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came back and said: "How have you been able to live<br />

without me?" <strong>The</strong> other organs replied: "We lived just<br />

as blind people live, without seeing, but breathing with<br />

the prana, speaking with the tongue, hearing with the<br />

ear and thinking with the mind." <strong>The</strong>n the eye entered<br />

the body.<br />

10<br />

<strong>The</strong> ear went out. After being away for a whole year, it<br />

came back and said: "How have you been able to live<br />

without me?" <strong>The</strong> other organs replied: "We lived just<br />

as deaf people live, without hearing, but breathing<br />

with the prana. Speaking with the tongue, seeing with<br />

the eye and thinking with the mind." <strong>The</strong>n the ear<br />

entered the body.<br />

11<br />

<strong>The</strong> mind went out. After being away for a whole year,<br />

it came back and said: "How have you been able to live<br />

without me?" <strong>The</strong> other organs replied: "We lived just<br />

like children whose minds are not yet formed, without<br />

thinking with the mind, but breathing with the prana,<br />

speaking with the tongue, seeing with the eye and<br />

hearing with the ear." <strong>The</strong>n the mind entered the body.<br />

12<br />

<strong>The</strong>n as the vital breath was about to depart, he<br />

uprooted the organs from their places just as a noble<br />

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