it, you “let go” completely.  What we want is Strength in Repose ready to leap into action in the flash of an eye.  We have taught you how to relax in Lesson 2 on Will-Force.  You all have noticed a cat crouching for its prey.  How intensely still it is; yet you know what such stillness means.  It is very far from laziness.  Relaxation husbands and conserves nerve-force.  It is a great thing to be calm and silent.  Calmness is the centralization of tremendous power.  Practise being calm, as far as you can.

SOLAR ENERGY.

There is great electrical and thermal power in the sun’s rays.  If the human body be properly exposed to the sun during the first five hours in the morning and the evening, the body would absorb energy therefrom and gain in strength.  Do not over do this, especially you of the warm climate.

LAST WORD ON HEALTH.

Trust Nature.  It is her office to keep your body-machine running in perfect order.  “Prevention is better than cure”—­they say.  Observe the healthy man.  See how he lives and follow his example.  But note that body is yours to control and God will not do that work for you.  Also get rid of the stupidity that God sends diseases.  Think, study and observe and you will know what Health Laws are.

CONCLUSION.

Student, I have indicated the lines along which you are to seek the way to Spiritual Independence.  I cannot run your life-affairs, solve your life-problems, do your work for you.  I have pointed out a few principles, observe, think and complete your knowledge.  You must climb the steps of the ladder of attainment and Self-Perfection yourself.

Fear is a great stumbling-block in the way.  Fight it down.  Starve it out.  Be earnest.  Be thorough.  Live your life silently and earnestly.  Give others a helping hand whenever you can without that patronising air of superiority so characteristic of the modern snobs passing for “gentlemen.”  Be proud that you are an “Indian.”  Follow Indian ideals of greatness.  Consider it a privilege to help deserving souls.  We all need help, encouragement and guidance to some extent.  Co-operation, interdependence are the basic foundations of human well-being.  Be strong.  Be manly.  Be courageous.  Be great and good.  Take your place in the world’s evolutionary progress and lend your hand in turning the wheel of life.  In the same measure that you help others, shall you yourself be helped on all planes of life.  Be reasonable.  Be just and fair unto others.  Be a source of blessing unto others.  So long as you labour under the vitiating influence of negative thoughts, you cannot achieve much in any direction.  I have told you “how” you are to proceed.

May God bless you.  May he guide, help and strengthen where I have failed.

SWAMI MUKERJI.