Yoga Philosophy

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

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life, and will reach other people and influence them for good. This can be generated by actual austerities. That is the reason why in India we have the custom of performing certain acts. These store the magnetic fluid in the body. There are persons who have no belief in any other kind of force than the physical force; they do not even believe in a future life; therefore with such persons there is no desire even to collect these forces, and they may not therefore be able to collect them. Sometimes without intention, or ignorantly they may do certain acts which have their natural result of storing this magnetism and they will carry this with them into the next life. In this way most people have more or less of this Auid. When we use it, we certainly give out something of our own individuality. The reason why people who are charged with an extra amount of this, have to exercise a strong will power to give it to another person is, that they are not spiritual enough to influence others without inaking an effort. But those who are on the spiritual plane influence others without efforts, because that is their very life; and that is the reason why in ancient times the sages would cure other people without any effort on their own part. People coming in contact with them would be cured. Such instances are to be found in the literature of all nations; therefore we say that this is the great power. But it is of different kinds in different people. As I said in the beginning, when you come into contact with some kinds of persons you feel pleasure, and with others pain.