Praeceptum 148

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Transcript of Praeceptum 148

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From thc pure w h i t e shoot of l i f e I want to erase a l l dnrk blot8 of groan-producing aennations. on this milk-white ~h t3e t of l f r e God w r o t e tho b h m o l c as mrds and messagos o f b l i s s , But Satan cmie and took t h e pan of das t i r ry And dipped it i n tho Ink of gloom And opln&ed t h e ink of F; c n s i t i v a n o s s A l l wer the clean s h o a t of ?esceptf on,

I w l l ) take the neu t r a l i z ing acid of i n t u i t i o n ~ n d d i saolve t h o m . i s ory-produc i r @ b lo tch os of s ensat ions. 0 swoet e n s h v i n.5 holm of f lc sh ! In t h o e dwells t h e charmillg venomous snake of ~onsitility. Somo day I w i 1.1 d cstroy t h i s se rpent o f sensi t ivanosa And mke t h i s f l e s h t h o tonlple of deatht;hloas cxpcrioncos.

From t h e f lesh 3 w i 11 remove all pn in-muking sonsitivenoss And doeth-pmduciw s c n s i b i l i t i o s . I w i l l k i l l t l e f l e s h - f r a i l t y , tha t It no more delude me :;:ith its a r i a s of oo ld and h e a t , pain find p l caau re I: w i l l make this f l e s h d m b fo reve r , that it my never speak aga in of i t s dolusiam of pa in , But I wi 11 ro su r r eo t each coll uf this f lor jh ly rrarno In t h o l i f e of indastructibility.

E ~ o h 0013. of my body shall dance in t h e f h m o a wf t h o u t b cing s c m o h o d or burned.

And each c & l l ot' my body s h 12 d i v e i n t o t h o bosom of mr tn l f i r e w i t h o u t b e i n g h u r t

,- And a l l t h o a o c h i l d r e n body-col l s , P i o r c a d a t r i l l i o n times w i t b p o i n t s of sllnrp d a g > g o r ~ , Shall. not b e s o r a t o h o d , And t h ~ s e b o d y - c a l l s , Soor ched a t housarld t inios by t he scol .d i~g sun , s h a l l n o t k i r s t for a t a s t e of w n t e r ,

(To b o C o p t iFued in P?\!ext P r a ~ c e p t u m )

GRADATED 1:vdWOD;;: OF YOGA

R E L U S I G THE LOTION-EOUNI) SOUL Tho word "Yogn" 3 8 an a n o i ~ n t TO UKITE I T WITH Th~lo iOTIOl \ t l lELS wrd w h i c h o o m s T r o m t h e S a n n - IhFITrItI 'EEY YOGA, O ~ l I p , E B i O D d O F c r i t r o o t , " y ~ . j ' ~ , s ignifyir lg SCIJLTI FIG Ul~l0lJ union. Therefoso, t b c word

Yoga i n Hindu phi looophg i ~s

usua l ly used t o s i p , r l i f y n c i o n t i f i c union of S p i r i t m d indiv:LduqL Soul by psycho-phy a i c a l nie t k i ods of m e d i t n t i o n .

A Yogi can be n worldly n n n or n mn of renunciation, who scf e n t i f i c n l l y p r a c t i c e s t h ti Y o g ~ technique of' m e d i t a t i o n I n o r d e r tn l o g i c a l l y n n i t o wi th God,

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Tke so i encc o f Yogn ( o r acier1tifl.c union wi th God) has been used vns ious ly t o c l a s o i f y d iff s m n t methods o f Yags:

1, Hatha Y o g r 4. hnntra Yoga 2 . Raja Yoga 5. Law Yoga 3 . Karm Yogn

1. H a t h 'Yoga toaahes va r iou4 gymnast ic~l of' t h o body in o r d e r to noko it tit fa r m d i t a t f o n and a high oxpericinoe of castasy and t o absorb t h e h i g h valbagt3 of ~ o a r n i c onor@,y e!nnatin@ from God ,, Hmovor, it j . ~ not neaossary t o 9 thm-h a l l the u z r i o u a body tv{ia%ln~~s 6 f Hatha Yogn.Bhc 84 o r more body pos t u r o s ndvoontod by Iiatha Yoga a r e w o s t o f f o c t i v o l y pract iced by ch i ld ren . hen and wonon, a f t a s t h e a&e of f o r t y , should no t p r a c t i c e t h o d i f f i o u l t poa tures o f Hatkin Yoga, as t h c i r bones, niusclon and rlcrves have boaonlo uny lc ld inc . Thoro a r e peop le who whol ly uondcrnn Hntha Yoga f o r tho s lmple roasorl t h s t some o l d people who t r i o d t o p rac t i ce tho d i f f i o u l t posturos h u r t thcir un- p l i a b l e bonca and tenaons. I n f a c t no m d i t n t i o n is p a s s i b l o w i t h o u t havirg =me c o n t r o l o f tho body, Most dietary lawn nnd soma p o s t u r o s o f HaWa Y q a aro vcPy goad indood nnd. can bo prao t iacd w i t h b o n o f i t to tho h o d t b .

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It niust b e remmborod, h o w v e r , that Hatha Yoga sliould not b e prac t i ced a l l through life, keepiry! t h o Soul busy only ~4th t h o d i e c i - p l i n e of' t h o body, foxgot t i rg t h o real purpose of Yogo, whioh points out t h e nooess i ty of u n i t l w S p i r i t and Soul.. The body for t h e advent o f t h a s p i r i t u a l growth , ~ n d Hntha Yoga m t h o d s a r e not a n end i r t tboms lves , Tba body d i ' s o i p l i m is meant to p r o p a r e for s p i r i t u a l c u l t u r e , er~body- ing pplx i tua l poaue, a n d n o t ~ r ~ r e l y to gain good h c n l t h . Therefore , -do not oondemn Hatha yoga altogether, nor b e absorbed fn oome of it8 racthods thnt only a t t r a c t publ i c u t t en t i on . Soarch doapcr,

8 , Raja Yoga s i f f n i r i e s tkqo Yoga mthods wh ich arc r o y a l , o r t h e best and most i n c l u a i v a , It oonbincs tho simple methods of body d i e c i p l i n c w i t h a v cry high technique or s p i r i tun1 r ea l i za t ion , as tnught throughouh t h e Praeoopta , S o l f - R e a l i z a t i o n m ~ ~ l i o d s tench Rajn Yoga tochnlquas of u n i t f ng Soul m d S p i r i t , and cbmbined a l l t h o good in all o t h e r f o r m of Yoga.

3. K a m Yoga s i g n i f i e s un ion w i t h God through performing goad a c t i o n s primri ly , and modi t a t i v s a a t i ons seoondori ly,

4 . hantra Yogn u o n s i s t a in uniting Soul and Spir i t by loud , hnn t i ng , wbiaporod chan t ing , o r by u t t o r i m root 19.ords, nnd by v i b r a - ~ i o n a which oreato t h e C o m l e through deep m n o o n t r a t i o n .

5. Laya Yoga s i @ n i f i c s conlplote a b s o r p t i o n of mind upon any s ~ c n t a l aoncept or innor astral aounds. It cons i s t s o f l i a t e n i w ; t o thc Cosmic sould of om (Aurfl o r ~ n l a n ) omam t i q s from t h e Unfv urso i n t h e ~ u p ~ r c o n s c i o u s p lano of concentra ' t ion , Lays s i g n i f i e s mol t ing th . e m i n d on i n n e r concept , d r i n n o r e x p e r i m c c , or a s t r a l sound. hi :~ntra yogn t eaches us to c o n c c n t r n t o upon and b~ n ~ r g a d i n t h e r aa l astrnl ~lounds o n n m t i w f r a m 'tho varioua i n n e r c r e n t i v c foroes o f God i n Waturqo, and not in t h o s e nstral sounds i rr l i ta tod by t h e hunnn 'voice.

First St op : nYamp' mcanfl the .mlofl w h i c h R T O p r o h i b i t i v e , T h i r ~ g a PROSCRIPTlVB t h n t thc! acvotoo allould not do. EULE5- YAItA Second Stop: wNiynmlp moans t h i r g e tha t t h o devotee s h o u l d do . A l l PRESCHE'TIVE r o l i g i o m ngroe t o t h c s o two p h ~ s o s ox. f o u n d n t i o n s o f EJZxS- fiIYAM r o l i g i o w prcac t icc , If one r n d i t n t o s a gx'rnt d o n 1 ncd

at the snmp t i r r l p aops n o t p r a c t i o o Yam-Eiynma it w i l l b o lih.:: b u i l d i n g n h r g o s u p c r - o t r u a t u r e on R l o o s ~ fou ,ndnt ion .

Such tklinga as s t r ak inp , k i l l i r g , b e i ~ j e ~ l - o u s , a n d so f o r t h conic undcr Yam and a r c t h i r & s that t h e devotcc should. n o t do. A m l such t h i n g s as u n s e l f i & n c s s , shariw w i t h a l l , truthfulness, and so f o r t h , cor,!e v.ndor Niyarrn and n r r ~ t h i n g s that t l ~ c davotcc ahould do .

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T h c e ~ are thc f o u ~ ~ d c t i o n g r i n c i p l u s of o l l r o l i p i o n s . Llny religionists a r e cont onted jum t t o p r n c t i c o yam?-Eiynnm ( p r o s o r i p t i v e and p r e s c r i p t i v e r u l e s ) nn2 t h , h a t is why t hey do n o t p rograss beyond t h a t . Some st~y : "1 hnvc n w o r dono nnyth in6 wrorg m d 1 have done all good mlngs i n rny l i f e and I anl sa t isf i c d .Ii Such a pe r s an rooo ives

, f n n s r s a t i s f a c t i o n b u t he doca n o t p rogress beyond that. Fatnnjali g i v a s t h o e i e h t -fold path o f s a l v a t i o n arid tihat is

' whnnt a l l dovotoea of Yogn, a l l p w s u u r s of t h e s p i r i t u a l patlz , must usc f o r t h o i x ap i r i t uo l . a t ta imient on t h o s o l i d foundat ion o f Yama- Niyn~m. Of coursc , in 1 : i rb ikn lpa Siinlodhi , one goes beyond Yam- F i y 6 m a , but not boforo t h a t . T h i r d Stop! A f t o r Yarm-Nlyanu, Patanjali saye t h a t t h e do- FUCTJCES IN LOTION- v o t o o must praot ice Asam, which means p o s t u r e - LEsiaESS 0 3 A&& c o r r e c t p o s t u r a . The purpose o f pos ture I:! t o

r i se above or s t o p t h e motions o f t h e body which cause rostlossness in t h c s o u l . The s o u l is n p o r t o f the onlm Infi- n i t o , am t h o body is a p a r t o f t h e rest10,oss mturo. Thta sou l I s o f t e n a p a r t of t h e r e s t l e s s body and f o r g e t o i ts ineinite calm nature . Therefore , i n o rder to eond t h e s o 2roUigal aoula from t h a land o f r e s t - lessness t o t h e kingdom af i n f i n i t o calmness, it is nocoseary f o r t h o

- - s o u l to ramnin s t i l l . T h o t is why it is necessary t o havo oorroot p o s t u r o .

OOMCZNTRAYE UkON ThE EKDS P a t a n j f i l i a l w ~ f r a p o i n t a t.o t h e .purpose of FOa ViHICH DIFFEIIEhT s p i r i t u a l oc t iona nrld G d l l s t h e devotoos T ~ : N I Q U E S ARE USED n o t to booone i d o n t i f i e d with any process

of a a l v a t l o n bu t t o uso thlt procosa o f s a l v a t i o n u n t i l t h e necessary end is nt , tn ined . Patarijaii warns t h o devotee n o t to be i d e n t i f i e d with t h e proclcs~! of s~lvotion so t h a t one forgets the 2urgosc f o r w h i c h t h t p r o c e s s or t cchn iquo ilf s:.~lvntion waa preacri bed , Lany np i f l t u o l d evoteos r c m i n v ~ i thin the confinenent of Asam. They conaentrattl upon physicul g y m a s t i c s and the su2planecs of t h o body. Thcy onjoy tho froodonl of t h e body which Acsnna b r i r y ~ a and f o r g e t to a t t a i n t h e ffaedom o f t h e mind and sou l . Theser~re, Patanjali d o c s n o t p r e s c r i b e l eng thy c o n c o n t r a t i o n and thc prqcticc of v a r i ous pos t u r e s , b u t h e says thn t nny r la tural , normal p w ture in whioh t h e sp ine is e r e c t and t h e body is a t e a d y nnd t h e mind is peace-

, f u l and the body is fairly r e s t f u l , is thc c o r r e c t p o s t u r o , o r asana.

Four th Stop: Thcro n r o tlioustlnds of d e v o t o ~ s DISCOBNECTIIG M E kIl;il E'dOlt, ?1iE who i d m t i f y t.hoxr;solvas w i t h t h o SENSES BY SlrJITMfhG (3FLIFb F'OdCE var ious posturr is and do not seok E'HOB T U S B M E TE;I;EYIlOMS, O l i furthor s p i r i t u u l progress. P-'stan- E'&MYAkh,. OR LIFE CXShTAOL i KOT j a l i ARyR t h a t p o s t u r e is necaasa ry B F I ~ T H ~ T R O L ) fo r s ti l l n o se , and s t illnoas is

I l l@ n l t m of Sppiri t . Vihcro l;!otion c e n s c s , spirit beg ins t o i?:nniSest, A f t o r n str3ady p o s t u r e and a s t e a d y n ~ i r l d , Po tan j t l l i a d v i s e s tllc dovo toc to p r n a t i c a Prnnaynnn v . ; i t h t h e objt : r : t o f u t - i , u i n i w Prat:~sk?ra. Pranayanl racan.; sw l t c l~ ln , o f f a f tho

, l i f e f o r o t . f r om t h c f i v c sense- ta lophorws.

F i f t h Step: Protyahara s i g n i f i e s t h e mind whcn i t is ldND I f i T E H I O R l ~ T I O ~ ~ d i soonnoc tod f r o m t h e f ivo-sense telephones. P I~ATYAIIARA Vnr ious soh oolsof bronth control, moditat ion,

chan t ing , devo t iona l songs , cor lcant ra t ion on t h e prayer w h e e l , h o l y r o l l i ~ , , concen t ra t ion by d i sc r imina t i on , c o n c e n t r a t i o n by d i v u r s i o n , and. no fo r th have t l r fscn ns o f f - s h o o t s o f t h e r e n l prnmyama of n w i t c h i q : of f t ! l c ].if? f o r c e . Fourth S t e p - - G ~ ~ ! t i - ---- Thcrt? nrr: v n r l r l u s u ~ ~ o c i a n t ? . f ic !+!.atbod.:: of URDER 2WlhwYAlbA TECBiL ZqUE d.ivnrtin?; t k c miricl from t h e ~ c n r , e s t o

' C O ~ & A L L O V I E R T E C I ~ ~ \ ~ Q U E S ~ o d , f o r e x n n l ~ l o , b y c h a n t i % , n e g a t i v e OF Iv&IjI f1 '~Z' ION silence, p r o y c r , emotional s i ~ i n g , i n t e l -

1 a c t u a l d i s c r i m i n n t i v c m e a i t n t i o r , s r j c ia l

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and r el igi ous viork, But tllc prnnnyfiynba lif ~ - 0 o n t r ~ 1 t o o h n i q u ~ o f Yo:& lsoiuntif ic unicr , ) t a n c h c s the sc fen t i f i c way of d i sconnec t ine; t h o ciind f ronl t h e s cnsatiorls or t o u c h , sound, ~ l i ~ h t , ~nm1.f. and t a s t e by sw4~Gcl;i1$ c f f t h e b i f o o u r r e c t ( b y Pran2yam t c c h n l q u e ) s o t h a t it nay b o unitud t o God, Yoga c o n n t i t u t o s a l l the s o i b n t i f i c t c c h r ~ i q u e s o f U . n i t i r & ooul nnd God, nnd Pranoyama i a t h e greatest t e c h n i q u e of

. . unltin~ soul qnd God.

YLmP, OR UNCOISCI OUS Tho s t a t e of ~ l e c p is ~ n c o n ~ c i o ~ s pransynmn, PRAMYAM o r t h e unconscious prooosfl of a r v i t c h l n ~ o f f

t h e lire fosoe from t h e f i v e t e l q h o n e s , . T r l s1.eep ono prnc t i ce s t h e m o r t a l p o s t u r a OX Snbaesnn. I n t h i n gosd t u r e th t . body is s t i l l , t h e riiuscles hatro ntopped u n r k i n ~ , VcnuP bled is reducod, t h o heart slowe down, and t h e onergy in t h e h c ~ r t broomoa quiet , ; t h a r o f o r o , tho energy fmm th.e five Eensus is swi tched o f f . Then t h e mind a t t a i n s unconsc ious p ~ n t y a h n r a , o r uncunsciously r o t u r n o wit,hir: nnd oonoontmtes upon uncorac lous peace, I J a t a n j n l i ' o s t n t e n ~ e n t of t h e d i r e c t uso of prnrwyaum f.a v e r 7 s i g n i f i c n n t , s i n c e h e does not beat about t h o bush but tolls ono t o udopt tkit s c i e n t i f i c moasuro by vrhich sonsations oan bo dieconnoctcld rrom the mind. H h s t i~ f l t t a i n ~ d --'urirp e l e o p , or unlsonsoious ~ w i t o h i r g o f f of t h e l i f e o u r r e n t , oan cl e attained aonsolous ly by adop t i ny oonsciouv niotbods of psannyom.

THE 1 . d liEO ~ Y J S U L X U b l l h C L E S ,

Sovoral yoam ago t h e r o lived in bengal , India, a 1,oharrlr;edan n; iraclo nnn nzruod Af zal Kban. Sf J onus oamc on aa r th todny and per- fornlod his miracles in t h e c i t y of' hew York, it mi@lit causo n $;reat den1 o f cxcitonmnt, so l i k o w i n o t h e above m l r a c l o n;an, A f z a l Wan , rookod B o ~ c a l b y u s i n g h i o m i r n ~ u l o u s povrors.

Un l iko Jows Christ, Afza l K h a n us& hhla n ~ i r a c u l o u s povrors f o r a t t r o c t i w t h o attention o f p e o p l e to garner w e a l t h , famc, nnd powar, !!hilo A f zal Khnn was s t i l l a smll bog plwing i n h i s n n t ivc h i l l ago i n Indi.1 one day, he was r u c t by a @seat Hindu Yop.1 ( ~ n a t e r ) . The f i b s t o r , on mootiq- t h o boy A f z a l , demnndod: "Son, I am v e r y thirsty.

~ t c h ma noma water," I , i t t l o Afaal repl ied: *v&~'rostor S a i n t , I am 8 Mohanmadan, How cou ld y o u ar f nk wa t e x from my hands, you wh:, a r e a Hindu Yoe.i?w.

The hiaster, well pleasod w i t h t k r . boy ' s t r u t h f u l n o e s i n reaard t o h i s race, wi th i n f i n i t e compaoeion in h i s oges said: flSon, I: know t h n t you aro n blohamlodan and t h a t I am a Hindu, but we arc u l l c h i l - d r a n of' t h o sam Hcnvcn ly F n t h c r nad ns'sucb I d o not b e l 1 t . v ~ S.n -tho f a l s o o s t r n c i z i ~ nnci limitiw mlcs o f ungodly seo ta r ian ism, Go, f e t c h me some water quick2y ,"

The boy Af zal n o ~ k l y rcapondod t o t h o wishccs of. t h e Ehotes nnd b r o u g h t him 80Illr3 wator. Aftrr quunchfw h i s t h r i s t , t h o h::ir~stor endear- irgly lookod a t t h e boy and a d v i s o d him as fo l l own before h e l e f t : ~ S o n , f ~ ho anid, "1 urn w o l l p leased w i t h you and I arn aware o f SaiiC! o f your.arjads of good a c t i o n s which )-ou b r o q - h t from t h o p a s t , ~ r l d I nrri goiw t o g i v e you o techniquo which, i f you p r a o t ice up t o t h o age o f t h i r t y u p i l l ~nablc. you to u c q u i r o wondurful miraculoun polnrero which you can UEtr f o r o o n n t r u c t i v c p u r p o s e s , b u t hcwaro n c v e r t o u s e thorn f o r !les t r u c t i v ~ . purpoo us, r .~s ir, t b ~ at oase you will cnmc t o g r i e f , Hummbcr , a l s o , t h n t you 11 v c mruc bad t e n d e n c i e s b r o u c h t ove r f r o ? t h t.hc past and, do no t aprau.t them by w n t s s f n g t h e m with f r e s h e v i l ac- t i Ollt3 ."

Thr: 1,inster t h e n v a n i s h d Prom a f ~ h t , l o n v i n ~ : little i r z a l u t t e : r l y m z u d . A f ~ d s t r i o t l y f o l l o w e d t h o i ~ l s t r ' u c t l o n s ur his

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raster nid. s e c r e t l y developed h i s p a v e r s , u n t i l a t t h o ago o r 3C, t r u e t o t h e propho oy of h i s E ,a~ te r , be s c q u i r a d miruculoua p w o r s 4 It i s snid thnt n powor d i scrnbodiod S p i r i t was always. irw i s i b l y p r s s @ n t Wi th h i m , rcady to n n t u r i a l i z e any of h i 3 w i s h e s , A f z n l Khan alwhya addrossud t h e S p i r i t as qVazrnt.7t Humn t rai ts , howover, got t h e b e s t of A f z a l Khnn and, cont ra ry to t h e w a s n i r g s of h i s Knster, ho begnn t o misuse h i a misaclea on a13 occanlono .

hIy oar&ly f n t h o r h i n l s n l r told m t h a t Afzal becarrm t , sPx ib l e f o r w h n t w e r he tnuchod and retur rad apparont,ly r e m i n e d i n t a c t , bu t n f t o r he l o f t , t h c o b j e c t touchod by ~ f z a l . invar iably v s n i s h a d ; Afaal nnde it o p o i n t t,o g o t o lnrgo jewcllory nhops and touch t h e i r j w e l s, f 'eigniw, t o exnn1ir.e t h e m , ard ~ l t h o u & he r e tu rnod them t o t h e jetwell l o r , a f t e r he h d l ~ f t t h ~ tore the toucthcd jcwol lesy vanished,

Bo a4 ad to t a k o hu.ndreds of h i s cur ios I . ty -a t t rac ted s t u d e n t s t o the rmilroad s t a t i o n a ~ d pro te rd t o buy t i c k e t s f o r them all, but ufter hc touched t h e tickets hc would r e t u r n t h a n t o tho t i c k e t - e e l l a r saying: "1 h v e c h a n ~ ed my r n i r d . , T wont t buy t l ~ c t i cke t8 now But when ho boarded t.$~ a7a t ~ n i r l w l th h i e studonbe ho l n d in h i s posaeaaion -111 tho tickets tha t hc was sugposod t o have ra-hrned t o tho t i o k u t , a l l c r . T h i s b r o a t a d a grea t uproa r of rasentmnt so t h a t govormont of f i c i a l s ao@t to arrant him for h i s o v f l doings, but thuy oould do noth iw. bacauso Afaal always could nukc any# irg t h n t hc poasesaod dfsapyoor by juht sayikg : "Iiazrat, tnko t h i s away ."

My g ron t Naate r , Swami Sriyuktoswarji, himsolf t o l d me about som o f t h o miracle8 of Afzal Khou which he witnossod, Ono day, when 1 wna presen t w i t h my Mnstor i n n boardim house by the Oaneos o t Soxamporo, he saw t o m: "Behold, r i g h t on t h i s balcony o v ~ r 1 0 o k T x ~ the Gongos ard the very room you n r e l i v i r g . in, k f z a l khan, o i ~ ~ l e - handod, without any ass is tance, in broad d w l i g h t perfomad. oomc n ~ i r n - 01.08 boforo twenty of nny f r i c r d s and nlysalf . While wo ware on t h e balcony w i t h Afzal, he looked at nE or~d said: ' ' id r i te your naue on a p i o o o o f briok, or anything t h a t you can f i n d , fin3 t h r o w it I n tllc Gawcs as fur ns you onn p o a s . b l y t h r o w it, ~ n d I v d l l hrlre, it baak to you.' "

My Unster d i d as requested and brought n p i a c e o f storie and W r o t e h i s m m on i t , and w i t h h i s powerful hald threw it far i n t o t h e Gangoa. Thon Afzab s a i d : "Go and bring a p o t nf water from t h o - -. ' a x as ." Nastor brought a p o t of wator and then A f z a l aakod him to

p u t h i e lmnds i n t o t h o p o t and s c c if hhe oould f ind o n y t h i n g thore."' Naster d i d so, but found n o t h i n g . However, mi le Mastorts hands were a t i ll in thc p o t of water Afzal o r i c d o u t : f f H u z r a t , put t h n t s t o n e buck in t h e pot,n Immediately Mestor f e l t t h e s tone gr.3w in h i s hnnd arid men he pullod it out; o f t h e pot ho h i s e i g m t u r e s t i l l thcro, cv@n unwashod n f t ' o r b p i y . in the mtor of t h e Ganges. J , ; n ~ t c r , w o n though he wan yourp o t Chat t i n i c , was vesy i n t e l l i g e n t and t o l d me t h a t t h i s could not have beon done by any sleight of hand o r any kind of mntc r io l maei c , .

( T o be Cont inuud i n Next Praocepturn)

1-1 G l d E C - -I TS MTUFIE A?!vD US55 Thu o n l y difference; ba tween liquid honey :ind oomb honey io t h c absence of

{;LIP canlh. To obtc i r ! l i q u i d !ionog tho coml~s a r e uncapyrxl a n d t h o honey i s fo rced from t h e ce l l s by ccntrifugnl r n o t i ~ n ,

fionqy b l c n d s v c r y s c a d i l y with f r u i t and 0 t h e r i n ~ . r o d i s n t s bc- c a u s e it is n l i q u i d riweet. 'When honey is uocd, 1 - L i s n o t nr: c e s s u r y

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t o ~ t i r f r u i t i n o r d e r t o d i s a o l v o s w r o rys tn l s becam c horley penoh t r a t e a and f l a v o r s f r u i t qbickly when l i a t l y d r i z z l e d over t h e top, Homy a l s o ~ ~ I I i b i n o s very c g s i l y w i t h d r i e d f r u i t s and n u t s f o r v c . ~ r i j u s f il.llngs.

Lf quid horny is also very go od used as t i syrup for sundaos, waff lo s , e t a . If a t h inne r syrug la clcsirod , d i l u t e t h o honey w i t h warm m i l k , vJhippcd oream o r honey mer lwuo ,

( T o b e cont inubd)

1 cup shor ton i r lg 1 2 teaspoon v c g c t i z o d s a l t 1/3 oup sugar 1 toanpoons cinnmion 3/4 cup honoy

i L/2 teaspoon c l o v e s

2 ogga, separated 1/2 t,oaspoon nutm,g 3 cups Miole wheat 1 cup sour m i l k

paatry f l o u r 1 teaspoon van i l l n 2 teaspoons bakine; pcwder 1/2 CUP nut rneflts 1/2 teaspoon soda

Cream a h o r t o n i x , a d d t h a augar . Boat in t h e honey, Add ' ea ten ugg yolket, S i f t dry ingrodiants . Add 1/2 cup to nute and aid ,he rest o l t o r m t c l y with s o u r niillr old vanilln. Fold i n bentan whitea , Bako in a woll -greased louf pan in a modornte oven (350 do- groes) f o r 45 to 50 minutes.

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Y 2 & g g g = x y & - J h q g L p & x J g E 2fiOTEGT - YOURSELF Ie; THE CASTLE, OF SIhCERITY. -----.-. .-----

Tho g r e n t o o t s i n a g a i n s t God I s i n a i n o a r i Q , Tho greatofi t s i n agains t m n is t r e : ~ c h e r y . You m u s t * v e r h u r t anyone o i t h e r through spoeoh or n c t l o n , wen if you c o n s i d e r s 7 t h l n g but your own pro t ec t i on , You w i l l b o the one t o suffer, Thclro i o nothing grentar thub sincerity in your d a a l i ~ a w i t h o t h e r s , Slnoc r i ty w i l l conquer your onemios. It w i l l mko your friendship based upon the Rook ~f agos. VJithout s incsr i - ty, it is easy to m k o friends, but hard t o kcap frionds; it is only by s i n c o r i t y that you oan koop f r i o n d s ,

f f you oan p m t o c t youreolr in tho o s s t l e of s i n c e r i t y , you w i l l b o tho princo of your kingdom ard romin on t h e sglritual path. Do not b e n f r n i d of t h a T m W , T r u t h w l l l conquer avon if you have

~rno th ing agains t someone who has orfondod you. Most pcoplo f o r g o t t h a t s i n c e r i t y is much moro poworful than falsehood. Thoae who are b o n w t h your co nsoiousnoss, roploto thorn with y a w wisdom if they are w l l l i v to b o o n l b & t u n e d , Axways sndeavor moro higher in S o l f - Rc&lizat l on.

It 1.9 not what you a r e t h i n k i r g , it is how you a c t ; you ~ u s t hn rnoss your n c t i cns t o your r c a n l u t i ons , Fursue your p a t h diligantly. Pupst p e o p l e w i s h for good t h i r g s , b u t do not deserve good things. host p o o p l o want to know God and want ~LI be good, but do nr7t make t h e o f f o r t t o know God. Thoar wh o nake t h o r i g h t aud cnntinuous e r r o r t a r e th o ones who f i n d ~ o d ,

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