124 Spiritual Astrology
sounds not heard by the human ear. The presence of a
dog hastens the stimulation of consciousness into the
higher vibrations of sound to a student of yoga. For this
reason some adepts have dogs around them. At a
particular stage of practice, the student attracts dogs
around himself and he cannot understand the reasons at
first. He is not expected to drive them away, if he wants
to derive the benefit. Lord Datta-tre-ya, who is the lord of
the whole science of yoga, has four dogs around him to
aid his devotees and disciples. Saiba-ba-, the adept, always
had dogs with him.
Leo is said to govern the heart. This is true only in
the higher functions. The physical heart, the circulation
and the respiration of the lungs are controlled by Cancer
and not Leo. The heart is the seat of love and this love-
nature is only governed by Leo. The spirit of service and
a constant outpour of love-nature upon his fellow-beings
functions through the Ana-hata-chakra which includes the
activity of the music of Cancer and the love of Leo. All
people born under Leo have this love-nature. They have
protection for their fellow-beings as their motto. But this
love is clouded by emotional desires in ordinary people.
The student of yoga should use the activity of the
Ana-hatachakra to lift up his purest love-nature from its
imprisonment by desire, limitation and emotion. Pure love
without emotion is the only means to attract the student
to a proper Guru through an awakening of the soul. The
death of the personality and the birth of his soul into
group-consciousness become possible through the love-
activity of the Ana-hata-chakra. This is the point which
makes the student, a disciple. The birth of love causes the
birth of wisdom and this wisdom raises the thought of man
into the level of intellect. This is one path in Ra-ja yoga. In