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The source of this psychical power, or, perhaps we should say, its centre of activity in the physical body is said to be in the cavity of the throat. Thus, in the Taittiriya Upanishad it is written: "There is this shining ether in the inner being. THE SOURCE OF THE PSYCHICAL POWER OR PERHAPS WE SHOULD SAY ITS CENTRE OF ACTIVITY IN THE PHYSICAL BODY IS SAID TO BE IN THE CAVITY OF THE THROAT THUS IN THE TITIA UPANISHAD IT IS WRITTEN THERE IS THE SHINING ETHER IN THE INNER BEING
hunger and thirst. We are continuing the study of the bodily powers and centres of force in their relation to the powers and forces of the spiritual man. We have already considered the dominant power of physical life, the creative power which secures the continuance of physical life; and, further, the manner in which, through aspiration and sacrifice, it is gradually raised and set to the work of upbuilding the body of the spiritual man. We come now to the dominant psychic force, the power which manifests itself in speech, and in virtue of which the voice may carry so much of the personal magnetism, endowing the orator with a tongue of fire, magical in its power to arouse and rule the emotions of his hearers. This emotional power, this distinctively psychical force, is the cause of “hunger and thirst,” the psychical hunger and thirst for sensations, which is the source of our two-sided life of emotionalism, with its hopes and fears, its expectations and memories, its desires and hates.  COMES THE CESSATION OF HUNGER AND THIRST WE ARE CONTINUING THE STUDY OF THE BODILY POWERS AND CENTRES OF FORCE IN THEIR RELATION TO THE POWERS AND FORCES OF THE SPIRITUAL MAN WE HAVE ALREADY CONSIDERED THE DOMINANT POWER OF PHYSICAL LIFE THE CREATIVE POWER WHICH SECURES THE CONTINUANCE OF PHYSICAL LIFE AND FURTHER THE MANNER IN WHICH THROUGH ASPIRATION AND SACRIFICE IT IS GRADUALLY RAISED AND SET TO THE WORK OF UP BUILDING THE BODY OF THE SPIRITUAL MAN WE COME NOW TO THE DOMINANT PSYCHIC FORCE THE POWER WHICH MANIFESTS ITSELF IN SPEECH AND IN VIRTUE OF WHICH THE VOICE MAY CARRY SO MUCH OF THE PERSONAL MAGNETISM ENDOWING THE ORDER WITH A TONGUE OF FIRE MAGICAL IN ITS POWER TO AROUSE AND RULE THE EMOTIONS OF HIS HEARERS THIS EMOTIONAL POWER THIS DISTINCTIVELY PSYCHICAL FORCE IS THE CAUSE OF HUNGER AND THIRST THE PSYCHICAL HUNGER AND THIRST FOR SENSATIONS WHICH IS THE SOURCE OF OUR TWO SIDED LIFE OF EMOTIONALISM WITH ITS HOPES AND FEARS ITS EXPECTATIONS AND MEMORIES ITS DESIRES AND HATES
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