Territorial Enquirer | 1887-01-04 | Page 8 | The Trance of the Devout Hindon

the trance of the tk D butout nt hindmo how tins condition differs from thi the unconsciousness 0 of chloroform lion hon so far as aa the tha mental stata stab is con C corned 43 mod it is la very difficult to perceive it does not appear to differ at all from the mesmeric bleep bleed riven even the methods adopted to bring it about are arc the same in both these are as may bo be learned from works devoted to tile eastern faiths t the 11 a following the seeker after nirvana should stand motionless or gaze fixedly it fit the sky shy or a luminous object or tile the tip of the nose or repeat continually the monosyllable om tho the sacred namo name of brahm fixing tho the mind the while on the Rt tributes of tho the supreme god to hold tho the breath or slow alow tho the breathing to the u utmost to have haa no heed of times or place these aro are the modes mod 9 of causing 0 ono 11 13 to bo be like unto the placid lamp set bit in a place where the wind blows blow spot mt having attained the happy condition oc cultists are seeking tho the standi dr sits motionless and mute at times ha I 1 Ip peaks ealia signs or gestures expressing the vision blidt is is before his mental menial eyes lils his eyes es are open but lie no longer sees or hearts unless it is tho the person or voice of tome particular individual general sensibility is la gone pricking mig or burning has haa no pain they ri member fairly well what they saw or felt ia in uio trance tiance or ecstasy their mental bento I 1 teems 00 m B to bo be reduced to one iengo idea or isolated group of idena ideas wladi v idich seem to receive the entire attention to the exclusion of c everything grything ery thing olae else all parta p of tile tho brain not thus engro engrossed KC 1 aru are asleep that is to bay utterly inac mickie tiye cor st louis louig globe democrat