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70 to us, lords it over the self’s wishes. In spite of our wish, our mind becomes restless. “Wherever your mind shall be there shall your heart be also,” and “Pray God with all thy heart.” Instead, we generally pray to God with our mind and heart occupied with bodily and mental disturbances. Let us look for a more effective way by which our self’s effort may be made easier and be more greatly helped.

III. . This and the next method are purely scientific, involving a practical course of training, and are prescribed by great savants who have realized the truth personally in their own lives. I myself learned them from one of these. There is nothing of mystery in them, or anything to be dreaded as harmful. They are very easy, if one is properly acquainted with them. They will be found to be universally true. Practically-felt knowledge is the best proof of their validity and pragmatic utility.