46 Spiritual Astrology
yogic and astrological symbolism conveying the whole
truth.
The next step involves a process of creation through
Pra-n.a. By this time, the disciple has crossed the material
sheath (Annamaya) which includes his physical, etheric
and astral planes. Henceforth he takes hold of the vital
body (Pra-n.amaya) which includes the astral, the desire and
the mental principles. Here the element of air and water
(breath and circulation) play an important role to control
the directions of Pra-n.a. (Here the reader should
understand that we are dealing with the seven sub-
divisions of the seven main divisions in man’s vehicles
and their inter-play). At this stage he should meditate that
he is playing the role of the year. His exhalation is the
summer solstice and inhalation the winter solstice. The
midpoint of his outbreath denotes the half-breath or
vernal equinox. The midpoint of his breath while he is
inhaling denotes his other half-breath or the autumn
equinox. He should slowly inhale without producing any
sound. He should stop breathing when his lungs are half-
filled and meditate upon the central vertical channel of
his vertebral column. Sooner or later, in this process, there
is equipoise. The breath is controlled by the higher
consciousness which exists between his heart-centre and
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jna centre via Vis’uddhi. All the vital impulses of the man
merge in the One Vital Impulse, the Group- Pra-n.a of the
soul-level. From this point of development, he begins to
work through the planetary principles. The man lives in
the planetary level via the planetary principles of the
group. His guru controls all the planetary behaviour and
reactions of the soul. This becomes possible because the
guru and the s’ishya will have no personalities.
By this time the reader might have understood that
the process of locating the correspondences between the