Cosmic Energy is within and around you, recharging the body at all times with vitality. You can call on that eternal supply to make the body fit in every respect. A perfect body, free from disease, presents less resistance to the practices for attaining Self-realization. Most exercises stimulate only the muscles and thus the animal consciousness, not the subtle nature. You should learn how to concentrate on your Life Energy and willpower, and to experience your subtle spiritual nature.
Life and strength do not depend solely on food or exercise but are sustained from the powers within. A dead man cannot be brought back to life by filling him with nourishing food, nor can he become strong by artificially making him exercise with dumbbells—because his Life Energy is absent.
Our thoughts, will, feeling, muscular strength, proper action of organs and glands—all depend on their existence on the Life Force. Billions of body cells are kept alive and properly working through this secret vital power. The human body is surrounded by a halo of conscious Cosmic Energy. Through vibrations of Cosmic Energy, God’s intelligence supplies our bodies with Life Force.
By consciously willing, you can draw Life Energy into the body through the medulla oblongata to replenish the energy that is expended through thoughts, feelings, and physical activities. This will bridge the gulf between Life Energy in the body and the Cosmic Energy surrounding it.
Exercising with will and concentration draws energy directly into the body. This energy is quickly absorbed by the muscles, blood, bones, and sinews for cellular rejuvenation. The Yogoda exercises give the highest degree of energy with the least tissue destruction.
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