that the various activities of the body have been organized in the most scientific man-
ner and seem to be guided by the highest intelligence.
A detailed study of this organization of the body shows also that it is organized
on a set pattern and, therefore, all human bodies are structurally and functionally alike
in essentials. The circulatory system, the nervous system, the lymphatic system, the
glandular system and other systems work in the same way in all human bodies though
they have also remarkable powers of adaptability. The reason for this similar behav-
iour of all human bodies is, of course, the presence of an archetype in the Universal
Mind to which all bodies conform. That is why, in the case of billions and billions of
human beings who are born under the most varied conditions, the same pattern in the
outer form of the body and in its inner working is repeated with remarkable fidelity.
Anyone who can mentally contact this archetype of the human bodv will obtain
full knowledge of the machinery of the physical body. This can be done by performing
Samyama on the navel Cakra because this Cakra controls the sympathetic nervous sys-
tem working in the body. But, of course, it is the archetype of the body which is the
object of knowledge in performing Samyama and the navel Cakra is merely the gate-
way leading to that archetype. The navel centre is not the solar plexus but the centre of
Cakra in the Pranamaya Kosa which is connected with the solar plexus.
- (By performing Samyama) on the gullet the cessation of hunger and
thirst.
It is well known that sensations of hunger and thirst and similar other phenom-
ena depend upon the secretions of glands situated in various parts of the body. A
knowledge of the working of these glands and the capacity to regulate their secretions
will, naturally, give power to the Yogi to control the sensations. There are several
glands situated in and around the throat, and Samyama on the navel Cakra having re-
vealed the presence of the gland which controls hunger and thirst, will enable the Yogi
to make these sensations voluntary.