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its a very small experiment。
check your pulse rate for a minute。
then close your eyes and simply feel that your pulse is beating faster。
open your eyes after ten minutes and check。
youll rarely e across a man whose pulse rate will not increase if he does this experiment。
thats why when the doctor checks your pulse； it is never the same。
the moment he touches you； you bee a bit anxious； and that causes the pulse rate to increase。
this is even more true if you are being checked by a lady doctor！
the heartbeat can be controlled too …… almost to the point of stopping it。
scientific experiments have been carried out to this effect and the fact has been accepted。
about forty years ago； a man by the name of brahmayogi astounded doctors at the bombay medical college by stopping his heartbeat pletely。
he repeated the same act at oxford； and later at calcutta university。
this man could do three things。
firstly； he could stop the blood circulation pletely …… not only could he stop it； but he could control its flow as well。
he could let it run or withhold its movement at will。
when he would stop the circulation； not a drop of blood would e out even when the vein was cut。
the third thing he could do was to take in any kind of poison and retain it in his stomach for half an hour； after which he would throw it out of his system。
however； this experiment finally caused his death later on。
many x…rays were taken while the poison was still inside his stomach。
no gastric juices； no blood released and mixed with the poison。
they remained separate until he allowed them to mix。
the man died in rangoon。
after having performed the act of taking poison at the rangoon university； he was driven home in a car。
the car got into an accident； and by the time he reached home forty…five minutes had passed since he took the poison。
he could withhold the mixing of the poison for not more than thirty minutes。
so he reached home unconscious。
he could just manage to keep the poison out during the thirty…minute range of his willpower …… his practice was limited to thirty minutes only。
he crossed that limit。
for the next fifteen minutes the poison was able to penetrate the limits of his will and mix into his internal system。
there is no part in our body which cannot be brought within the power of our will； and there is no part which cannot go outside this power either。
both things can happen。
entering death voluntarily is a deeper experiment。
its an experiment where one contracts his life energy at will。
what needs to be kept in mind is： if the will is applied totally； the energy is bound to shrink within。
it cant be otherwise。
actually； the way our life energy has spread out is a result of our will too。
for example； we think we are able to see because we have eyes。
according to the scientists； the reverse is the case： because we want to see through this part of our body； the eyes have appeared there。
otherwise； there is basically no difference between the skin of our eyes and that of our hands。
the eye is formed of skin as well； except that it has bee transparent。
the same skin is in the nose； only it has bee specialized in picking up smells。
the same principle that made the skin of the eyes transparent made the skin of the nose sensitive to smell。
similar is the case with regard to our ears； except they have bee capable of picking up sound。
all this has happened as an effect of our will …… the collective will asserted over millions upon millions of years。
it has not e about as a consequence of an individuals will； the same will was exercised generation after generation； and it showed the result。
there is a woman in russia who can read with her fingers …… not braille； the language for the blind …… she reads any ordinary book； with closed eyes； just by placing her fingers on the printed letters。
as a result of the lifelong practice； her fingers have bee so sensitive that they can detect the infinitesimal difference between the print and the blank paper。
our fingers wont be able to do this to such an extent。
when we look at a tree； we only see the color green； while a painters eyes see a thousand kinds of green trees having shades of green blended in a thousand ways。
so whereas green is just one color for an ordinary person； in the eyes of a painter the color green is not one but many colors of the same kind。
to him； the difference between one green and another is as obvious as it is between green and yellow； or between green and red。
however； one needs a certain kind of sensitivity in order to see such fine shades。
obviously； people ordinarily dont possess such sensitivity。
a musician is able to catch subtle nuances in music which we cannot。
not only is he able to catch the nuances； he even begins to experience the gap； the emptiness between the two notes。
the real music is not born of sound； rather it springs from the moments of silence existing between the sounds。
the notes on either side merely do the job of projecting that silence； thats all。
but people have no idea of this silence； for them music is no more than noise。
for a master musician； the words； or the notes have no direct bearing upon the music。
to him the musical notes merely serve the purpose of emphasizing the state of no…sound that exists in between。
so whatever we practice continuously； whatever we resolve persistently； begins to manifest； show results。
the way human beings； birds； animals； plants live； is determined by their will。
whatever we resolve deeply is what we bee。
there is a significant account in the life of ramakrishna。
in his life ramakrishna had practiced six or seven spiritual disciplines of different religions。
he felt that if all religions lead to the same place； why not follow their methods and verify this truth？ so he underwent the disciplines of the christians； the sufis； the vaishnavas； the shaivites； the tantrikas； and so on。
whatever method he could lay his hands on； he tried。
however； no one knew what he was doing； because these disciplines were practiced on the inner plane。