Book Title: Yoga Philosophy
Author(s): Virchand R Gandhi, Bhagu F Karbhari
Publisher: Devchand Lalbhai Pustakoddhar Fund

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________________ 108 THE SCIENCE OF BREATHING fore the result would be failure so far as the act is concerned, or at least, not the success which we wished. But if we perform the act, when in the right condition, the chances will be in our favor. Sometimes when we are sitting still we feel that we wish to go to some other place; somehow or other an impression comes to us that we ought to go elsewhere ; but if we examine the body by means of the breath we shall see that we are in a positive condition. Sometimes our duty tells us that we ought to go somewhere, but we do not wish to go. What is the reason ? It is that we are in a negative condition. This, however, can be changed. People who have never heard or read of these things, who have acted only on one principle, that of getting as much happiness through sensuous enjoyment as possible, will have no idea of these things. It is just like a being come out of the sea and having only the sense of touch, i suddenly endowed with taste, sight, smell and hearing, it would be astonished at the things it saw and would not believe its own senses. We think that we are going to get everything through the powers which we know that we actunlly possess at the present time, and that we cannot do anything outside this ; but when we study human nature from the occult standpoint there are many wonderful things. From the standpoint of the modern scientists all the powers of the body can be developed by developing the body physically. They do not know that there are forces higher than the physical or mental, that moral acts evolve wonderful Jain Education International For Private & Personal Use Only www.jainelibrary.org

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