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Rama Prasad: Nature's Finer Forces & The Science of Breath (Pranayama Yoga)The Science of Breath & the Philosohy of theTat!as(Translated from the Sans"rit !ith #$ %ntroductory & lanatory ssays onNature sFiner Forces)yRama Prasad

The Theosohical Pulishing Society *ondon (#+,-). /ontents .Part 0nePreface%1 The Tat!as%%1 2olution%%%1 The 3utual Relation of the Tat!as & Princiles .%41 Prana (%)41 Prana (%%)4%1 Prana (%%%)4%%1 Prana (%4)4%%%1 The 3ind (%)%51 The 3ind (%%)

51 The /osmic Picture 6allery5%1 The 3anifestations of Psychic Force5%%1 Yoga . The Soul (%)5%%%1 Yoga (%%)Rama Prasad: Nature's Finer Forces & The Science of Breath (Pranayama Yoga)5%41 Yoga (%%%)541 The SiritPart T!o:The Science of Breath & The Philosohy of the Tat!as6lossaryPreface .7 !ord of elanation is necessary !ith regard to the oo" no! offered to theulic1 %n

the ,th and #-th 2olumes of the theosohist % !rote certain ssays on Nature s FinerForces 1 The su8ect of these essays interested the readers of the Theosohist so much that% !as as"ed to issue the series of ssays in oo" form1 % found that in order toma"e a oo"they must e almost entirely rearranged and erhas re!ritten1 % !as ho!e2ernot e9ualto the tas" of re!riting !hat % had once !ritten1 % therefore determined toulish atranslation of the oo" in Sans"rit on the Science of the Breath and thePhilosohy of theTat!as1 7s ho!e2er !ithout these ssays the oo" !ould ha2e een 9uite

unintelligile% decided to add them to the oo" y !ay of an illustrati2e introduction1 Thisaccordinglyhas een done1 The ssays in the theosohist ha2e een rerinted !ith certainadditionsmodifications and corrections1 Besides % ha2e !ritten se2en more ssays in orderto ma"ethe elanations more comlete and authoritati2e1 Thus there are altogether #$introductory and elanatory ssays1% !as confirmed in this course y one more consideration1 The oo" contains a gooddeal


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more than the essays touched uon and % thought it etter to lay all of it eforethe ulic1The oo" is sure to thro! a good deal of light uon the scientific researches ofthe ancient7ryans of %ndia and it !ill lea2e no dout in a candid mind that the religion ofancient%ndia had a scientific asis1 %t is chiefly for this reason that % ha2e dra!n myillustrations of

the Tat!ic *a! from the anishads1There is a good deal in the oo" that can only e sho!n to e true y long anddiligenteeriment1 Those !ho are de2oted to the ursuit of truth !ithout re8udice !illno doute ready to !ait efore they form any oinion aout such ortions of the oo"10thers it isuseless to reason !ith1To the former class of students % ha2e to say one !ord more1 From my o!neerience %Rama Prasad: Nature's Finer Forces & The Science of Breath (Pranayama Yoga)can tell them that the more they study the oo" the more !isdom they are sure tofind in

it and let me hoe that ere long % shall ha2e a goodly numer of colleagues !ho!ill !ithme try their est to elain and illustrate the oo" still etter and morethoroughly1Rama Prasad3erut (%ndia)$ No2emer #++,Nature s Finer Forces& Their %nfluence on ;uman *ife & ust as thereeists in theuni2erse the luminiferous ether an element of refined mater !ithout !hich it haseenfound that the henomena of light find no ade9uate elanation so do there eistthe four


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remaining ethers elements of refined matter !ithout !hich it !ill e found thatthehenomena of sound touch taste and smell find no ade9uate elanation1The luminiferous ether is suosed y 3odern Science to e 3atter in a mostrefined state1%t is the 2irations of this element that are said to constitute light1 The2irations are said tota"e lace at right angles to the direction of the !a2e1 Nearly the same is the

descrition ofRama Prasad: Nature's Finer Forces & The Science of Breath (Pranayama Yoga)the tai8as tat!a gi2en in the oo"1 %t ma"es this tat!a mo2e in an u!arddirection andthe center of the direction is of course the direction of the !a2e1 Besides itsays that one!hole 2iration of this element ma"es the figure of a triangle1Suose in the figure:7B is the direction of the !a2e? B/ is the direction of the 2iration1 /7 is theline along!hich seeing that in eansion the symmetrical arrangements of the atoms of aody arenot changed the 2irating atom must return to its symmetrical osition in the

line 7B1The tai8as tat!a of the 7ncients is then eactly the luminiferous ether of the3oderns sofar as the nature of the 2iration is concerned1 There is no ecetion ho!e2erof the fourremaining ethers at all e2ents in a direct manner in 3odern Science1 The2irations ofa"asa the soniferous ether constitute sound? and it is 9uite necessary torecogni@e thedistincti2e character of this form of motion1The eeriment of the ell in a 2acuum goes to ro2e that the 2irations ofatmoshereroagate sound1 7ny other media ho!e2er such as the earth and the metals are

"no!nto transmit sound in 2arious degrees1 There must therefore e some one thing inall thesemedia !hich gi2es irth to sound the 2iration that constitutes sound1 That something isthe %ndian a"asa1But a"asa is allAer2ading 8ust as the luminiferous ether1 =hy then is notsoundtransmitted to our ears !hen a 2acuum is roduced in the ellA8ar The real factis that !emust ma"e a difference et!een the 2irations of the elements that constitutesound andlight etc1 and the 2irations in the media !hich transmit these imressions to

our senses1%t is not the 2irations of the ethers the sutle tat!as that cause our ercetions ut theethereal 2irations transferred to different media !hich are so manymodifications ofgross matter the sthula 3ahahutas1 The luminiferous ether is resent 8ust as much in adar"ened room as in the sace !ithout1 The minutest sace !ithin the dimensions ofthesurrounding !alls themsel2es is not 2oid of it1 For all this the luminosity of theeterior is


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Rama Prasad: Nature's Finer Forces & The Science of Breath (Pranayama Yoga)not resent in the interior1 =hy The reason is that our ordinary 2ision does notsee the2irations of the luminiferous ether1 %t only sees the 2irations of the mediathat the etherer2ades1 The caaility of eing set into ethereal 2irations 2aries !ithdifferent media1%n the sace !ithout the dar"ened room the ether rings the atoms of the

atmoshere intothe necessary state of 2isual 2iration and one !ide eanse of light isresented to our2ie!1 The same is the case !ith e2ery other o8ect that !e see1 The ether thater2ades theo8ect rings the atoms of that o8ect into the necessary state of 2isual2iration1 Thestrength of the ethereal 2irations that the resence of the sun imarts to theetherer2ading our lanet is not sufficient to e2o"e the same state in the dead matterof thedar"ening !alls1 The internal ether di2ided from the eternal one y this deadmass is itself

cut off from such 2irations1 The dar"ness of the room is thus the conse9uencenot!ithstanding the resence therein of the luminiferous ether1 7n electric sar"in the2acuum of a ellA8ar must needs e transmitted to our eyes ecause the glass ofthe 8ar!hich stands in contact !ith the internal luminiferous ether has a good deal ofthe 9ualityof eing ut into the state of 2isual 2iration !hich from thence is transmittedto theeternal ether and thence to the eye1 The same !ould ne2er e the case if !e !ereto use aorcelain or an earthen 8ar1 %t is this caaility of eing ut into the state of2isual

2irations that !e call transarency in glass and similar o8ects1To return to the soniferous ether (a"asa): 2ery form of gross matter has to acertainetent !hich 2aries !ith 2arious forms !hat !e may call auditory transarency1No! % ha2e to say something aout the nature of the 2irations1 T!o things must eunderstood in this connection1 %n the first lace the eternal form of the2iration issomething li"e the hole of the ear:%t thro!s matter !hich is su8ect to it into the form of a dotted sheet:These dots are little oints rising ao2e the common surface so as to roducemicroscoicRama Prasad: Nature's Finer Forces & The Science of Breath (Pranayama Yoga)its in the sheet1 %t is said to mo2e y fits and starts (san"rama) and to mo2e

in alldirections (sar2atogame)1 %t means to say that the imulse falls ac" uon itselfalong theline of its former ath !hich lies on all sides of the direction of the !a2e:%t !ill e understood that these ethers roduce in gross media 2irations similarto theiro!n1 The form therefore into !hich the auditory 2irations thro! the atmoshericair is atrue clue to the form of the ethereal 2iration1 7nd the 2irations of atmoshericairdisco2ered y 3odern Science are similar1


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No! !e come to the tangiferous ether (2ayu)1 The 2irations of this ether aredescried aseing sherical in form and the motion is said to e at acute angles to the !a2e(tirya")1Such is the reresentation of these 2irations on the lane of the aer:The remar"s aout the transmission of sound in the case of a"asa aly here toomutatismutandis1 The gustiferous ether (aas tat!a) is said to resemle in shae the half

moon1 %tis moreo2er said to mo2e do!n!ard1 This direction is oosite to that of theluminiferousether1 This force therefore causes contraction1 ;ere is the reresentation of theaas2irations on the lane of aer:The rocess of contraction !ill e considered !hen % come to the 9ualities of thetat!as1The odoriferous ether (rithi2i) is said to e 9uadrangular in shae thus:Rama Prasad: Nature's Finer Forces & The Science of Breath (Pranayama Yoga)This is said to mo2e in the middle1 %t neither mo2es at right angles nor at acuteangles noru!ards nor do!n!ards ut it mo2es along the line of the !a2e1 The line and the

9uadrangle are in the same lane1These are the forms and the modes of motion of the fi2e ethers10f the fi2e sensations of men each of these gi2es irth to one thus:(#) 7"asa Sonorifierous ether Sound? (C) 4ayu Tangiferous ether Touch? (D)Tai8as*uminfierous ether /olor? (E) 7as 6ustiferous ether Taste? ($) Prithi2i0doriferousether Smell1%n the rocess of e2olution these coAeisting ethers !hile retaining theirgeneral relati2eforms and rimary 9ualities contract the 9ualities of the other tat!as1 This is"no!n as therocess of anchi"arana or di2ision into fi2e1

%f !e ta"e as our oo" does ; P R 4 and * to e the algeraic symols for(#) (C) (D)(E) and ($) resecti2ely after anchi"arana the ethers assume the follo!ingforms:Rama Prasad: Nature's Finer Forces & The Science of Breath (Pranayama Yoga)0ne molecule of each ether consisting of eight atoms has four of the originalrincileethers and one of the remaining four1The follo!ing tale !ill sho! the fi2e 9ualities of each of the tat!as afteranchi"arana:Sound Touch Taste /olor Smell(#) ; ordinary 111 111 (C) P 2ery light cool acid light lue acid

(D) R light 2ery hot hot red hot(E) 4 hea2y cool astringent !hite astringent($) * dee !arm s!eet yello! s!eet%t might e remar"ed here that the sutle tat!as eist no! in the uni2erse on fourlanes1The higher of these lanes differ from the lo!er in ha2ing a greater numer of2irationser second1 The four lanes are:(#) Physical (Prana)? (C) 3ental (3anas)? (D) Psychic (4i8nana)? (E) Siritual(7nanda)% shall discuss ho!e2er some of the secondary 9ualities of these tat!as1


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Rama Prasad: Nature's Finer Forces & The Science of Breath (Pranayama Yoga)(#) Sace . This is a 9uality of the a"asa tat!a1 %t has een asserted that the2iration ofthis ether is shaed li"e the hole of the ear and that in the ody thereof aremicroscoicoints (2indus)1 %t follo!s e2idently that the interstices et!een the ointsser2e to gi2esace to ethereal minima and offer them room for locomotion (a2a"asa)1

(C) *ocomotion . This is the 9uality of the 2ayu tat!a1 4ayu is a form of motionitself formotion in all directions is motion in a circle large or small1 The 2ayu tat!aitself has theform of sherical motion1 =hen to the motion !hich "ees the form of the differentethersis added to the stereotyed motion of the 2ayu locomotion is the result1(D) ansion . This is the 9uality of the tai8as tat!a1 This follo!s e2identlyfrom theshae and form of motion !hich is gi2en to this ethereal 2iration1 Suose 7B/ isa lumof metal:%f !e aly fire to it the luminiferous ether in it is set in motion and that

dri2es the grossatoms of the lum into similar motion1 Suose (a) is an atom1 This eing imelledtoassume the shae of the tai8as 2iration goes to!ards (a ) and then ta"es the symmetricalosition of (a )1 Similarly does e2ery oint change its lace round the center of the ieceof metal1 ltimately the !hole iece assumes the shae of 7 B / 1 ansion is thus theresult1(E) /ontraction . This is the 9uality of the aas tat!a1 7s has een remar"edefore thedirection of this ether is the re2erse of the agni and it is therefore easy to

understand thatcontraction is the result of the lay of this tat!a1($) /ohesion . This is the 9uality of the rithi2i tat!a1 %t !ill e seen thatthis is there2erse of a"asa1 7"asa gi2es room for locomotion !hile rithi2i resists it1 Thisis thenatural result of the direction and shae of this 2iration1 %t co2ers u thesaces of thea"asa1() Smoothness . This is a 9uality of the aas tat!a1 7s the atoms of any ody incontraction come near each other and assume the semiAlunar shae of the aas theymustRama Prasad: Nature's Finer Forces & The Science of Breath (Pranayama Yoga)

easily glide o2er each other1 The 2ery shae secures easy motion for the atoms1This % elie2e is sufficient to elain the general nature of the tat!as1 Thedifferenthases of their manifestation on all the lanes of life !ill e ta"en u in theirroerlaces1%%1 2olution .%t !ill e 2ery interesting to trace the de2eloment of man and the de2eloment ofthe!orld according to the theory of the tat!as1The tat!as as !e ha2e already seen are the modifications of S!ara1 Regarding


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S!ara !efind in our oo": %n the S!ara are the 4edas and the shastras and in the S!ara is music17ll the !orld is in the S!ara? S!ara is the sirit itself1 The roer translation of the !ordS!ara is the current of the lifeA!a2e 1 %t is that !a2y motion !hich is the cause of thee2olution of cosmic undifferentiated matter into the differentiated uni2erse and

thein2olution of this into the rimary state of nonAdifferentiation and so on inand outfore2er and e2er1 From !hence does this motion come This motion is the sirititself1 The!ord atma used in the oo" itself carries the idea of eternal motion coming asit doesfrom the root at eternal motion? and it may e significantly remar"ed that theroot at isconnected !ith (and in fact is simly another form of) the roots ah reath andas eing17ll these roots ha2e for their original the sound roduced y the reathing ofanimals1 %n

The Science of Breath the symol for insiration is sa and for eiration ha1 %tis easy tosee ho! these symols are connected !ith the roots as and ah1 The current of lifeA!a2eso"en of ao2e is technically called ;ansachasa i1e1 the motion of ha and sa1The !ord;ansa !hich is ta"en to mean 6od and is made so much of in many Sans"rit !or"sisonly the symolic reresentation of the eternal rocesses of life ha and sa1The rime2al current of lifeA!a2e is then the same !hich in man assumes the formofinsiratory and eiratory motion of the lungs and this is the allAer2adingsource of the

e2olution and the in2olution of the uni2erse1The oo" goes on: %t is the S!ara that has gi2en form to the first accumulations of thedi2isions of the uni2erse? the S!ara causes in2olution and e2olution? the S!ara is6od;imself or more roerly the great Po!er (3ahash!ara)1 The S!ara is themanifestation of the imression on matter of that o!er !hich in man is "no!n tous asthe o!er that "no!s itself1 %t is to e understood that the action of this o!erne2erceases1 %t is e2er at !or" and e2olution and in2olution are the 2ery necessity ofitsunchangeale eistence1

The S!ara has t!o different states1 The one is "no!n on the hysical lane as thesunreaththe other as the moonAreath1 % shall ho!e2er at the resent stage of e2olutionRama Prasad: Nature's Finer Forces & The Science of Breath (Pranayama Yoga)designate them as ositi2e and negati2e resecti2ely1 The eriod during !hich thiscurrentcomes ac" to the oint from !hence it started is "no!n as the night ofararahma1 Theositi2e or e2olutionary eriod is "no!n as the day of ararahma? the negati2e orin2olutionary ortion is "no!n as the night of ararahma1 These nights and daysfollo!


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each other !ithout rea"1 The suAdi2isions of this eriod comrehend all thehases ofeistence and it is therefore necessary to gi2e her the scale of time accordingto the ;induShastras1The


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These centers come in fact into eistence e2en efore the earth is manifested onthe grosslane1 So too do the centers of other lanets come into eistence1 7s the sunresentshimself to the manu there come into eistence t!o states of matter in !hich thesun li2esand mo2es the ositi2e and the negati2e1 7s the solar rana after ha2ing een for some

time su8ected to the negati2e shady state is su8ected in its re2olutionarycourse to thesource of its ositi2e hase manu the figure of manu is imrinted uon it1 Thismanu is infact the uni2ersal mind and all the lanets !ith their inhaitants are thehases of hiseistence1 0f this ho!e2er more heareafter1 7t resent !e see that earthAlife orTerrestrialPrana has four centers of force1=hen it has een cooled y the negati2e current the ositi2e hase imrintsitself uon itand earthAlife in 2arious forms comes into eistence1 The essays on rana !illelain this

more clearly1(C) 3anas: this has to do !ith manu1 The suns re2ol2e round these centers !ith the!holeof their atmosheres of rana1 This system gi2es irth to the lo"as or sheres oflife of!hich the lanets are one class1These lo"as ha2e een enumerated y 4yasa in his commentary on the Yogasutra (%%%1Pada Cth Sutra)1 The ahorism runs thus:By meditation uon the sun is otained a "no!ledge of the hysical creation1 0n this the re2ered commentator says: There are se2en lo"as (sheres of eistence)1(#) The Bhurlo"a: this etends to the 3eru? (C) 7ntarei"shalo"a: this etends fromthe

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remainder israidly turned into a"asa1 This a"asa is the mother of the Brahmic agni tat!a1 Theagnitat!a !or"ing similarly gi2es irth through another a"asa to the aas and thissimilarly tothe rithi2i1 This Brahmic rithi2i thus contains the 9ualities of all thereceding tat!asesides a fifth one of its o!n1

The first stage of the ni2erse the ocean of sychic matter has no! come intoeistence inits entirety1 This matter is of course 2ery 2ery fine and there is asolutelyno grossnessin it as comared !ith the matter of the fifth lane1 %n this ocean shines theintelligence of%s!ara and this ocean !ith e2erything that might e manifest in it is the selfAconsciousuni2erse1%n this sychic ocean as efore the more distant atoms are negati2e to thenearer ones1;ence ecet a certain sace !hich remains filled !ith the sychic rithi2i onaccount of

the constant suly of this element from ao2e the rest egins to change into ana"asa1This second a"asa is full of !hat are called 3anus in their otential state1 The3anus areso many grous of certain mental forms the ideals of the 2arious genera andsecies of lifeto aear further on1 =e ha2e to do !ith one of these1%melled y the e2olutionary current of the 6reat Breath manu comes out of thisa"asa inthe same !ay as Brahma did out of the ararahmic a"asa1 First and uermost inthemental shere is the 4ayu and then in regular order the tai8as the aas and therithi2i1

This mental matter follo!s the same la!s and similarly egins to ass into thethird a"asicstate !hich is full of innumerale suns1 They come out in the same !ay and eginto!or" on a similar lan !hich !ill e etter understood here than higher u12eryody can test here for himself that the more distant ortions of the solarsystem arecooler than the nearer ones1 2ery little atom of Prana is comarati2ely coolerthan thead8acent one to!ards the sun from itself1 ;ence e9ual and oosite 2irationscancel eachother1 *ea2ing therefore a certain sace near the sun as al!ays filled u !iththe tat!as

of Prana !hich are there eing constantly sulied from the sun the rest of thePranaasses into the a"asic state1%t might e noted do!n here that the !hole of this Prana is made u of innumeralelittleoints1 %n the future % shall sea" of these oints of as trutis and might sayhere that it isthese trutis that aear on the terrestrial lane as atoms (anu or aramanu)1 Theymight eso"en of as solar atoms1 These solar atoms are of 2arious classes according tothe


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re2alence of one or more of the constituent tat!as1Rama Prasad: Nature's Finer Forces & The Science of Breath (Pranayama Yoga)2ery oint of Prana is a erfect icture of the !hole ocean1 2ery other oint isreresented in e2ery oint1 2ery atom has therefore for its constituents allthe fourtat!as in 2arying roortions according to its osition in resect of others1 Thedifferentclasses of these solar atoms aear on the terrestrial lane as the 2arious

elements ofchemistry1The sectrum of e2ery terrestrial element re2eals the color or colors of there2alent tat!aor tat!as of a solar atom of that sustance1 The greater the heat to !hich anysustance issu8ected the nearer does the element aroaches its solar state1 ;eat destroysfor the timeeing the terrestrial coatings of the solar atoms1The sectrum of sodium thus sho!s the resence of the yello! rithi2i that oflithium thered agni and the yello! rithi2i that of cesium the red agni the greenadmiture the

yello! rithi2i and the lue 2ayu1 Ruidium sho!s red orange yello! green andluei1e1 the agni rithi2i and agni rithi2i 2ayu and rithi2i and 2ayu1 Theseclasses of solaratoms that ma"e u all ut altogether the !ide eanse of the solar rana assinto thea"asic state1 =hile the sun "ees u a constant suly of these atoms those thatareassing into the a"asic state ass on the other side into the lanetary 2ayu1/ertainmeasured ortions of the solar a"asa naturally searate themsel2es from othersaccordingto the differing creation that is to aear in those ortions1 These ortions of

a"asa arecalled lo"as1 The earth itself is a lo"a called the Bhurlo"a1 % shall ta"e u theearth forfurther illustration of the la!1That ortion of the solar a"asa that is the immediate mother of the arth firstgi2es irthto the terrestrial 4ayu1 2ery element is no! in the state of the 4ayu tat!a!hich mayno! e called gaseous1 The 4ayu tat!a is sherical in shae and thus the gaseouslanetears similar outlines1 The center of this gaseous shere "ees together rounditself the!hole eanse of gas1 7s soon as this gaseous shere comes into eistence it is

su8ectedto the follo!ing influences among others:(#) The suerosed influence of the solar heat? (C) The internal influence of themoredistant atoms on the nearer ones and 2ice 2ersa1The first influence has a doule effect uon the gaseous shere1 %t imarts moreheat to thenearer hemishere than to the more distant one1 The suerficial air of the nearerhemishere ha2ing contracted a certain amount of solar energy rises to!ards thesun1/ooler air from elo! ta"es its lace1 But !here does the suerficial air go %t


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cannot asseyond the limit of the terrestrial shere !hich is surrounded y the solar a"asathrough!hich comes a suly from the solar Prana1 %t therefore egins to mo2e in acircle andthus a rotary motion is estalished in the shere1 This is the origin of theearth s rotationuon its ais1

Rama Prasad: Nature's Finer Forces & The Science of Breath (Pranayama Yoga)7gain as a certain amount of the solar energy is imarted to the gaseousterrestrial sherethe imulse of the u!ard motion reaches the center itself1 Therefore that centeritself andalong !ith it the !hole shere mo2es to!ards the sun1 %t cannot ho!e2er go onin thisdirection for a nearer aroach !ould destroy that alance of forces that gi2esthe earth itseculiarities1 7 lo"a that is nearer to the sun than our lanet cannot ha2e thesameconditions of life1 ;ence !hile the sun dra!s the earth to!ards itself thosela!s of life

that ha2e gi2en it a constitution on !hich ages must roll on "ee it in theshere they ha2eassigned to it1 T!o forces thus come into eistence1


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is not necessary that the !hole of the 2aor should at once ass into the netstate1 Thechange is gradual1 7s the cold is gradually assing into the 2aor the tai8asmodification isgradually aearing out of and through the inter2ention of a"asa into !hich ithad assedduring latency1 This is eing indicated on the thermometer1 =hen the !hole hasassed

into the igneous state and the thermometer has indicated $D degrees the seconda"asacomes into eistence1 0ut of this second a"asa comes the li9uid state at the sametemerature the !hole heat ha2ing again assed into the a"asa state andtherefore nolonger indicated y the thermometer1=hen cold is alied to this li9uid heat again egins to come out and !hen itreaches J+degrees this heat ha2ing come out of and through the a"asa into !hich it hadassed theRama Prasad: Nature's Finer Forces & The Science of Breath (Pranayama Yoga)!hole li9uid had assed into the igneous state1 ;ere it again egins to ass intothe a"asa

state1 The thermometer egins to fall do!n and out of this a"asa egins to cometherithi2i state of !ater AAA ice1Thus !e see that the heat !hich is gi2en out y the influence of cold asses intothe a"asastate !hich ecomes the sustratum of a higher hase and the heat !hich isasoredasses into another a"asa state !hich ecomes the sustratum of a lo!er hase1%t is in this !ay that the terrestrial gaseous shere changes into its resentstate1 Theeeriment descried ao2e oints out many imortant truths aout the relation ofthesetat!as to each other1

First of all it elains that 2ery imortant assertion of the Science of Breath!hich saysthat e2ery succeeding tat!ic state has the 9ualities of all the foregoing tat!icstates1 Thus!e see that as the gaseous state of !ater is eing acted uon y cold the latentheat ofsteam is eing cancelled and assing into the a"asa state1 This cannot ut e thecase sincee9ual and oosite 2irations of the same force al!ays cancel each other and theresult isthe a"asa1 0ut of this comes the tai8as state of matter1 This is that state in!hich the latentheat of steam ecomes atent1 %t !ill e oser2ed that this state has no

ermanence1 Thetai8as form of !ater as indeed any other sustance cannot eist for any lengthof timeecause the ma8or art of terrestrial matter is in the lo!er and therefore morenegati2estates of aas and rithi2i and !hene2er for any cause any sustance asses intothe tai8asstate the surrounding o8ects egin at once to react uon it !ith such force asat once toforce it into the net a"asa state1 Those things that no! li2e in the normal stateof the aas


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or the rithi2i find it 9uite against the la!s of their eistence to remainecet undereternal influence in the tai8as (igneous) state1 Thus an atom of gaseous !atereforeassing into the li9uid state has already remained in the three states the a"asathegaseous and the tai8as1 %t must therefore ha2e all the 9ualities of the threetat!as and so

it no dout has1 /ohesi2e resistance is only !anted and that is the 9uality ofthe rithi2itat!a1No! !hen this atom of li9uid !ater asses into the icy state !hat do !e see 7llthestates that ha2e receded must again sho! themsel2es1 /old !ill cancel the latentheat ofthe li9uid state and the a"asa state !ill come out1 0ut of this a"asa state issure to comethe gaseous state1 This gaseous (4aya2a) state is e2idenced y the gyrations andothermotions that are set u in the ody of the li9uid y the mere alication of thecold1 The

motion ho!e2er is not of 2ery long duration and as they are ceasing (assinginto thea"asa state) the tai8as state is coming out1 This too ho!e2er is not of longduration andas this is assing into the a"asa state the ice is coming into eistence1%t !ill e easy to see that all four states of terrestrial matter eist in ourshere1 Thegaseous (4aya2a) is there in !hat !e call the atmoshere? the igneous (tai8as) istheRama Prasad: Nature's Finer Forces & The Science of Breath (Pranayama Yoga)normal temerature of earth life? the li9uid (aas) is the ocean? the solid(rithi2i) is theterra firma1 None of these states ho!e2er eists 9uite isolated from the other1

ach isconstantly in2ading the domain of the other and thus it is difficult to find anyortion ofsace filled u only !ith matter in one state1 The t!o ad8acent tat!as are foundintermied!ith each other to a greater degree than those that are remo2ed from each other yanintermediate state1 Thus rithi2i !ill e found mied u to a greater etent !ith!ater than!ith agni and 2ayu aas !ith agni than !ith 2ayu and 2ayu !ith agni more than!ith anyother1 %t !ould thus aear from the ao2e according to the science of tat!asthat the

flame and other luminous odies on earth are not in the terrestrial tai8as(igneous) state1They are in or near the solar state of matter1%41 Prana (%) .The /enters of Prana? The Nadis? The Tat!ic /enters of *ife? The 0rdinary /hangeof BreathPrana as already eressed is that state of Tat!ic matter !hich surrounds thesun and in!hich mo2es the earth and other lanets1 %t is the state net higher than matterin theterrestrial state1 The terrestrial shere is searated from the solar Prana y an


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a"asa1Thisa"asa is the immediate mother of the terrestrial 2ayu !hose nati2e color islue1 %t ison this account that the s"y loo"s lue17lthough at this oint in the hea2ens the Prana changes into a"asa !hich gi2esirth tothe terrestrial 4ayu the rays of the sun that fall on the shere from !ithout arenot stoed

in their in!ard 8ourney1 They are refracted ut mo2e on!ards into the terrestrialshere allthe same1 Through these rays the ocean of Prana !hich surrounds our shereeerts uonit an organi@ing influence1The terrestrial Prana the earthAlife that aears in the shae of all the li2ing organisms ofour lanet is as a !hole nothing more than a modification of the solar Prana17s the earth mo2es round her o!n ais and round the sun t!ofold centers arede2eloedin the terrestrial Prana1


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modifications roceeding from their different centers run into each other the one gi2inglife strength form and other 9ualities to the other1 7long the rays emergingfrom thenorthern center run the currents of ositi2e rana? along those emerging from thesouthern the currents of negati2e rana1 The eastern and !estern channels ofthesecurrents are resecti2ely called Pingala and %da t!o of the celerated nadis of

theTantrists1 %t !ill e etter to discuss the other earings of Prana !hen !e ha2elocali@ed itin the human ody1The influence of this terrestrial Prana de2elos t!o centers of !or" in the grossmatterthat is to form a human ody1 Part of the matter gathers round the northern andart roundthe southern center1 The northern center de2elos into the rain? the southerninto theheart1 The general shae of the terrestrial Prana is something li"e an ellise1 %nthis thenorthern focus is in the rain? the southern in the heart1 The column along !hich

theositi2e matter gathers runs et!een these foci1The line in the middle is the lace !here the eastern and !estern right and left di2isions of the column 8oin1 The column is the medulla olongata the central lineis alsosusumna the right and left di2isions the Pingala and %da1 The rays of Prana thatdi2ergeeither !ay from these nadis are only their ramifications and constitute together!ith themthe ner2ous system1The negati2e Prana gathers round the southern center1 This too ta"es a formsimilar to the

former1 The right and left di2isions of this column are the right and leftdi2isions of theheart1ach di2ision has t!o rincial ramifications and each ramification againramifies intoothers1 The t!o oenings either !ay are one a 2ein and one an artery the fouroeningRama Prasad: Nature's Finer Forces & The Science of Breath (Pranayama Yoga)into four chamers the four etals of the lotus of the heart1 The right art of the heartagain !ith all its ramifications is called Pingala the left %da and the middleartsusumna1

There is reason to thin" ho!e2er that the heart only is so"en of as the lotus!hile thethree foregoing names are set aart for the ner2ous system1 The current of Prana!or"sfor!ard and ac"!ard in and out1 The cause of this lies in the momentary of theeing ofPrana1 7s the year ad2ances e2ery moment a change of state ta"es lace in theterrestrialrana on account of the 2arying strengths of the solar and lunar currents1 Thuse2erymoment is strictly sea"ing a ne! eing of Prana1 7s Buddha says all life is


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momentary1The 3oment that is the first to thro! into matter the germ that !ill de2elo thet!o centersis the first cause of organi@ed life1 %f the succeeding 3oments are friendly intheir tat!iceffect to the first cause the organism gains strength and de2elos? if not theimulse isrendered fruitless1 The general effect of these succeeding moments "ees u

general life?ut the imulse of any one moment tends to ass off as the others come in1 7system offor!ard and ac"!ard motion is thus estalished1 0ne 3oment of Prana roceedingfromthe center of !or" goes to the farthest ends of the gross 2essels ner2es and lood 2esselsof the organism1 The succeeding moment gi2es it ho!e2er the ac"!ards imulse1 7fe! moments are ta"en in the comletion of the for!ard imulse and thedetermination ofthe ac"!ard one1 This eriod differs in different organisms1 7s the Prana runsfor!ard

the lungs insire? as it recedes the rocess of eiration sets in1The Prana mo2es in the Pingala !hen it mo2es from the northern center to!ards theeastand from the southern to!ards the !est? it mo2es in %da !hen it mo2es from thenortherncenter to!ards the !est and from the southern center to!ards the east1 This meansthat inthe former case the Prana mo2es from the rain to!ards the right through theheart tothe left and ac" to the rain? and from the heart to the left through the rainto the rightac" to the heart1 %n the latter the case is the re2erse1 To use other terms inthe former case

the Prana mo2es from the ner2ous system to the right through the system of lood2esselsto the left and ac" again to the ner2ous system? or from the system of lood2essels tothe left through the ner2ous system to the right and ac" again to the system oflood2essels1 These t!o currents coincide1 %n the latter the case is the re2erse1 Theleft art ofthe ody containing the ner2es and the lood 2essels may e called %da the rightthePingala1 The right and left ronchi form as !ell the art resecti2ely of Pingalaand %daas any other arts of the right and left di2isions of the ody1 But !hat is

susumna 0ne ofthe names of susumna is sandhi the lace !here the t!o %da and Pingala 8oin1 %t isreally that lace from !hich the Prana may mo2e either !ay right or left or undercertain circumstances oth !ays1 %t is that lace !hich the Prana must ass !henitchanges from the right to the left and from the left to the right1 %t istherefore ooth thesinal canal and the cardiac canal1 The sinal canal etends from theBrahmarandhra the


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northern center of Prana through the !hole 2erteral column (Brahmadanda)1 Thecardiaccanal etends from the southern center mid!ay et!een the t!o loes of the heart17s thePrana mo2es from the sinal canal to!ards the right hand to the heart the rightlungRama Prasad: Nature's Finer Forces & The Science of Breath (Pranayama Yoga)!or"s? the reath comes in and out of the right nostril1 =hen it reaches the

southern canalyou cannot feel the reath out of either nostril1 7s ho!e2er it goes out of thecardiaccanal to the left the reath egins to come out of the left nostril and flo!sthrough thatuntil the Prana again reaches the sinal canal1 There again you cease to feelthe reathout of either nostril1 The effect of these t!o ositions of Prana is identicaluon the flo!of reath and therefore % thin" that oth the northern and southern canals aredesignatedy susumna1 %f !e may sea" in this !ay let us imagine that a lane asses mid!ayet!een the sinal and cardiac canals1 This lane !ill ass through the hollo! of

thesusumna1 But let it e understood that there is no such lane in reality1 %t !illerhas emore correct to say that as the rays of the ositi2e %da and Pingala sread either!ay asner2es and those of the negati2e as loodA2essels the rays of susumna sread allo2er theody mid!ay et!een the ner2es and lood 2essels the ositi2e and negati2e nadis1Thefollo!ing is the descrition of susumna in the Science of Breath:=hen the reath goes in and out one moment y the left and the other y the right nostrilthat too is susumna1 =hen Prana is in that nadi the fires of death urn? this is

called2ishu2a1 =hen it mo2es one moment in the right and the other in the left let ite calledthe ne9ual State (2ishamaha2a)? !hen it mo2es thorough oth at once the !iseha2ecalled it 2ishu2aK%t is susumnaL at the time of the assing of the Prana from the %da into the Pingala or2ice 2ersa? and also of the change of one tat!a into another1Then the susumna has t!o other functions1 %t is called 2edoA2eda in one of itsmanifestations and sandhyasandhi in the other1 7s ho!e2er the right and leftdirectionsof the cardiac Prana coincide !ith the left and right of the sinal current there

are some!riters !ho disense !ith the doule susumna1 7ccording to them the sinal canalaloneis the susumna1 The ttaragita and *atacha"ra niruana are !or"s in this class1Thismethod of elanation ta"es a!ay a good deal of difficulty1 The highestrecommendationof this 2ie! is its comarati2e simlicity1 The right side current from the heartand the leftside current from the sine may oth e rec"oned !ithout difficulty as the leftside sinal


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currents and so may the remaining t!o currents e rec"oned as the right sidesinalcurrents10ne more consideration is in fa2or of this 2ie!1 The ner2ous system reresents thesun thesystem of lood 2essels the moon1 ;ence the real force of life d!ells in thener2es1 Theositi2e and negati2e the solar and lunar hases of life matter are only

different hasesof Prana the solar matter1 The more distant and therefore the cooler matter isnegati2e tothe nearer and therefore the hotter1 %t is solar life that manifests itself inthe 2arioushases of the moon1 To ass out of technicalities it is ner2ous force thatmanifests itself in2arious forms in the system of lood 2essels1 The lood 2essels are only therecetacles ofner2ous force1 ;ence in the ner2ous system the real life of the gross ody isthe true %daPingala and susumna1 These are in such a case the sinal column and the rightand left

Rama Prasad: Nature's Finer Forces & The Science of Breath (Pranayama Yoga)symathetics !ith all their ramifications throughout the ody1The de2eloment of the t!o centers is thus the first stage in the de2eloment ofthe fetus1The matter that gathers u under the influence of the northern center is thesinal column?the matter that gathers u round the southern center is the heart1 The diurnalrotationdi2ides these columns or canals into the right and left di2isions1 Then thecorrelati2einfluence of these t!o centers uon each other de2elos an uer and lo!erdi2ision ineach of these centers1 This haens some!hat in the same !ay and on the same

rincileas a *eyden 8ar is charged !ith ositi2e electricity y a negati2e rod1 ach ofthese centersis thus di2ided into four arts:(#) The right side ositi2e (C) the left side ositi2e (D) the right sidenegati2e and (E) theleft side negati2e1%n the heart these four di2isions are called the right and left auricles and2entricles1 TheTantras style these four di2isions the four etals of the cardiac lotus andindicate them y2arious letters1 The ositi2e etals of the heart form the center from !hichroceed the

ositi2e lood 2essels the arteries? the negati2e etals are the starting ointsof thenegati2e lood 2essels the 2eins1 This negati2e rana is regnant !ith tenforces:(#) Prana (C) 7ana (D) Samana (E) 4yana ($) dana () Iri"ila (J) Naga (+)


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rana1 Theseten manifestations of Prana are reduced y some !riters to the first fi2e aloneholding thatthe remaining ones are only modifications of the former !hich are the allAimortant of thefunctions of rana1 This ho!e2er is only a 9uestion of di2ision1 From the leftsideositi2e etal the rana gathers u into a nadi that ramifies !ithin the chest

into the lungsand again gathers u into a nadi that oens into the right side negati2e etal1This entirecourse forms something li"e a circle (cha"ra)1 This nadi is called in modernscience theulmonary artery and 2ein1 T!o lungs come into eistence y the alternate !or"ingsof theositi2e and negati2e rana of the eastern and !estern o!ers1Similarly from the right side ositi2e etal ranch se2eral nadi that go othu!ards anddo!n!ards in t!o directions the former under the influence of the northern thelatterunder the influence of the southern o!ers1 Both these nadi oen after a circular

marchthroughout the uer and lo!er ortions of the ody into the left side negati2eetal1Bet!een the left side ositi2e and the right side negati2e etal is one cha"ra(dis")1 Thischa"ra comrises the ulmonary artery the lungs and the ulmonary 2ein1 Thechest gi2esRama Prasad: Nature's Finer Forces & The Science of Breath (Pranayama Yoga)room to this cha"ra !hich is ositi2e !ith resect to the lo!er ortions of theody in!hich run the ramifications of the lo!er cha"ra !hich latter 8oins the right sideositi2eand the left side negati2e etals1

%n the ao2e cha"ra (in the ca2ity of the chest) is the seat of rana the firstand mostimortant of the ten manifestations1 %nsiration and eiration eing a true indeof thechanges of rana the ulmonary manifestations thereof ha2e the same name1 =iththechanges of rana !e ha2e a corresonding change in the other functions of life1The lo!ernegati2e cha"ra contains the rincial seats of some of the other manifestationsof life1This aana is located in the long intestine samana in the na2el and so on17lso udana is located in the throat? 2yana all o2er the ody1 dana causeselching?

"urma in the eyes causes them to shut and oen? "ri"ila in the stomach causeshunger1 %nshort roceeding from the four etals of the heart !e ha2e an entire net!or" oftheselood 2essels1 There are t!o sets of these lood 2essels side y side in e2eryart of theody connected y innumerale little channels the caillaries1=e read in the Prasnonisat:From the heart Kramify theL nadi1 0f these there are #-# rincial ones (Pradhana nadi)1ach of these ranches into #--1 ach of these again into JC---1


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Thus there are #-#-- ranch nadi and JCJC----- still smaller ones or !hatare calledt!igAnadi1 The terminology is imitated from a tree1 There is the root in theheart1 Fromthese roceed 2arious stems1 These ramify into ranches and these again into t!ig2essels?all these nadi ut together are JCJC#-C-#1No! of these the one is the susumna? the rest are di2ided half and half o2er the

t!o hal2esof the ody1 So !e read in the Iathonishat th 2alli #th mantra:7 hundred and one nadi are connected !ith the heart1 0f these one asses out into thehead1 6oing out y that one ecomes immortal1 The others ecome the cause insendingthe life rincile out of 2arious other states1This one that goes to the head remar"s the commentator is the susumna1 Thesusumnathen is that nadi !hose ner2ous sustratum or reser2oir of force is the sine1 0ftheremaining rincial nadis the %da is the reser2oir of the life force that !or"sin the left art

of the ody ha2ing $- rincial nadi1 So also has the right art of the ody $-rincialnadi1 These go on di2iding as ao2e1 The nadi of the third degree ecome so minuteas toe 2isile only y a microscoe1 The ramifications of the susumna all o2er theody ser2eduring life to carry the rana from the ositi2e to the negati2e ortions of theody and2ice 2ersa1 %n case of lood these are the modern caillaries1Rama Prasad: Nature's Finer Forces & The Science of Breath (Pranayama Yoga)The 4edantins of course ta"e the heart to e the starting oint of thisramification1 TheYogis ho!e2er roceed from the na2el1 Thus in The Science of Breath !e read:

From the root in the na2el roceed JC--- nadi sreading all o2er the ody1 There sleesthe goddess Iundalini li"e a serent1 From this center (the na2el) ten nadi gou!ards tendo!n!ards and t!o and t!o croo"edly1The numer JC--- is the result of their o!n eculiar rec"oning1 %t matters little!hichdi2ision !e adot if !e understand the truth of the case17long these nadi run the 2arious forces that form and "ee u the hysiologicalman1These channels gather u into 2arious arts of the ody as centers of the 2ariousmanifestations of rana1 %t is li"e !ater falling from a hill gathering into2arious la"es

each la"e letting out se2eral streams1 These centers are:(#) ;and o!er centers (C) Foot o!er centers (D) Seech o!er centers (E)creti2eo!er centers ($) 6enerati2e o!er centers ()


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(#) 6handari goes to the left eye? (C) ;asti8ihi2a goes to the right eye? (D)Pasta goes tothe right ear? (E) Yasha!ani goes to the left ear? ($) 7lamhusha or alammu"ha (asit is2ariously selled in one ms1) goes to the mouth1 This e2idently is the alimentarycanal? ()Iuhu goes to the generati2e organs? (J) Shan"ini goes to the ecreti2e organs? (+)%da is

the nadi that leads to the left nostril? (,) Pingala is the one that leads to theright nostril1 %taears that these names are gi2en to these local nadi for the same reason thattheulmonary manifestation of rana is "no!n y the same name? (#-) Susumna hasalreadyeen elained in its 2arious hases and manifestations1There are t!o more outlets of the ody that recei2e their natural de2eloment inthefemale: the reasts1 %t is 9uite ossile that the nadi


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=hen any of these centers is in action the mind is conscious of the same sort offeelingsand inclines to!ards them1 3esmeric asses ser2e only to ecite these centers1These centers are located in the head as !ell as in the chest and also in theadominalregion and the loins etc1%t is these centers together !ith the heart itself that ear the name of admaor "amala

(lotus)1 Some of these are large some small some 2ery small1 7 tantric lotus isthe tye ofa 2egetale organism a root !ith 2arious ranches1 These centers are thereser2oirs of2arious o!ers and hence the roots of the adma? the nadi ramifying these centersaretheir 2arious ranches1The ner2ous leus of the modern anatomists coincide !ith these centers1 From !hathaseen said ao2e it !ill aear that the centers are constituted y lood 2essels1But theonly difference et!een the ner2es and the lood 2essels is the difference et!eenthe

2ehicles of the ositi2e and negati2e rana1 The ner2es are the ositi2e and thelood2essels are the negati2e system of the ody1 =here2er there are ner2es there arecorresonding lood 2essels1 Both of them are indiscriminately called nadi1 0neset has forits center the lotus of the heart the other the thousandAetalled lotus of therain1 Thesystem of lood 2essels is an eact icture of the ner2ous system? it is in factonly itsshado!1 *i"e the heart the rain has its uer and lo!er di2isions AA thecererum and thecereellum and its right and left di2isions as !ell1 The ner2es going to 2ery art of the

ody and coming ac" from thence together !ith those going to the uer and lo!erortions corresond to the four etals of the heart1 This system too has as manycenters ofenergy as the former1 Both these centers coincide in osition1 They are in factthe same:the ner2ous leuses and ganglia of modern anatomy1 Thus in my oinion thetantricadma are not only the centers of ner2ous o!er the ositi2e northern rana utnecessarily of the negati2e rana as !ell1The translation of the Science of Breath that is no! resented to the reader hast!osections enumerating the 2arious actions that are to e done during the flo! of

the ositi2eand negati2e reath1 They sho! nothing more than !hat can in some cases e 2eryeasily2erified that certain actions are etter done y ositi2e energy and others ynegati2eenergy1 The ta"ing in of chemicals and their changes are actions as !ell as anyothers1Some of the chemicals are etter assimilated y the negati2e for eamle mil" andotherfatty sustances) others y the ositi2e Prana (other food that !hich isdigested in the


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stomach)1 Some of our sensations roduce more lasting effects uon the negati2eothersuon the ositi2e rana1Rama Prasad: Nature's Finer Forces & The Science of Breath (Pranayama Yoga)Prana has no! arranged the gross matter in the !om into the ner2ous and lood2esselsystems1 The Prana as has een seen is made of the fi2e tat!a and the nadiser2e only as

lines for tat!ic currents to run on1 The centers of o!er noticed ao2e arecenters of tat!ico!er1 The tat!ic centers in the right art of the ody are solar and those inthe left arelunar1 Both these solar and lunar centers are of fi2e descritions1 Their "ind isdeterminedy !hat are called the ner2ous ganglia1 The semiAlunar ganglia are the reser2oirsof theaas tat!a1 Similarly !e ha2e the reser2oirs of the other forces1 From thesecentralreser2oirs the tat!ic currents run o2er the same lines and do the 2arious actionsallotted tothem in hysiological anatomy1

2erything in the human ody that has more less of the cohesi2e resistance is madeu ofthe rithi2i tat!a1 But in this the 2arious tat!as !or" imrinting differing9ualities uonthe 2arious arts of the ody1The 2ayu tat!a among others erforms the functions of gi2ing irth to andnourishingthe s"in? the ositi2e gi2es us the ositi2e and the negati2e the negati2e s"in1ach ofthese has fi2e layers:(#) Pure 2ayu (C) 4ayuAagni (D) 4ayuArithi2i (E) 4ayuAaas ($) 4ayuAa"asa1These fi2eclasses of cells ha2e the follo!ing figures:

(#) Pure 4ayu . This is the comlete shere of the 4ayu:(C) 4ayuA7gni . The triangle is suerosed o2er the shere and the cells ha2esomethingli"e the follo!ing shae:(D) 4ayuAPrithi2i . This is the result of the suerosition of the 9uadrangularPrithi2i o2erthe sherical 4ayu:Rama Prasad: Nature's Finer Forces & The Science of Breath (Pranayama Yoga)(E) 4ayuA7as . Something li"e an ellise the semiAmoon suerosed o2er theshere:($) 4ayuA7"asa . The shere flattened y the suerosition of the circle anddotted:7 microscoic eamination of the s"in !ill sho! that the cells of the s"in ha2e

thisaearance1Similarly one muscle and fat are gi2en irth to y the rithi2i the agni andthe aas17"asa aears in 2arious ositions1 =here2er there is any room for any sustancethere isa"asa1 The lood is a miture of nutriti2e sustances "et in the fluidic state ythe aastat!a of Prana1%t is thus seen that !hile Terrestrial Prana is an eact manifestation of theSolar Prana the


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human manifestation is an eact manifestation of either1 The microcosm is an eactictureof the macrocosm1 The four etals of the lotus of the heart ranch really intot!el2e nadi(I Ih g gn n I Ih 8 8h n t the)1 Similarly the rain has t!el2e airs of ner2es1These are the t!el2e signs of the Modiac oth in their ositi2e and negati2ehases1 %n

e2ery sign the sun rises D# times1 Therefore !e ha2e D# airs of ner2es1 %nsteadof airs!e sea" in the language of the Tantras of a cha"ra (dis" or circle)1 =here2erthese D#cha"ra connect !ith the #C airs (cha"ras) of ner2es in the rain ass throughouttheody !e ha2e running side y side the lood 2essels roceeding from the #C nadisof theheart1 The only difference et!een the sinal and cardiac cha"ras is that theformer liecross!ise !hile the latter lie length!ise in the ody1 The symathetic chordsconsist oflines of tat!ic centers: the adma or "amal1 These centers lie on all the D#

cha"ra noticedao2e1 Thus from the t!o centers of !or" the rain and the heart the signs ofthe Modiacin their ositi2e and negati2e asects a system of nadi ranch off1 The nadi from eithercenter run into one another so much that one set is found al!ays side y side !iththeother1 The D# cha"ra are 2arious tat!ic centers? one set is ositi2e and theother isnegati2e1 The former o!e allegiance to the rain !ith !hich they are connected ytheRama Prasad: Nature's Finer Forces & The Science of Breath (Pranayama Yoga)symathetic chords? the latter o!e allegiance to the heart !ith !hich they ha2e

2ariousconnections1 This doule system is called Pingala on the right side and %da onthe left1The ganglia of the aas centers are semiAlunar those of the tai8as the 2ayu therithi2iand the a"asa resecti2ely triangular sherical 9uadrangular and circular1Those of thecomosite tat!a ha2e comosite figures1 ach tat!ic center has ganglia of all thetat!asurrounding it1Prana mo2es in this system of nadi1 7s the sun asses into the sign of 7ries inthe3acrocosm the Prana asses into the corresonding nadi (ner2es) of the rain1

Fromthence it descends e2ery day to!ards the sine1 =ith the rise of the sun itdescends into thefirst sinal cha"ra to!ards the right1 %t thus asses into the Pingala1 %t mo2esalong thener2es of the right side at the same time assing little y little into the lood2essels1 tonoon of e2ery day the strength of this Prana is greater in the ner2ous cha"ra thanin the2enous1 7t noon they ecome of e9ual strength1 %n the e2ening (!ith sunset) thePrana


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!ith its entire strength has assed into the lood 2essels1 From thence it gathersu into theheart the negati2e southern center1 Then it sreads into the left side lood2esselsgradually assing into the ner2es1 7t midnight the strength is e9uali@ed? in themorning(ratasandhia) the rana is 8ust in the sine? from thence it egins to tra2elalong the

second cha"ra1 This is the course of the solar current of rana1 The moon gi2esirth toother minor currents1 The moon mo2es #C odd times more than the sun1 Therefore!hilethe sun asses o2er one cha"ra (i1e1 during - ghari day and night) the moon asseso2er #C odd cha"ra1 Therefore !e ha2e #C odd changes of rana during CE hours1Suosethe moon too egins in 7ries? she egins li"e the sun in the first cha"ra andta"es $+ min1E sec1 in reaching the sine to the heart and as many minutes from the heart ac"to thesine1

Both these rana mo2e in their resecti2e course along the tat!ic centers1 itherof them isresent at any one time all o2er the same class of tat!ic centers in any one artof theody1 %t manifests itself first in the 2ayu centers then in the tai8as thirdlyin the rithi2iand fourthly in the aas centers1 7"asa comes after each and immediately recedesthesusumna1 7s the lunar current asses from the sine to!ards the right the reathcomesout of the right nostril and as long as the current of Prana remains in the ac"art of theody the tat!a changes from the 2ayu to the aas1 7s the current asses into the

front artof the right half the tat!a changes ac" from the aas to the 2ayu1 7s the ranaassesinto the heart the reath is not felt at all in the nose1 7s it roceeds from theheart to theleft the reath egins to flo! out of the left nostril and as long as it is inthe front art ofthe ody the tat!a change from the 2ayu to the aas1 They change ac" again aeforeuntil the rana reaches the sine !hen !e ha2e the a"asa of susumna1 Such is thee2enchange of rana that !e ha2e in the state of erfect health1 The imulse that haseen

gi2en to the locali@ed rana y the sun and moon forces that gi2e acti2e o!er andeistence to its rototye Prana ma"es it !or" in the same !ay fore2er and e2er1The!or"ing of the human free !ill and other forces change the nature of the localrana andindi2iduali@e it in such a !ay as to render it distinguishale from the uni2ersalTerrestrialRama Prasad: Nature's Finer Forces & The Science of Breath (Pranayama Yoga)and clitical rana1 =ith the 2arying nature of rana the order of the tat!a andtheositi2e and negati2e currents may e affected in 2arious degrees1


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!hich during ages of e2olution ha2e called the mind itself out of the state oflatency1These changes as % ha2e said di2ide themsel2es into three general states: the!a"ing thedreaming and the sleeing1 =a"ing is the ositi2e sleeing the negati2e state ofrana?dreaming is the con8unction of the t!o (susumna sandhi)1 7s stated in theforegoing essay

the solar current tra2els in a ositi2e direction during the day and !e area!a"e1 7s nightaroaches the ositi2e current has made itself lord of the ody1 %t gains so muchstrengthRama Prasad: Nature's Finer Forces & The Science of Breath (Pranayama Yoga)that the sensuous and acti2e organs lose symathy !ith the eternal !orld1Percetion andaction cease and the !a"ing state asses off1 The ecess of the ositi2e currentslac"ensas it !ere the tat!ic chords of the different centers of !or" and theyaccordingly cease toans!er to the ordinary ethereal changes of eternal nature1 %f at this oint thestrength of

the ositi2e current assed eyond ordinary limits death !ould ensue rana !ouldceaseto ha2e any connection !ith the gross ody the ordinary 2ehicle of the eternaltat!icchanges1 But 8ust at the moment the rana asses out of the heart the negati2ecurrent setsin and it egins to counteract the effects of the former1 7s the rana reachesthe sine theeffects of the ositi2e current ha2e entirely assed of and !e a!a"e1 %f at thismoment thestrength of the negati2e current asses the ordinary limit y some cause or otherdeath!ould ensue ut 8ust at this moment the ositi2e current sets in !ith midnight

and eginsto counteract the effect of the former1 7 alance of the ositi2e and negati2ecurrents thus"ees ody and soul together1 =ith ecess in the strength of either current deathma"esits aearance1 Thus !e see that there are t!o "inds of death: the ositi2e orsinal andthe negati2e or cardiac1 %n the former the four higher rinciles ass out of theodythrough the head the rahmarandhra along the sine? in the latter they ass outof themouth through the lungs and the trachea1 Besides these there are generallysea"ing aout

si tat!ic deaths1 7ll these deaths chal" out different aths for the higherrincile1 0fthese ho!e2er more hereafter1 7t this stage let us in2estigate the changes ofrana morethoroughly1There are certain manifestations of rana that !e find e9ually at !or" in allthree states17s % ha2e said efore some !riters ha2e di2ided these manifestations into fi2eheads1They ha2e different centers of !or" in different arts of the ody from !hencethey assert


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their dominion o2er e2ery art of the hysical coil1 Thus:Positi2e: (#) Prana right lung? Negati2e: Prana left lung1 Prana is thatmanifestation ofthe life coil !hich dra!s atmosheric air from !ithout into the system1Positi2e: (C) 7ana the aaratus that asses off feces long intestine etc1?Negati2e:7ana the urinary aaratus1 7ana is the manifestation that thro!s from theinside out

of the system things that are not !anted there1Positi2e: (D) Samana stomach? Negati2e: Samana duodenum1 Samana is thatmanifestation !hich dra!s in and carries the 8uice of food to e2ery art of theody1Positi2e: (E) 4yana all o2er the ody aearing in 2arying states !ith differentorgans (onthe right side)? Negati2e: 4yana all o2er the ody (on the left side)1 4yana isthatmanifestation !hich inclines the currents of life ac" to the centers the heart and therain1 %t is therefore this manifestation that causes death local or general1Positi2e: ($) dana at the sinal and cardiac centers (right side) and theregion of the

Rama Prasad: Nature's Finer Forces & The Science of Breath (Pranayama Yoga)throat? Negati2e: dana the sinal and cardiac centers (left side)1%f Prana recedes from any art of the ody (for some reason or other) that artloses itso!er of action1 This is local death1 %t is in this !ay that !e ecome deaf dumlind etc1%t is in this !ay that our digesti2e o!ers suffer and so on1 6eneral death issimilar in itsoerations1 =ith the ecess of the strength of either of the t!o currents therana remainsin the susumna and does not ass out1 The ac9uired o!er of !or" of the ody theneings to ass off1 The farther from the centers (the heart and the rain) thesooner they

die1 %t is thus that the ulse first ceases to e felt in the etremities andthen nearer andnearer the heart until !e find it no!here17gain it is this u!ard imulse that under fa2orale conditions causes gro!thlightnessand agility1Besides the organs of the ody already mentioned or indicated the manifestationof 2yanaser2es to "ee in form the fi2e organs of sense and the fi2e organs of action1The organs ofthe gross ody and the o!ers of rana that manifest themsel2es in !or" ha2e oththesame names1 Thus !e ha2e:

7cti2e 0rgans & Po!ers: (#) 4a" the coal organs and the o!er of seech? (C)Pani thehands and the manual o!er? (D) Pada the feet and the !al"ing o!er? (E) Payuanus? ($)astha the generati2e organs and the o!ers that dra! these together1Sensuous 0rgans & Po!ers: (#) /ha"sus eye and ocular o!er? (C) T!a" s"in andtangiferous o!er? (D) Srotra ear and sonoriferous o!er? (E) Rasama tongue andgustatory o!er? ($) /orana nose and odoriferous o!er1The real fact is that the different o!ers are the corresonding organs of therincile oflife1 %t !ill no! e instructi2e to trace the tat!ic changes and influences of


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odygather u in this rana to manifest themsel2es in due time17 fe! illustrations !ill render all this clear:Seual Relations .The generati2e agni tat!a of the male is ositi2e and that of the female isnegati2e1 Theformer is hotter harsher and more restless than the latter? the latter iscooler smoother

and calmer than the former1 These t!o currents tend to run into each other and afeeling ofsatisfaction is the result if the t!o currents are allo!ed to ta"e their course?if not a feelingof uneasiness is the result1 The genesis of these feelings !ill e my su8ectunder the headof the manomaya "osha (mental rincile)1 ;ere % shall only sea" of thecoloration ofrana y the action or inaction of this organ1 The ositi2e agni tends to run intothenegati2e and 2ice 2ersa1 %f it is not allo!ed to do so the reeated imulses ofthis tat!aturn uon themsel2es the center gains strength and e2ery day the !hole rana is

coloreddeeer and deeer red1 The centers of the agni tat!a all o2er the ody ecomestronger intheir action !hile all the others contract a general tinge of the red1 The eyesand thestomach ecome stronger1 This ho!e2er is the case only !ithin certain limits andundercertain circumstances1 %f the agni gains too much strength all the other centersof theremaining tat!as ecome 2itiated in their action y an o2erAcoloration of agniand diseaseand deility result1 %f ho!e2er man indulges in this luury more often than heshould and

in more than one lace the male rana gets colored y the female agni and 2ice2ersa1This tends to !ea"en all the centers of this tat!a and gi2es a feminine color tothe !holerana1 The stomach ecomes cooled do!n the eyes gro! !ea" and 2irile manly o!erRama Prasad: Nature's Finer Forces & The Science of Breath (Pranayama Yoga)dearts1 %f ho!e2er more than one indi2idual female agni ta"es ossession of themalerana and 2ice 2ersa the general antagonistic tat!a ecomes deeer and stronger1The!hole rana is 2itiated to a greater etent greater deility is the result andsermatorrheaimotence and other such antagonistic colors ta"e ossession of the rana1

Besides thesearate indi2idualities of the male or female agni that has ta"en ossession ofany onerana !ill tend to reel each other1=al"ing .Suose no! that a man is gi2en to !al"ing1 The rithi2i tat!a of the feet gainsstrengthand the yello! color er2ades the !hole rana1 The centers of the rithi2i allo2er theody egin to !or" more ris"ly? agni recei2es a mild and !holesome addition toits


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o!er the !hole system tends to!ards healthy e9uilirium neither too hot nortoo coldand a general feeling of satisfaction accomanied !ith 2igor layfulness and arelish ofen8oyment is the result1Seech .*et me ta"e one more illustration from the oeration of 4a" (seech) and % shalle done

!ith the organs of action1 The o!er (Sa"ti) of seech (4a" saras!ati) is one ofthe mostimortant goddesses of the ;indu antheon1 The aas tat!a is the chief ingredientofrana that goes to!ards the formation of this organ1 Therefore the color of thegoddess issaid to e !hite1 The 2ocal chord !ith the laryn in front form the 2ina (musicalinstrument) of the goddess1Rama Prasad: Nature's Finer Forces & The Science of Breath (Pranayama Yoga)%n the ao2e figure of the 2ocal aaratus 7B is the thyroid a road cartilageforming thero8ection of the throat and much more rominent in men than in !omen1 Belo! thisis

the annular cartilage / the crecoid1 Behind this or !e may say on this arestretched thechord a and 17tmosheric air assing o2er these chords in the act of reathing sets thesechords in2iration and sound is the result1 0rdinarily these chords are too loose to gi2eany sound1The aas tat!a the mil"A!hite goddess of seech erforms the allAimortantfunction ofma"ing these chords tense1 7s the semiAlunar current of the aas tat!a assesalong themuscles of these chords they are as it !ere shri2eled u and cur2es are formed inthe

chords? they ecome tighter1The deth of these cur2es deends uon the strength of the aas current1 Thedeeer thesecur2es the tenser are the chords1 The thyroid ser2es to 2ary the intensity of the2oice thusroduced1 The thyroid ser2es to 2ary the intensity of the 2oice thus roduced1This !ill dohere and it is enough to sho! that the real moti2e o!er in the roduction of2oice is theaas tat!a or Prana1 7s !ill e easily understood there are certain etherealconditions ofthe eternal !orld that ecite the centers of the aas tat!a? the current assesalong the

2ocal chords they are made tense and sound is roduced1 But the ecitement ofthesecenters also comes from the soul through the mind1 The use of this sound in thecourse ofe2olution as the 2ehicle of thought is the marriage of Brahma (the 4i8anamaya"osha thesoul) !ith Saras!ati the o!er of seech as located in man1The aas tat!a of the 2ocal aaratus although it is the chief moti2e o!er intheroduction of sound is modified according to the circumstance y the comositionof the


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other tat!as in 2arious degrees1 7s far as human "en reaches aout E, of these2ariationsha2e een recorded under the name of s!ara1 First there are se2en general notes1Thesemay e ositi2e and negati2e (ti2ra and "omala) and then each of these may ha2ethreesudi2isions1 These notes are then comosed into eight raga and each raga hasse2eral

ragini1 The simle ragini may then e comounded into others and each ragini mayha2ea good many arrangements of notes1 The 2ariations of sound thus ecome almostinnumerale1 7ll these 2ariations are caused y the 2arying tensions of the 2ocalchordsthe 4ina of Saras!ati and the tensions 2ary y the 2arying strength of the aascurrentcaused y the suerosition of the other tat!as1ach 2ariation of sound has a color of its o!n that affects the !hole rana in itso!n !ay?the tat!ic effect of all these sounds is noted in oo"s of music1 4arious diseasesmay ecured and good or ad tendencies imrinted on the rana y the o!er of sound1

Saras!ati is an allAo!erful goddess and controls our rana for good or e2il asthe casemay e1 %f a song or note is colored y the agni tat!a the sound colors the ranared andsimilarly the 2ayu the aas the a"asa and the rithi2i lue !hite dar" andyello!1 Thered colored song causes heat? it may cause anger slee digestion and redness ofcolor1The a"asa colored song causes fear forgetfulness etc1 Songs may similarly gi2eour ranaRama Prasad: Nature's Finer Forces & The Science of Breath (Pranayama Yoga)the color of lo2e enmity adoration morality or immorality as the case may e1*et us turn to another "ey1 %f the !ords !e utter ear the color of the agni tat!a

angerlo2e lust our rana is colored red and this redness turns uon oursel2es1 %t may urn uour sustance and !e may loo" lean and lan" and ha2e #---- other diseases1Terrileretriution of angry !ords %f our !ords are full of di2ine lo2e and adoration"indness andmorality !ords that gi2e leasure and satisfaction to !hoe2er hears them the colors ofthe rithi2i and the aas !e ecome lo2ing and elo2ed adoring and adored "ind andmoral leasing and leased satisfying and e2er satisfied1 The disciline ofseech itself

the satya of Patan8ali is thus one of the highest ractices of Yoga1Sensuous imressions color the rana in a similar !ay1 %f !e are gi2en to too muchof sightseeingto the hearing of leasant sounds to the smelling of dainty smells etc1 thecolorsof these tat!as !ill e o2erly strengthened and !ill gain a mastery o2er ourrana1 %f !eare too fond of seeing eautiful !omen hearing the music of their 2oices hea2enhel usfor the least and most general effect !ill e that our ranas !ill recei2e thefeminine


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coloration1 %f it !ere only for the lo2e of !omen man should a2oid this o2erAindulgencefor feminine 9ualities in men do not otain fa2or in the eyes of !omen1These illustrations are sufficient to elain ho! the tat!ic colors of eternalnature gatheru in rana1 %t may e necessary to say that no ne! colors enter into theformation ofrana1 7ll the colors of the uni2erse are resent there already 8ust as they are

in the sunthe rototye of rana1 The coloration % ha2e so"en of is only the strengtheningof thisarticular color to an etent that thro!s the others in shade1 %t is thisdisturance of alancethat in the first lace causes the 2ariety of human rana and in the second thoseinnumerale diseases to !hich flesh is heir1From this oint it is e2ident that e2ery action of man gi2es his rana a searatecolor andthe color affects the gross ody in turn1 But !hen at !hat time does thearticular tat!iccolor affect the ody 0rdinarily it is under similar tat!ic conditions of theeternal

uni2erse1 This means that if the agni tat!a has gained strength in any rana atany onearticular di2ision of time the strength !ill sho! itself !hen that articulardi2ision oftime recurs again1 Before attemting a solution of this rolem it is necessarytounderstand the follo!ing truths:The sun is the chief lifeAgi2er of e2ery organism in the system1 The moment that ane!organism has come into eistence the sun changes his caacity in relation to thatorganism1 ;e no! ecomes the sustainer of ositi2e life in that organism1 7long!ith thisthe moon egins to influence the organism in her o!n !ay1 She ecomes the

sustainer ofnegati2e life1 The lanets each estalish their o!n currents in the organism1 Forthe sa"e ofsimlicity % ha2e as yet so"en only of the sun and moon the resecti2e lords oftheositi2e and negati2e currents of the right and left hal2es of the ody of therain and theRama Prasad: Nature's Finer Forces & The Science of Breath (Pranayama Yoga)heart of the ner2es and the lood 2essels1 These are the t!o chief sources oflife ut itmust e rememered that the lanets eercise a modifying influence o2er thesecurrents1The real tat!ic condition of any moment is determined y all the se2en lanets

8ust li"ethe sun and the moon1 ach lanet after determining the general tat!ic conditionof themoment goes to introduce changes in the organism orn at that moment1 Thesechangescorresond !ith the manifestation of that color of rana that rose at that time1Thussuose the red color has entered rana !hen the moon is in the second degree ofthe signof *ira1 %f there is no disturing influence of any other luminary the red color!ill


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manifest itself !hene2er the moon is in the same osition? in the other case !henthedisturing influence is remo2ed1 %t may sho! itself in a month or it may eostoned forages1 %t is 2ery difficult to determine the time !hen an act !ill ha2e its effect1%t deends agood deal uon the strength of the imression1 The strength of the imression maye

di2ided into ten degrees although some !riters ha2e gone further1(#) 3omentary: This degree of strength has its effect then and there?(C) D- degrees strength: %n this case the effect !ill sho! itself !hen each lanetis in thesame sign as at the time of the imression?(D) #$ degrees strength: ;ora? (E) #- degrees strength:


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These oser2ation although necessarily 2ery meager tend to sho! that theimressionroduced uon rana y any act ho!e2er insignificant really ta"es ages to assoff !henthe stars coincide in osition to a degree !ith that !hen the act !as committed1Thereforea "no!ledge of astronomy is highly essential in occult 4edic religion1 Thefollo!ing

oser2ation may ho!e2er render the ao2e a little more intelligile17s often remar"ed the rana mayo"osha is an eact icture of the TerrestrialPrana1 Theeriodical currents of the finer forces of nature that are in the earth assaccording to thesame la!s in the rincile of life? 8ust li"e the Modiac the rana maya"osha issudi2idedinto mansions etc1 The northern and southern inclinations of the ais gi2e us aheart and arain1 ach of these has #C ramifications ranching off from it? these are the #Csigns ofthe Modiac1 The daily rotation than gi2es us the D# cha"ras so"en of re2iously1There is

the ositi2e semiAmansion and the negati2e semiAmansion1 Then !e ha2e the oneAthird theoneAninth the oneAt!elfth and so on to a degree or the di2isions andsudi2isions thereof1ach cha"ra oth diurnal and annual is in fact a circle of D- degrees 8ustli"e the greatcircles of the hea2enly sheres1 Through the cha"ra a course of se2en descritionsof lifecurrentsis estalished:(#) Solar (C) lunar (D) 3ars agni (E) 3ercury rithi2i ($) >uiter 2ayu() 4enusaas (J) Saturn a"asa1%t is 9uite ossile that along the same cha"ra there may e assing all or any

one or moreof these differing currents at one and the same time1 The reader is reminded ofthetelegrah currents of modern electricity1 %t is e2ident that the real state ofrana isdetermined y the osition of these locali@ed currents1 No! if any one or more ofthesetat!ic currents is strengthened y any act of ours under any osition of thecurrents it isonly !hen !e ha2e to a degree the same osition of the currents that the tat!iccurrent !illma"es it aearance at full strength1 There may also e aearances of slighto!er at

2arious times ut the full strength !ill ne2er e ehausted until !e ha2e thesame ositionof these currents to the minutest di2ision of a degree1 This ta"es ages uon agesand it is9uite imossile that the effect should ass off in the resent life1 ;ence risesthe necessityRama Prasad: Nature's Finer Forces & The Science of Breath (Pranayama Yoga)of a second life uon this earth1The accumulated tat!ic effects of a life s !or" gi2e each life a general tinge of its o!n1This tinge !ears off gradually as the comonent colors ass off or !ea"en in


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strength oney one1 =hen each of the comonent colors is one y one sufficiently !orn off thegeneral color of a life asses off1 The gross ody that !as gi2en irth to y thisarticularcolor ceases to resond to the no! generally different colored rana1 The ranadoes notass out of the susumna1


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agni the agreeale forgetfulness of the a"asa all ma"e their aearance oneafter the otherin erfect calm1 The ainful imressions ma"e no aearance ecause the ainfularises!hen any imression forces itself uon the mind that is out of harmony !ith itssurroundings1 %n this state the mind li2es in /handralo"a as !ill e etterunderstood!hen % come to sea" of the tat!ic causes of dreams1

7ges roll on in this state !hen the mind has according to the same general la!sthatotain for rana !orn out the imressions of a former life1 The intense tat!iccolors thatthe ceaseless acti2ity of rana had called into eistence no! fade a!ay until atlast themind comes uon a chronic le2el !ith the rana1 Both of them ha2e no! lost thetinge of aformer life1 %t may e said of rana that it has a ne! aearance and of the mindthat ithas a ne! consciousness1 =hen they are oth in this state oth 2ery !ea" theaccumulated tat!ic effects of rana egin to sho! themsel2es !ith the return ofthe stars

to the same ositions1 These dra! us ac" from the lunar to the terrestrial rana17t thisstage the mind has no indi2iduality !orth ta"ing account of so that it is dra!ny ranato !here2er its affinities carry it1 %t comes and 8oins !ith those solar rays thatear asimilar color !ith all those mighty otentialities that sho! themsel2es in thefuture manremaining 9uite latent1 %t asses !ith the rays of the sun according to theordinary la!s of2egetation into grain that ears similar colors1 ach grain has a searateindi2iduality!hich accounts for its searate indi2iduality from others of its rothers and in

many theremay e human otentialities gi2ing it an indi2iduality of its o!n1 The grain orgrainsroduce the 2irile semen !hich assumes the shae of human eings in the !oms of!omen1 This is reirth1Similarly do human indi2idualities come ac" from the fi2e states that are "no!nas hells1These are the states of osthumous eistence fied for those men !ho en8oy to anecessi2e and 2iolent degree the 2arious imressions of each of the tat!as1 7s thetat!icintensity !hich disturs the alance and therefore causes ain !ears off intime theindi2idual rana asses off to the lunar shere and thence undergoes the same

states thatha2e een descried ao2e17long the ositi2e ath through the rahmarandhra ass those rana that asseyond thegeneral effects of Time and therefore do not return to the earth under ordinaryla!s1 %t isTime that rings ac" rana from the moon !hen he is e2en the most general andtheleast strong tat!ic condition comes into lay !ith the return of identical astralositions?ut the sun eing the "eeer of Time himself and the strongest factor in the


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determinationof his tat!ic condition it !ould e imossile for solar Time to affect solarrana1Therefore only that rana tra2els to!ards the sun in !hich there is almost noreonderance of any tat!ic color1 This is the state of the rana of Yogin alone1By theconstant ractice of the eight ranches of Yoga the rana is urified of any 2erystrongly

ersonifying colors and since it is e2ident that on such a rana Time can ha2e noeffectunder ordinary circumstances they ass off to the sun1 These rana ha2e nodistinctersonifying colors? all of them that go to the sun ha2e almost the same generaltinge1 ButRama Prasad: Nature's Finer Forces & The Science of Breath (Pranayama Yoga)their minds are different1 They can e distinguished from each other according tothearticular ranch of science that they ha2e culti2ated or according to thearticular and2arying methods of mental imro2ement that they ha2e follo!ed on earth1 %n thisstate the

mind is not deendent as in the moon uon the imressions of rana1 /onstantractice ofYoga has rendered it an indeendent !or"er deending only uon the soul andmoldingthe rana to its o!n shaes and gi2ing it its o!n colors1 This is a "ind of3o"sha17lthough the sun is the most otent lord of life and the tat!ic condition ofrana no! hasno effect uon the rana that has assed to the sun the lanetary currents stillha2e someslight effect uon it and there are times !hen this effect is 2ery strong sothat the earthlyconditions in !hich they ha2e re2iously li2ed are called ac" again to their

minds1 7desire to do the same sort of good they did the !orld in their re2ious life ta"esossessionof them and imelled y this desire they sometimes come ac" to earth1Sna"aracharyahas noticed in his commentary of the Brahmasutra that 7antaramah a 4edic rishithusaeared on earth as IrishnaAd!aiayana aout the end of the


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assing of the soul out of the shado!y side of life into the original light of theSun1 Thismeans immortality that is assing eyond the o!er of terrestrial death1But to go on !ith !hat the anishad has to say aout the si things to e "no!naoutPrana:The Birth of Prana .The Prana is orn from the 7tma? it is caused in the atma li"e the shado! in the

ody1The human ody or any other organism ecomes the cause of thro!ing a shade intheocean of rana as it comes et!een the sun and the ortion of sace on the otherside ofRama Prasad: Nature's Finer Forces & The Science of Breath (Pranayama Yoga)the organism1 Similarly the rana is thro!n as a shade in the macrocosmic soul(%s!ara)ecause the macrocosmic mind (manu) inter2enes1 Briefly the rana is the shade of3anucaused y the light of the *ogos the macrocosmic center1 The suns are gi2en irthto inthis shade y the imression of the macrocosmic mental ideas into this shade1

These sunsthe centers of Prana ecome in their turn the ositi2e starting oint of furtherde2eloment1 The manus thro!ing their shade y the inter2ention of the suns gi2eirth inthose shades to lanets etc1 The suns thro!ing their shades y the inter2entionof lanetsgi2e irth to moons1 Then these different centers egin to act uon the lanetsand the sundescends on the lanets in the shae of 2arious organisms man included1The 3acrocosmic 7earance .This rana is found in the macrocosm as the ocean of life !ith the sun for itscenter1 %tassumes t!o hases of eistence: (#) the rana the solar ositi2e lifeAmatter

and (C) therayi the lunar negati2e lifeAmatter1 The former is the northern hase and theeastern? thelatter is the southern hase and the !estern1 %n e2ery 3oment of Terrestrial life!e ha2ethus the northern and southern centers of rana the centers from !hich thesouthern andnorthern hases of lifeAmatter ta"e their start at any moment1 The eastern and!esternhal2es are there too17t e2ery moment of time i1e1 in e2ery truti there are millions of truti erfectorganisms in sace1 This might re9uire some elanation1 The units of time and

saceare the same: a truti1Ta"e any one truti of time1 %t is !ell "no!n that e2ery moment of time the tat!icrays ofrana go in e2ery direction from e2ery oint to e2ery other oint1 ;ence it isclear enoughthat e2ery truti of sace is a erfect icture of the !hole aaratus of rana!ith all itscenters and sides and ositi2e and negati2e relations1 To eress a good deal ina fe!!ords e2ery truti of sace is a erfect organism1 %n the ocean of Prana that


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surrounds thesun there are innumerale such truti1=hile essentially the same it is easy to understand that the follo!ing items !illma"e adifference in the general color aearance and forms of these trutis: (#)distance from thesolar center? (C) inclination from the solar ais1Ta"e the earth for illustration1 That @one of solar life ta"ing into

consideration oth thedistance and the inclination in !hich the earth mo2es gi2es irth to earthAlife1This @one ofearthAlife is "no!n as the eclitic1 No! e2ery truti of sace in this eclitic isa searateindi2idual organism1 7s the earth mo2es in her annual course i1e1 as the trutiof timechanges these ermanent truti of sace change the hases of their life1 But theirermanency is ne2er imaired1 They retain their indi2iduality all the same1Rama Prasad: Nature's Finer Forces & The Science of Breath (Pranayama Yoga)7ll the lanetary influences reach these trutis al!ays !here2er the lanets maye in their8ourney1 The changing distance and inclination is of course al!ays causing a

change oflifeAhase1This truti of sace from its ermanent osition in the eclitic !hilemaintaining itsconnection !ith all the lanets at the same time sends its tat!ic rays to e2eryother 9uarterof sace1 They also come to the earth1%t is a condition of earth life that the ositi2e and negati2e currents the ranaand the rayie e9ually alanced1 Therefore !hen the t!o hases of life matter are e9uallystrong inthis eclitical truti the tat!ic rays that come from it to the earth energi@egross matter

there1 The moment that the alance is distured y the tat!ic influence of thelanets ory some other cause terrestrial death ensues1 This simly means that the tat!icrays of thetruti that fall on earth cease to energi@e gross matter although they do fallthere all thesame and although the truti is there all the same in its ermanent ecliticalaode1 %n thisosthumous state the human truti !ill energi@e gross matter in that 9uarter ofsace !hosela!s of relati2e negati2e and ositi2e redominance coincide !ith that state1Thus !henthe negati2e life matter the rayi ecomes o2erly strong the energi@ation of the

truti istransferred from the earth to the moon1 Similarly it may ass to other sheres1=hen theterrestrial alance is restored again !hen this osthumous life has een li2edtheenergi@ation is transferred to the earth again1Such is the macrocosmic aearance of Prana !ith the ictures of all theorganisms of theearth1The /oming %n 0f Prana .;o! does this rana maya "osha this truti of the macrocosm come into this


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odyBriefly By actions at !hose root lies the mind says the anishad1 %t !as elainedre2iously ho! e2ery action changes the nature of the rana maya "osha and it!ill eelained in the essay on the /osmic Picture 6allery ho! these changes are reresentedin the cosmical counterart of our lifeArincile1 %t is e2ident that y these

actions changeis roduced in the general relati2e nature of the rana and the rayi !hich haseen so"enof re2iously1 %t is hardly necessary to say that the mind the human free !ill lies at theroot of those actions that distur the tat!ic alance of the lifeArincile1;ence Therana comes into this ody y actions at !hose root lies the mind1The Places of 3anifestation .7s the aramount Po!er aoints its ser2ants telling Rule such and such 2illages sodoes the Prana1 %t uts its different manifestations in different laces1 Theaana (this

discharges faces and urine) is in the Payu (anus) and the uastha1 ThemanifestationsRama Prasad: Nature's Finer Forces & The Science of Breath (Pranayama Yoga)"no!n as sight and hearing (/ha"ahus and Srotra) are in the eye and ear1 The ranaremains itself going out of mouth and nose1 Bet!een (the laces of rana andaanaaout the na2el) li2es the Samana1 %t is this that carries e9ually (all o2er theody) the food(and drin") that is thro!n in the fire1 ;ence are those se2en lights (y means ofranalight of "no!ledge is thro!n o2er color form sound etc1)%n th

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