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214 RAJA YOGAlous are the mysteries of the science of hypnotism! Thanks toMr. James Braid of happy memory!4. TelepathyTelepathy is thought-transference from one person to another.Just as sound moves in the ethereal space, so alsothought moves in the mental space, Chidakasa. There is anocean of ether all round. There is also an ocean of mind allround. Thought has shape, colour, weight and form. lt is asmuch matter as this pencil. When you have some good thoughtof an elevating nature sometimes, it is very difficult to saywhether it is your own thought or the thought of some other person.Thoughts of other persons enter your brain.Telepathy was the first wireless telegraphy of the yogis.Yogis send their messages through telepathy. Thought travelswith electric speed that is unimaginable. Sometimes you thinkof a friend with such intensity in the evening that you get a letterfrom him early in the morning. This is unconscious telepathy.Your powerful thought has travelled and reached the brain ofyour friend immediately and he has replied you then and there.So many interesting and wonderful things are going on in thethought-world. Ordinarily, people who have not developed thepower of telepathy are groping in the darkness.Telepathy is communication of mind with mind. The pineatgland which is considered by occultists as the seat of the soulplays an important part in telepathy. lt is this pineal gland thatactually receives messages. lt is a small piece of nervous matterthat is imbedded in the brain or hind-brain in the floor of themind ventricle. lt is an endocrine gland that is ducfless. lt hasgot an interna! secretion which is directly poured into the blood.Practise telepathy in the beginning from a short distance.It is better to practise at nights, to start with. Ask your friend tohave the receptive attitude and concentration at ten o,ctock.Ask him to sit on Virasana or Padmasana with closed eyes in adark room. Try to send your message exacfly at the appointedtime. Concentrate on the thoughts that you want to send. Willstrongly now. The thoughts will leave your brain and enter thebrain of your friend. There may be some mistakes in the beginninghere and there. When you advance in practice and know