ger and your mind, if you do not actually practice, you will make no
progress.
Many of my students have told me that they have had philoso-
phy up to their necks but that it does not really help them. What we
are trying to tell you is that you will find out you have completed the
route and have harmonized the Yin and Yang in your body, you will
feel happier, less angry and will be able to take more stress. You
will see the world as beautiful and see all people as saints. By
contrast, if you are sick and frightened as a mouse, when you see
people, even good, kind people who want to help you, you will be-
lieve that they want to harm you.
Your main aim now should be to make your body, your nervous
system, soul, spirit, your whole being — healthy, by means of this
training. Try to remind yourself to smile and do one good thing each
day. That is all you need. You do not have to depend on a higher
master to guide your spirit; your spirit is yours. No one else can
guide your spirit. If your spirit has to depend on others for guid-
ance, then you are in trouble.Does Rhythmic Breathing or Chanting help
to circulate the Microcosmic Orbit?
Generally, it does not. I may advise some students to do it in the
very beginning to help them calm down, but urge them to get along
without it as soon as possible. All that is called for is that you con-
centrate on the energy center or centers that you are working on. If
you pay attention to your breathing, the power or the warm current
will not concentrate itself at the center but will scatter.
I have many students who had been practicing for many years
(some for as much as twenty or thirty years) who told me that they
had never felt any unusual energy in all their years of practice.
When they came to me I told them to just concentrate on the points
and not to pay attention to breathing. Many of them, in their first
session, often after just a few minutes of concentration, experi-
enced bliss and power, and found themselves deep in concentra-
tion. All of these students were well prepared and had a lot of en-
ergy in reserve, but didn’t know how to turn it on and have it flow in
the proper channels.Chapter X