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The next two terms, concerning the life breath, offer some difficulty. The surface meaning is harsh and irregular breathing; the deeper meaning is a life of harsh and irregular impulses. THE NEXT TWO TERMS CONCERNING THE LIFE BREATH OFFER SOME DIFFICULTY THE SURFACE MEANING IS HARSH AND IRREGULAR BREATHING THE DEEPER MEANING IS A LIFE OF HARSH AND IRREGULAR IMPULSES
ity. Nine of these are enumerated, and they go pretty thoroughly into the brute toughness of the psychic nature. Sickness is included rather for its effect on the emotions and mind, since bodily infirmity, such as blindness or deafness, is no insuperable barrier to spiritual life, and may sometimes be a help, as cutting off distractions. It will be well for us to ponder over each of these nine activities, thinking of each as a psychic state, a barrier to the interior consciousness of the spiritual man. 31. Grieving, despondency, bodily restlessness, the drawing in and sending forth of the life-breath also contribute to drive the psychic nature to and fro. The first two moods are easily understood. We can well see bow a sodden psychic condition, flagrantly opposed to the pure and positive joy of spiritual life, would be a barrier. The next, bodily restlessness, is in a special way the fault of our day and generation. When it is conquered, mental restlessness will be half conquered, too.  THE PERSONALITY NINE OF THESE ARE ENUMERATED AND THEY GO PRETTY THOROUGHLY INTO THE BRUTE TOUGHNESS OF THE PSYCHIC NATURE SICKNESS IS INCLUDED RATHER FOR ITS EFFECT ON THE EMOTIONS AND MIND SINCE BODILY INFIRMITY SUCH AS BLINDNESS OR DEAFNESS IS NO INSUPERABLE BARRIER TO SPIRITUAL LIFE AND MAY SOMETIMES BE A HELP AS CUTTING OFF DISTRACTIONS IT WILL BE WELL FOR US TO PONDER OVER EACH OF THESE NINE ACTIVITIES THINKING OF EACH AS A PSYCHIC STATE A BARRIER TO THE INTERIOR CONSCIOUSNESS OF THE SPIRITUAL MAN SUTRA THIRTY ONE GRIEVING DESPONDENCY BODILY RESTLESSNESS THE DRAWING IN AND SENDING FORTH OF A LIFE BREATH ALSO CONTRIBUTE TO DRIVE THE PSYCHIC NATURE TO AND FRO THE FIRST TWO MOODS ARE EASILYLY UNDERSTOOD WE CAN WELL SEE HOW A SUDDEN PSYCHIC CONDITION FLAGRANTLY OPPOSED TO THE PURE AND POSITIVE JOY OF SPIRITUAL LIFE WOULD BE A BARRIER THE NEXT BODILY RESTLESSNESS IS IN A SPECIAL WAY THE FAULT OF OUR DAY AND GENERATION WHEN IT IS CONQUERED MENTAL RESTLESSNESS WILL BE HALF CONQUERED TOO
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