are formed and put in their proper positions in the body, life flows out from the centre to cover them up with its ramifications, and thus brings them under control. This is how the subjective mind of the individual controls and governs the functions of the cells which constitute the body. As regards health, the rule seems to be that so long as this central spring is overflowing with the fluid of life, and its 'waters reach the vital orgays of the body, health and youth are maintained ; but when, owing to some cause or other, obstacles spring up which prevent the living waters from reaching the bodily cells, then such of them as receive no supply or only an insufficient quantity of it, decline to contribute their share to the general well-being of the organism, setting up all sorts of disease and other forms of unhealthy complications in