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THE SCIENCE OF BREATHING
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there will be no conflict. 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 changed our condition. So far as our ordinary duties are concerned, we may become successful through these rules. We know that magnetisin passes through the body, and that it must be either positive or negative. Suppose that two persons meet to transact some business and one is positive and the other negative ; the business will go on smoothly and there will be no trouble ; but if both are positive or both negative there will be discomfort, and the business will not be successful. Therefore so far as our ordinary acts are concerned, we ought to pursue these rules. If a person wishes to perforın an act requiring bodily strength, that is a positive act and it is necessary that it should be performed when we ourselves are in a
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