SELF-DE-HYPNOTISATION-II: Page 172

You who take so keen and deep an interest in the Occult forces of nature will, by the study and practice of Yoga, in time develop a higher form of consciousness, far above the average of humanity. Naturally this unfoldment will transmute your inner nature into a tower of strength and your mesmeric influence shall gradually circle out from a smaller to an ever larger sphere. This is inevitable. Then comes the crux of the situation. Will you develop a Will that is potent with the strength of the All-God? that is flexible at need; rigid at need; ever strong to save and motived by the highest, the best and the noblest within you? When that great spiritual giant, Sri Ramakrishna Paramhamsa was lying very ill at the Cossipur Garden, Pandit S. T. is reported to have said to him "Sir, I have read in the Shastras that Saints like you can cure diseases of the body at will. You will be free from all your ailment if only you concentrate your mind upon the Spot- Eamikrishna Swami was suffering from cancer in the throat-with the will that it be cured. Won't you try it once? Now listen to the noble reply of this perfect soul. "0, how could you say such a thing, being a Pandit yourself? Can I ever be inclined to remove the mind, that I have given up to Sachchidananda-the Essence of knowledge, Existence and Bliss-from Him, and turn it to this frail cage of flesh and bones?" This is renunciation. It is a general law of Occultism that the White magician should never use his powers for the accomplish-