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Vol. 4, Mental Purification
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1. Mental Purification
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2. Purification by Breathing
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Vol. 4, Mental Purification
1. Mental Purification
2. Purification by Breathing
The second way of purifying the mind is by the way of breathing.
It is very interesting for an Eastern person to see how sometimes in the West, in their inventions, people unconsciously apply the principles of the mystical realms. They have got a machine which sweeps carpets while sucking up the dust.
This is the same system inside out: the proper way of breathing sucks up the dust from the mind and ejects it.
The scientist goes so far as to say that a person exhales carbon dioxide; the bad gases are thrown out of the body by exhaling. The mystic goes further, saying it is not only from the body, but from the mind also. If one knew how to remove impurities, one could remove more than one would imagine. Impurities of mind can be thrown out by the right way of breathing; that is why mystics combine breathing with posture.
Posture helps the stilling of mind, breathing helps the cleansing of mind; these two go together.
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