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THE EQUINOX
BEGIN. END. OBJECT. TIME. NO. OF BREAKS.
July [Difficult to set the sound Hyperæsthesia. Began to forget Mantra.]*
11th. 10.12½ a.m. 10.19 a.m. Prânâyâma 6 m. 30 s. Very hard.
[The smallest quantity of food injures one’s power immensely.]
10.21 a.m. 10.44 a.m. Ajna. 23 m. 20 breaks.
[Used cotton wool in ears.]
Thoughts of Ajna go obliquely up (from opening of pharynx about) and
direct horizontally forward. This gives an idea to chase consciousness, i.e.,
find by the obvious series of experiments the stop in which the thoughts
dwell. Probably however this moves about. If so, it is a clear piece of
evidence for the idealistic position. If not, “thinking of it” equals “it
thinking of itself,” and its falsity will become rapidly evident.
July
12th. 12.8 p.m. 12.19 p.m. Prânâyâma 11 m.
[The best so far: the incense troubled me somewhat.]
12.26 p.m. 12.57 a.m. 31 m. 30 breaks.
[Mantra evolved into “tartsano.”† I was not in good form and suspect
many breaks of long duration.]
I keep Mantra going all day.
4.58 p.m. 5.9 p.m. Prânâyâma 16 m. Perspiration.
5.14 p.m. 5.25 p.m. Prânâyâma 32 m. Wound up with a
Grand
yâma.‡Prânâ-
5.28 p.m. 6.6 p.m. 38 m. 30 breaks.
[Very tired towards end and difficult to get settled. To me it seems
evident that the first ten breaks or so are rapid.]
6.10 p.m. 6.26 p.m. Prânâyâma 16 m.
8.15 p.m. 8.47 p.m. Ajna with Mantra 32 m. 22 breaks.
[Light coming a little, one very long break, and some sound.]
10.5 p.m. 10.17½ p.m. Ajna 12 m. 30 s. 11 breaks.
13th. Casual Mutterings of Mantra.
10.44 a.m. Prânâyâma Quite hopeless.
10.48 a.m. 11.20 a.m. 32 m. 30 breaks.
[Went to Edinburgh to meet H.L.]§
* Not understood. † Om Tat Sat Aum. ‡ 30. 15. 60.
§ This meeting with H. L., though of no importance in itself, led to one of
the most important happenings in P.’s life; for it was through him that he
again met Ourada the seer, as we shall see at a later date.