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back toward natural living and the simple life, which is growing so rapidly
the last few years. We are beginning to laugh at the absurd forms,
conventions and fashions which have grown up around our civilization and
which, unless we get rid of them, will pull down that civilization beneath
its growing weight.
The man and woman in whom the Spiritual Mind is unfolding, will become
dissatisfied with the artificial life and customs, and will find a strong
inclination to return to simpler and more natural principles of living,
thinking and acting, and will grow impatient under the restraint and
artificial coverings and bandages with which man has bound himself
during the ages. He will feel the homing instinct "after long ages we are
coming home." And the Intellect will respond, and seeing the follies it has
perpetrated, will endeavour to "let go" and return to nature, doing its own
work all the better by reason of having allowed the Instinctive Mind to
attend to its own work without meddling.
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The whole theory and practice of Hatha Yogi is based upon this idea of
return to nature the belief that the Instinctive Mind of man contains that
which will maintain health under normal conditions. And accordingly
those who practice its teachings learn first to "let go," and then to live as
closely to natural conditions as is possible in this age of artificiality. And
this little book has been devoted to pointing out nature's ways and methods,
in order that we may return to them. We have not taught a new doctrine,
but have merely cried out to you to come with us to the good old way from
which we have strayed.
We are not unmindful of the fact that it is much harder for the man and
woman of the West to adopt natural methods of living, when all their
surroundings impel them the other way, but still each may do a little each
day for himself and the race, in this direction, and it is surprising how the
old artificial habits will drop from a person one by one.
In this our concluding chapter, we wish to impress upon you the fact that
one may be led by the Spirit in the physical life, as well as in the mental.
One may implicitly trust the Spirit to guide him in the right way in the
matter of everyday living as well as in the more complicated matters of
life. If one will trust in the spirit, he will find that his old appetites will
drop away from him his abnormal tastes will disappear and he will find
a joy and pleasure in the simpler living which will make life seem like a
different thing to him.
One should not attempt to divorce his belief in the Spirit leadings from his
physical life for Spirit pervades everything, and manifests in the physical
(or rather through it) as well as in the highest mental states. One may eat
with the Spirit and drink with it, as well as think with it. It will not do to
say "this is spiritual, and that is not," for all is spiritual, in the highest
sense.
And finally, if one wishes to make the most of his physical life to have as
perfect an instrument as may be for the expression of the Spirit let him
live his life all the way through in that trust and confidence in the spiritual
part of his nature. Let him realize that the Spirit within him is a spark from
the Divine Flame a drop from the Ocean of Spirit-a ray from the Central
Sun. Let him realize that he is an eternal being always growing,
developing and unfolding. Always moving toward the great goal the exact
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nature of which man, in his present state, is unable to grasp with his
imperfect mental vision. The urge is always onward and upward. We are
all a part of that great Life which is manifesting itself in an infinitude of
infinitude of forms and shapes. We are all a part of IT. If we can but grasp
the faintest idea of what this means, we will open ourselves up to such an
influx of Life and vitality that our bodies will be practically made over and
will manifest perfectly. Let each of us form an idea of a Perfect Body, and
endeavour to so live that we will grow into its physical form-and we can do
this.
We have tried to tell you the laws governing the physical body, that you
may conform to them as near as may be interposing as little friction as
possible to the inflow of that great life and energy which is anxious to flow
through us. Let us return to nature, dear students, and allow this great life
to flow through us freely, and all will be well with us. Let us stop trying to
do the whole thing ourselves let us just LET the thing do its own work
for us. It only asks confidence and non-resistance let us give it a chance.
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