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l/4 inch or larger directly above the bridge of your nose.6 Sit in a
comfortable position, rigid and erect, in front of a mirror at a
distance of about 31/2 feet, and fix your eyes on the dot without
blinking. Your facial expression should be friendly, and it will
also be advantageous to put yourself into a friendly mood so
that the expression is unforced. Begin this exercise with 2 min-
utes and increase it by I minute every day to a maximum of 10
minutes. Over a period of time, increase the distance gradually
to approximately 7 feet.
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The sympathetic nervous system. - ED.
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A round sticker may also be used. - ED.
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(b) The Head Movement Exercise: This requires the same
preparation and seating position as in exercise (a) above. Turn
your head to the left as far as you can without losing sight of
the dot above the bridge of your nose. Once you have reached
this point, remain in this position for a moment, then slowly
return to your starting position.7 Repeat the same procedure by
turning your head to the right. Also, this exercise has to be exe-
cuted without blinking your eyes, and without removing your
gaze from the mirror. This exercise should not take longer than
half a minute. Repeat this exercise a second time and then a
third time. In the beginning, do not attempt this exercise more
than three times, because it is fairly strenuous. In order to avoid
confusion in regards to this exercise, I will explain it in more
detail. Since this exercise has to be done every third day, it is
recommended that on the first day you should pause between
sets of 3. Each subsequent exercise - every third day - the set
should be increased by one rotation, with no pause between
sets.
(c) The Picture Exercise: Set up three pictures or photo-
graphs of different people around you in such a manner that one
photograph is in front of you, the second one to the side of you,
and the third behind you. Your position should be the same as
in exercises (a) and (b) above. Begin the exercise with the pic-
ture in front of you by focusing for a while freely and without
restraint upon the dot above the bridge of the nose. Then turn
around quickly on your chair and seek with lightning speed to
focus in on the same point on the second photo. Eventually do
the same with the picture behind you. Change the position of
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One set. - ED.
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the pictures often. It is advantageous to speak to the people in
the pictures as if they were living human beings. Always main-
tain a posture and countenance of kindness or friendliness.
Also, your eyes should remain motionless during this exercise,
which means that you should not blink. Should you be inclined
to blink or to close your eyes, then refer to what has been said
earlier in this book about that subject. (Raise your upper eyelids
and, if necessary, wash your eyes with lukewarm water, or an
infusion of chamomile tea.)
(3) The Cosmic Eye Exercise: This exercise is not one that
has to be practiced at a particular time of the day; it is a general
exercise for the entire day. Become entirely one with the con-
cept that everything which surrounds you is an immense eye,
which constantly looks at you and observes you. It looks at you
through all other human beings, through the animals, through
the entire world that surrounds you and with which you come in
touch. During the course of the day, make this clear to yourself
repeatedly at every opportunity. Imagine how the world eye
looks at you and examines you through the eyes of human be-
ings and animals. What does it see in you? What would you like
to see in yourself? Ask yourself these questions again and
agam.
In a way, all beings are, so to speak, living lenses of this
cosmic eye. Friends and foes, acquaintances and relatives, dogs,
horses, cats, etc., are not as they appear to you. Without being
aware of it themselves, they have another purpose which they
fulfill as tools of the spirit. They come out of the unknown, ex-
amine you, and return to the unknown. Through them the cos-
mic spirit himself gazes upon you.
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Not only does the cosmic spirit look at you through human
beings and animals, but also through your entire surroundings.
The universal energy which created the eyes of the beings is
itself an eye. It is an immense eye which surrounds you in the
form of sun and rain, wind and storm, forest and heath. In all
the things that surround you, it looks upon you and accepts and
records all your life's expressions and manifestations. Even
your thoughts do not remain hidden from this all-penetrating
cosmic eye. Be always conscious of this fact right to the depth
of your being.
The light of the sun is only a symbol for this immense eye.
Its light is above the light of all suns. Even the night itself is not
dark for this eye.
"The darkness itself would not be dark to you, and the
night shines like the day. And the darkness is like the light!"
Therefore, be in awe in the presence of this seeing, all-
encompassing energy. The finest and highest that is within you
is a part of it. The most profound and the last within you gives
you the answer to the question about the thousands of "others."
(4) The Cosmic Food Exercise: This exercise is to be prac-
ticed during your meals and is divided into two parts, which are
joined together without constraint.
1. Giving Thanks.
2. The Breaking of Bread.
Giving thanks takes place by making it clear to yourself, in
the presence of your food and drink, from whence they origi-
nally came and how far this nourishment has traveled until it
has reached your table. You should not eat like an animal in the
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barn which devours its food greedily and thoughtlessly. You
should eat like a fully conscious person who knows his position
in the house of his Father.
. Ponder, for example, how the grain in the fields ripened
through the marriage with the sun's energy, in order to give you
flour and bread. Because if this ripening had not been meant for
you personally, you would not have had any bread today; nei-
ther would you have any tomorrow. Ponder how milk is given to
you from the abundance of the cows, how the cows eat the grass
in the meadows, which the rain and sun let grow. Who sent the
rain and the sun so that you are given the milk? Have no doubt
that the milk is a message, a gift, of higher authorities. If there
were to be a failure of crops, a failure in growth in the country,
you would have nothing to eat and drink. Whatever you eat is
given to you. You must give thanks.
Those who bring you all these things are only the organs of
the actual provider which carries it out. He allows all the ele-
ments to work together, whether it be in your homeland or in a
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