The more
you give the more
you receive. This has
been beautifully said
and practiced by
Grand Master Chao
Kok Sui.
At 6 pm many Pranic
healers gathered at
Foundation to practice
meditation on twin
hearts in a group.
Some were mentioning
that, there was a
greater descend of
energy and were able
to observe greater
stillness.
CONCENTRATION
Arthur-E-Powell
From the mechanism and the power of thought, it is abundantly clear that
the control of the mind is of far greater importance than is ordinarily
supposed, both for a man's own sake and also for its influence on the work
he is able to do for others.
Obviously the student must exercise the greatest care as to the thoughts
and emotions he permits himself to entertain. The ordinary man rarely
thinks of attempting to check an emotion –except, perhaps, in its external
manifestation; when he feels it surging within him, he yields himself to it,
and considers it natural to do so. The occult student, however, must adopt
quite a different attitude: instead of allowing his emotions to run away
with him, he must take them absolutely under control; and this must be
done by developing and controlling his mental body. One of the first steps
towards this is the realisation that the mind is not himself, but an
instrument which he must learn to use. The student must thus set himself
the task of mastering both his emotions and his mind; he must know
exactly what he is thinking about, and why, so that he can use his mind,
and turn it, or hold it still just as a practised swordsman turns his weapon
where he will, in this direction or that, and is able to hold it as firmly as he
wishes. In other words, he must acquire the power of concentration, which
is a necessary preliminary to all mental work.
More briefly, concentration consists in focussing the mind on one idea and
holding it there. The student will also do well to remember that the natural
effect of concentrating the mind is to produce tension in the muscles of the
body as, for example, in the knitting of the brows. Such tension not only
tires the body but also acts as an obstacle to the inflow of spiritual forces.
The student should, therefore, periodically in his meditation, and also in his
daily life, turn his attention to his body and deliberately "relax". Experience
will demonstrate the immense relief to the whole system which follows
even a moment of complete relaxation.
This information was taken from the book THE MENTAL BODY, if you would
like to read more, you can download the book from
http://www.scribd.com/doc/13832529/Arthur-E-Powell-The-Mental-Body-
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