Book Title: Yoga Philosophy
Author(s): Virchand R Gandhi, Bhagu F Karbhari
Publisher: Agamoday Samiti

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________________ THE SCIENCE OF BREATHING certain conditions only one is predominant, under others two, under others three, etc. If they are in the right proportion, health is the result; if they are disturbed, the 155 health is disturbed; and he breathing should be regulated in such a way as to keep the ethers in the right proportion. We may know by the force of the breath which comes out through the nostrils, and by seeing the colors in force in the body, which of the ethers is predominant. How can we get rid of the predominance of one ether if it is not desirable ? We say that all these ethers have their special localities in the body, and when we breathe in we simply concentrate our attention on the part in which the ether we wish to attract predominates, and by sending influence there, we can exert magnetism, and attract the kind of ether which is desired to that part of the body. With regard to the parts of the body where the different ethers are located, between the feet and the knees is the locality of the fifth ether, between the knees and the navel, of the fourth, between the navel and the heart, of the third, between the heart and the throat, that of the second, while the first is located between the throat and the eyebrows. If we concentrate on those parts, we attract the ethers predominant in them to us; if our feet or any part between the feet and the kness should become tired, then, while we breathe deeply, if we concentrate our attention on those parts, and will strongly, that the particular ether required Jain Education International For Private & Personal Use Only www.jainelibrary.org

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