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Speaker 1: The nervous system. It will be noticed that the Western

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scientific theories regarding the breath confine themselves to the effects

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of the absorption of oxygen and its use through the

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circulatory system, while the Yogi theory also takes into consideration

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the absorption of proma and its manifestation through the channels

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of the nervous system. The nervous system of man is

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divided into two great systems, namely the cerebrospinal system and

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the sympathetic system. The cerebrospinal system consists of all that

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part of the nervous system contained within the cranial cavity

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and the spinal canal, namely the brain and the spinal cord,

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together with the nerves which branch off from the same.

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This system presides over the functions of animal life known

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as volition, sensation, et cetera. The sympathetic system includes all

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that part of the nervous system located principally in the thoracic, abdominal,

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and pelvic cavities and which is distributed to the organs.

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It has control over the involuntary processes such as growth, nutrition,

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et cetera. The cerebro spinal system attends to all the scene, hearing, tasting, smelling, feeling,

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et cetera. It sets things in motion. It is used

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by the ego to think, to manifest consciousness. It is

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the instrument with which the ego communicates with the outside world.

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This system may be likened to a telephone system, with

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the brain as a central office and the spinal column

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in nerves is cable and wires, respectively. The brain is

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a great mass of nerve tissue and consists of three parts,

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namely the cerebrum or brain proper, which occupies the upper, front, middle,

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and back portion of the skull, the cerebellum or little brain,

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which fills the lower and back portion of the skull,

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and the medulla am gotta, which is the broadened commencement

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of the spinal cord lying before and in front of

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the cerebellum. The cerebrum is the organ of that part

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of the mind which manifests itself in intellectual action. The

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cerebellum regulates the movements of the voluntary muscles. The medulla

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obligata is the upper and large end of the spinal cord,

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and from it in the cerebrum branch forth the cranial

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nerves which reach to various parts of the head, to

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the organs of special sense, and to some of the

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thoracic and abdominal organs, and to the organs of respiration.

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The spinal cord or spinal marrow feels the spinal canal

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in the vertebral column or backbone. It is a long

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mass of nerve tissue branching off at the several vertebrae

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to nerves communicating with all parts of the body. The

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spinal cord is like a large telephone cable, and the

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emerging nerves are like the private wires connecting therewith The

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sympathetic nervous system consists of a double chain of ganglia

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on the side of the spinal column and scattered ganglia

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in the head, neck, chest, and abdomen. A ganglion is

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a mass of nervous matter, including nerve cells. These ganglia

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are connected with each other by filaments and are also

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connected with the cerebos spinal system by motor and sensory nerves.

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From these ganglia, numerous fibers branch out to the organs

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of the body, blood vessels, et cetera. At various points,

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nerves meet together and form what are known as plexuses.

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The sympathetic system practically controls the involuntary processes such as circulation, respiration,

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and digestion. The power or force transmitted from the brain

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to all parts of the body by means of the

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nerves is known to Western science as nerve force, although

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the Yogi knows it to be a manifestation of prana.

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In character in rapidity, it resembles the electric current. It

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will be seen that without this nerve force, the heart

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cannot beat, the blood cannot circulate, the lungs cannot breathe,

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the various organs cannot function. In fact, the machinery of

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the body comes to a stop without it. Nay more,

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even the brain cannot think without prana be present. When

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these facts are considered, the importance of the absorption of

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prana must be evident to all, and the science of

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breath assumes an importance even greater than that accorded it

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by Western science. The Yogi teachings go further than does

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Western science, and one important feature of the nervous system

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we allude to what Western science terms the solar plexus,

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and which it considers as merely one of a series

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of certain matted nuts of sympathetic nerves with their gangli

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are found in various parts of the body. Yogi science

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teaches that this solar plexus is really a most important

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part of the nervous system, and that it is a

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form of brain playing one of the principal parts in

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the human economy. Western science seems to be moving gradually

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towards a recognition of this fact, which has been known

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to the Yogis of the East for centuries, and some

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recent Western writers have termed the solo plexus the abdominal brain.

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The solo plexus is situated in the epigastric region, just

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back of the pit of the stomach, on either side

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of the spinal column. It is composed of white and

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gray brain matter similar to that composing the other brains

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of man. It has control of the main internal organs

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of man and plays a much more important part than

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is generally recognized. We will not go into the Yogi

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theory regarding the solo plexus further than to say that

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they know it as the great central storehouse of prana.

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Men have been known to be instantly killed by a

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severe blow over the solo plexus, and prize fighters recognize

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its phone mobility, infrequently temporarily paralyze their opponents by a

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blow over this region. The name solar is well bestowed

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on this brain, as it radiates strength and energy to

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all parts of the body, even the upper brains, depending

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largely upon it as a storehouse of prana. Sooner or later,

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Western science will fully recognize the real function of the

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solar plexus and will accord to it a far more

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important place than it now occupies in their textbooks and teachings.