It serves only to concentrate the mind,
to enable it to forget the world and to turn in upon itself. The
visions which will come to you, if any come, will come from within and
not from without. They will be such visions as the Holy One may will;
and by the Holy One I mean that Spirit which pervades the universe,
even to its farthest bound; the Spirit which is in all of us alike;
the Spirit which is in good men and in bad, men like you and me, and
men like the one who slew my pupil. It is with this Spirit, if the
Holy One so wills, that you will commune, so that you will see no
longer with the poor eyes of the body, but with eyes from which
nothing is concealed, either in the past or in the future. Do you
understand?"
"I think so," I murmured, unable to take my eyes from the glowing circle.
"Then to the Holy One I commend thee!" said the yogi, and sat down on
the couch opposite me.
I felt that his eyes were upon me, but mine were upon the sphere, and
in a moment I was no longer aware of him. I was aware only of the
glowing circle, which seemed to widen and widen until the whole
universe revolved within it. The sun and the moon and the stars were
there, and I gazed at them as from a great distance.
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