Yoga Philosophy

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

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HYPNOTISM
person whose clothing we are going to use may be of an opposite nature, and if these things mix, a feeling of displeasure is produced and we are made uneasy ; so for that consideration also, it is not advisable to use clothing worn by other people. So far as mesmerism is concerned, that system in which we impart something from our own body to others, we must consider that we do impart something of ourselves and that may be of a questionable character. The intention is not the only cause of making it good or bad ; there are causes generated in the past life. We do not know what they are, and on this account also this fluid may be good or bad ; it cannot be changed now, and although our intentions may be the best in this life, on account of the very nature of the fluid, it may injure other people. The best way for such persons is not to try to impart their magnetic fluid to other people, but only to have the best wishes in their minds, and to entertain a desire for doing good always to others; because the very desire will send only vibrations of goodness to others and in that way we can do a lot of good to other people. in Christian Science, the underlying principle on which it is based is not different form the best philosophy of every nation ; only it is misinterpreted, and in fact the doctrine given out is also in its present form of teaching false, according to our view. But the underlying principle is the same; there is no defect there. Christian Science would mean the science taught by Christ, and certainly he taught, that the highest entity is not matter, but spirit. He does not