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Kumbhaka and Rechaka, and then again in the reverse way ' i.e. first
breathe in by the left nostril with the right nostril closed by the tip
of the thumb, then close the left nostril by the tips of the ring
finger and the little finger and retain the breath in both the nostrils.
Then remove the tip of the thumb, and breathe out through the
right nostril. Reverse the process by breathing in through the right
nostril then retaining the breath in both the nostrils and then letting
out the breath through the left nostril;. Practise this Pranayama
gradually with your senses controlled.
"Aum " with the sound of a bell, extends all over, from Mula-
dhara upwards. Raise the " Aum " in the heart, by means of Prana
(twelve fingers upward.-) as if it were the thread of a lotus-stalk.
There let Bindu (the fifteenth vowel sound) be added to it. Thus
practise Pranayama accompanied by the Pranava reciting the latter
ten times. Continue the practice, three times a day and within a
month you shall be able to control the vital air. The lotus of the
heart, has its stalk upwards and the flower downwards, facing below
(and it is also closed, like the inflorescence with bracts of the banana
Sridhara], Meditate on it however as facing upwards and full-blown,
with eight petals and with the pericarp. On the pericarp, think of
the Sun, the Moon, and Fire one after another. Meditate on My
form (as given in the text) within the Fire. First Meditate on all the
limbs. Then let the mind withdraw the senses from their objects.
Then draw the concentrated mind completely towards Me, by means
of Buddhi. Then give up all other limbs and concentrate your mind
on one thing only My smiling face. Do not meditate on anything
else. Then with draw the concentrated mind from that and fix it on
Akasa. Give up that also and being fixed in Me, (as Brahma) thin k
of nothing at all. You shall see Me in Atma, as identical with all
Atmas, even as light is identical with another light. The delusions
about object, knowledge and action shall then completely disappear.
THE SIDDHIS
SKAXDHA XI. CHAP. 15.
When the senses and the breath are controlled and the mind
is fixed on Me, Siddhis or powers overtake the Yogi. There are
eighteen Siddhis and eighteen Dharanas. Of these, eight belong to me
(eiGjht of them are normally the powers of Isvara and they exist in a
some what lesser degree in those that approach the state of Isvara
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