Chapter 46Feelings and Sensations in the Process of Descent · Sound

A sound3 does sometimes come with a particular descent of the 3 In this case the correspondent heard the faint sound of dhum . . . dhum . . . dhum. — Ed.

consciousness or force from above.

* Your experience while going to the lawyers was an opening to the Force from above which, if sudden, is often attended by this kind of loud sound and the sensation of the opening of the head — it is in the subtle body that this opening of the head takes place though the sensation is felt as if physical. The Force came down and went up presided over by the Mother’s forms of Mahalakshmi and Mahasaraswati and made the movement of ascent and descent (here in the spinal column which is the main channel of the Yogic force passing through the centres) which helps to join the higher with the lower consciousness. As a result came the feeling of identity with myself in your body. The cough shows probably some difficulty against concentration in the physical mind. The best is not to force concentration, but to remain quiet and call and let things work themselves out through the force of the Mother.

Chapter Seven

Difficulties Experienced

in the Process of Descent