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possible means of defence, we, without reasoning, avail ourselves of the readiest means available, whatever they be, and then invariably escape from harm. We then call it the presence of mind, which, however, is nothing other than the presence of will as the result of reliance on the self, but not on intellect. Now, if we could go a step farther, and, instead of unconsciously relying on the self, were to consciously rely on and cling to the Self, our will would ever remain positive, that is, in a condition natural to it. We should then observe that taking place which would astonish every body, and would be called a miracle. The wolf, then, instead of coming and devouring us, would turn away and pass by harmlessly, or would come and lie down at our feet. A majority of men in the world, no doubt, would consider this statement highly absurd, but it is no more absurd than the turning away of the positive point of a magnetized needle from the positive point o another similar one, or their coming together only at different and opposite poles, i.e., in a friendly spirit. It is the magnetism of Will which is the miracle, not its manifestation in the Self-conscious Souls. Such is the secret power which enabled the yogis and mahatmas of India to remain unmolested from wild beasts in the forests. Every day do we see the manifestations of Will in various forms, but fail to observe their significance. The heaviest stone and the lightest feather cannot get away from the law of gravitation, and lie chained to earth, till they are moved by some external force; but man, an insignificant and frail being, so far as the matter of his body and its dimensions are con
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