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in a manner akin to the process of magnetisation of a bar of steel. The old percepts are all upset; the sun seems to lose its light, the moon its brightness; the stars are seen to fall, making the very heavens shake and tremble; and visions of all sorts float before the eyes. When these signs appear, the point of concentration should be changed from the pineal-gland to the heart, or, as Jesus put it, one should 'stand in the holy place,' with the injunction: 'whoso readeth, let him understand' (Matthew, XXIV. 15). This state of affairs is the prelude to the vision of the Lord, but Nirvana is not yet, inasmuch as it is a step beyond this stage. Every Yogi knows what this change of polarity in the nervous system means. The sceptic need only strain the nerves connected with his organs of sight, for a little while, to see a partial confirmation of our statement. We can now understand why Jesus said: " Verily I say unto you: This generation shall not pass, till all these things be fulfilled. Heaven and earth shall pass away, but my words shall not pass away" (Matthew, XXIV. 34 & 35).
THE KEY OF KNOWLEDGE.
His last declaration that not a hair of the head of those who possessed their souls in patience, in spite of calamities, tribulations and disasters, should perish (Luke, XXI. 18), if anything, emphasizes his doctrine. Believe in your immortality and the power of the soul, and no harm can befall you, till, conquering death, you ascend to your true abode-the blissful Heaven of the Jinas (Conquerors, hence, Gods).
The injunction,
"In that day, he which shall be upon the housetop, and his staff
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