The Equinox (Volume I, Number III)

THE TEMPLE OF SOLOMON THE KING Normal amount of sleep. Speech only when necessary. Pranayama, A’sana with eyes turned up. October Walking as exercise. 2nd. 8.30 a.m. Mantra “Aum Tat Sat Aum.” 9.10-10.50 A’sana with Mantra and eyes turned to Ajna Chakkra. am. am. Chittam distinctly slowing towards end. 10.50-12.5 Continued lying down, [Did I sleep ?] am. p.m, 12.35-1.45 For a walk muttering Mantra. p.m. p.m. 2.20-2.45 A’sana. Always forgetting to repeat the Mantra, Maitra- p-m.p.m, nandra Swami says this is right. Ajna is now more steely in appearance and is open at a constant angle of about 30° to 40°. 3+10-3.45 Pranayama. Thirty minutes 10. 20. 30. p.m. p.m. 4.10 p.m. Resumed A’sana. The “ invading” thoughts are more and more fragmentary and ridiculous. I cannot mentally pro- nounce the Mantra with correctness, eg.,“ Op tap sapa” or “ shastra ” for “sat,” etc. Now arose, with Music of the Vina the Golden Dawn.* At 5.15 I arose. 5.42 p.m. Resumed my A’sana and did three Pranayamas of25. 15. 50. Also of 20. 10. 40. MAitrananda Swami explained above as follows: Unto the sunset, moonrise, Agni;+ then Vishvarupa Darshana,t and one’s own Personal God;§ then Atma-Darshana || and Shiva- Darshana.{ * The Golden Dawn, Dhyana of the Sun. + Or Rupa Visions, That is, visions of the three Lights of the Gunas. See “The Herb Dangerous.” THE EQUINOX, vol. i, No. 2. } The great Vision of Vishnu. See the Eleventh Discourse in the Bhagavad- Gita. “Unnumbered arms, the sun and moon. Thine eyes. I see Thy face, as sacrificial fire blazing, its splendour burneth up the worlds.” Verse 19. § Adonai. The Vision of the Holy Guardian Angel. || Atma-Darshana, the universal vision of Pan, or the vision of the Universal Peacock. It has many forms. {1 Vision of Shiva, which destroys the Atma-Darshana. The God Shiva opens his eye, and Equilibrium is re-established. 165