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Shankara tells us that by this power the popular magicians of the East perform their wonders, working on the mind images of others, while remaining invisible themselves. It is all a question of being able to see and control the mind images. SHANKARA TELLS US THAT BY THIS POWER THE POPULAR MAGICIANS OF THE EAST PERFORM THEIR WONDERS WORKING ON THE MIND IMAGES OF OTHERS WHILE REMAINING INVISIBLE THEMSELVES IT IS ALL A QUESTION OF BEING ABLE TO SEE AND CONTROL THE MIND IMAGES
have done this, that the perceiving mind must be stilled, before the mind-image projected by the other mind can be seen. With it comes a sense of the feeling and temper of the other mind and so on, in higher degrees. 20. But since that on which the thought in the mind of another rests is not objective to the thought-reader’s consciousness, he perceives the thought only, and not also that on which the thought rests. The meaning appears to be simple: One may be able to perceive the thoughts of some one at a distance; one cannot, by that means alone, also perceive the external surroundings of that person, which arouse these thoughts. 21. By perfectly concentrated Meditation on the form of the body, by arresting the body’s perceptibility, and by inhibiting the eye’s power of sight, there comes the power to make the body invisible. There are many instances of the exercise of this power, by mesmerists, hypnotists and the like; and we may simply call it an instance of the power of suggestion. AVE DONE THIS THAT THE PERCEIVING MIND MUST BE STILLED BEFORE THE MIND IMAGE PROJECTED BY THE OTHER MIND CAN BE SEEN WITH IT COMES A SENSE OF THE FEELING AND TEMPER OF THE OTHER MIND AND SO ON IN HIGHER DEGREES SUITRA TWENTY BUT SINCE THAT ON WHICH THE THOUGHT IN THE MIND OF ANOTHER RESTS IS NOT OBJECTIVE TO THE THOUGHT READER'S CONSCIOUSNESS HE PERCEIVES THE THOUGHT ONLY AND NOT ALSO THAT ON WHICH THE THOUGHT RESTS THE MEANING APPEARS TO BE SIMPLE ONE MAY BE ABLE TO PERCEIVE THE THOUGHTS OF SOME ONE AT A DISTANCE ONE CANNOT BY THAT MEANS ALONE ALSO PERCEIVE THE EXTERNAL SURROUNDINGS OF THAT PERSON WHICH AROUSE THESE THOUGHTS SUTRA TWENTY ONE BY PERFECTLY CONCENTRATED MEDITATION ON THE FORM OF THE BODY BY ARRESTING THE BODY'S PERCEPTIBILITY AND BY INHIBITING THE EYE'S POWER OF SIGHT THERE COMES THE POWER TO MAKE THE BODY INVISIBLE THERE ARE MANY INSTANCES OF THE EXERCISE OF THIS POWER BY MESMERISTS HYPNOTISTS AND THE LIKE AND WE MAY SIMPLY CALL IT AN INSTANCE OF THE POWER OF SUGGESTION
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