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THE SCIENCE OF BREATHING
shall be drawn in, the will is a great attractive force and will attract that particular kind of ether; and the same is true in the other parts of the body. Of course there are other practical rules in this science of breathing, and these rules are to be observed from the time we leave our bed in the morning until the time for retiring. Duricg the whole day this science of breath plays an important part. When we get up we can know whether we are positive or negative by the breath which passes through the nostrils, and we must make ourselves so in harmony with nature that there will be no coflict. We are given rules as to the particular days on which it is best to be positive or negative, if we wish to have good health. We say that on the first three days of the light "half of the month it is better if we are negative, and on the contrary, on the fourth, fifth and sixth days it will be better if we are positive; but as soon as the dark half of the month comes in, it will be better if we are positive on the first three days. If we are not in the condition in which we ought to be, we can place ourselves in that condition. How can a person make himself positive or negative ? Suppose we are positive, that is, the breath passes with greater force through the right nostril, if we place the whole burden of the body on the right side, the breath will in a few minutes begin to come through the left nostril, and we have
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