Prana

EXPLANATION: The earth itself radiates energy - more in some areas. Mineral springs often carry this energy to the surface, but the water does not retain the charge unless it is constantly renewed. (That is why running water, under pressure, is so valuable when applied to local body areas.) Water is a good conductor when charged with minerals, but it cannot retain that energy. The radiant energy that emanates from the earth in any one area has to be utilized there, in its natural medium. Our research and understanding along that line has not gone far enough to enable us to transport that type of energy for healing purposes.

The same observation could be applied to the oxygen gas which has been forcefully separated from the atmosphere, its natural environment, and stored in metal containers for administration to the body of a patient at some later time.

1. Prana is literally the 'Manna' from heaven. It can not be stored, but must be gathered anew, every morning and every moment, with every breath. It is this radiant energy which keeps the body buoyant, vigorous and healthy.

2. Prana is the breath of Nature, which was breathed into the nostrils of the form of man and which united the form of clay with the living Soul. Sacred scriptures record that prior to descending into the flesh, man at one time existed as Pure Soul. When man came into being in this world, the ideal creation of seven days or cycles was completed. It is the Prana in the air which makes man a living being, but not a soul.

ILLUSTRATION: A child is born. We say it is a soul from heaven or higher spheres. It becomes a living being or soul on this planet only after it has taken its first breath. If that breathing in does not take place, there can be no life in that form, and the soul must return to the Source from which it came, because it did not become a living soul on this planet through the agency of that breath of life - Prana. The process hasn't changed. Life operates in Nature, even though we see it not nor do we understand it in its infinite variety of manifestations.

The Soul, or Dweller in the body, functions through mind energy. When combined or united with Prana, it is linked to Nature and can function in it, through the form or body it became united with by the subtle life energy, called Prana. The mind can now utilize this form in Nature, function through the senses, and gain satisfaction and experience through pleasure and pain.