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his past thoughts. In the Hindu inythology this ether is described in Sanscrit as the recorder of the actions and doings of the universe. It is of a varied nature. It is mentioned in the Hindu mythological works in such a way that those who do not understand the context may understand them literally, and therefore think that there is a person somewhere in the universe having eyes and hands, who records all that is done, but the idea in both the Christian and Hindu systems is the same. Both of them, when the true meaning is forgotten, lead to dogmatic assertion, but the truth is the same in both of them. This ether contains the picture, the prototype, of everything, the representation of everything as it were, of our acts and thoughts, and if we carry about us our own personality, that personality itself is full of pictures of our past life, and any person who is sensitive enough can see these things. The history of a physical object also is imprinted not on the material particles, but on the ethereal part, and these waves are carried in the ether, so that a person who has the power of psychometry can read the history of anything in this way. There are different subtle or rather occult crgans of the body, through which these powers are manifested. The Hindus have also determined the organs which are fitted for these things ; they have studied these organs. There are several plexuses in the human body, all of which are centers of the nervous system. The nerves are situated in all the different parts of the body and
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