Yoga Philosophy

Author(s): Virchand R Gandhi, Bhagu F Karbhari
Publisher: Agamoday Samiti

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TYPNOTISM
doubt, and when it is passing from one body to another, the mixing of the magnetism of one person with that of another depends on the spiritual condition of both of these persons. If both are positive they cannot meet togetber with good result, but if one is positive and the other negative they will mix; that is why the mesmerists say that the patient should be in a passive condition, that the operator may be able to exercise bis will power strongly; the patient should become fassive so that the two elements may mix, It is this magnetic fluid that in some persons is of one kind and in other persons of another kind, in some giving pleasure and in cthers pain. The scientists gtve us tbis explanation, that this fluid is to be found in a greater or less degree in all persons, but in actual experience we know that in some it is of a pleasant nature and in others unpleasant. We Hindus can give the reason for this, because the scientists' observation proceeds from limited standpoints; they think that there is only one physical life and do not know anything about the condition of the being after what they call death; therefore they cannot find out anything about the cause of this magnetic fluid. Certainly, then, we must consider the cause of any phenomenon; there can not be any result manifested in the physical, leptal, moral or spiritual universe without a cause, Even a leaf does not fall from a tree unless there is force sufficient to take it down from the tree; if that is true in the material world certainly it must be true