July
11th,
July
12th,
THE EQUINOX
BEGIN. END OBJECT. TIME. NO. OF BREAKS.
[Difficult to set the sound Hyperaesthesia. Began to forget Mantra.]*
10.12} p.m. 1019p.m. Pranayama 6m. 30s. Very hard.
[The smallest quantity of food injures one’s power immensely.]
10.21 pm. 10.44pm. Ajna 23 m, 20 breaks,
[Used cotton wool in ears.]
Thoughts of Ajna go obliquely up (from opening of pharynx about) and
direct horizontally forward. This gives an idea to chase consciousness,
ze, find by the obvious series of experiments the spot in which the
thoughts dwell. Probably however this moves about. If so, it is a clear
piece of evidence for the idealistic position. If not, “thinking of it”
equals “ it thinking of itself,” and its falsity will become rapidly evident.
12.8 p.m. 12.19 p.m. Pranayama 11 m.
[The best so far: the incense troubled me somewhat.]
12.26 p.m. 12.57 p.m. 31m. 30 breaks,
[Mantra evolved into “tartsano.”+ I was not in good form and suspect
many breaks of long duration.]
I keep Mantra going all day.
4.58 p.m. 5.9 p.m. Pranayama 11m. Perspiration.
5.14 p.m. 5.25pm. Pranayama 11 m. Wound up with a
Grand = Prana-
yama.t
5.28 p.m. 6.6 p.m. 38 m. 30 breaks.
[Very tired towards end and difficult to get settled. To me it seems
evident that the first ten breaks or so are rapid.]
6.10 p.m. 6.26 p.m. Pranayama 16 m.
8.15 p.m. 8.47 p.m. Ajna with 32m. 22 breaks,
Mantra
[Light coming a little, one very long break, and some sound.]
10.5 p.m. 10.173 p.m. Ajna 12m. 30s. 11 breaks,
13th. Casual Mutterings of Mantra.
10.44 a.m. Pranayama Quite hopeless,
10.48 am. I1.20am. 32 m. 30 breaks,
[Went to Edinburgh to meet H. L.]§
* Not understood. + Om Tat Sat Aum. t 30.15.60.
§ This meeting with H. L., though of no importance in itself, led to one of
the most important happenings in P.’s life; for it was through him that he again
met Ouarda the seer, as we shall see at a later date.
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