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Correspondence from Karl Germer to Jane Wolfe
K. J. GERMER 133 West 71st Street New York, N. Y. ENDICOTT 2-6799
Nov. 12, 1943
Dear Jane,
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You are a wonder! I certainly did not expect a $20 M.O. [Money Order] from you. As it is every dollar counts, as there have been several defections. Thanks from all my heart.
Re your student: This "psychic" stuff is in most cases a defect people have no idea to make out of this asset. They become influenced by every force or intelligence that approaches them—see Jack [Jack Parsons]. However—all, ALL Yoga practices should lead to stop thinking, P.Y. [pranayama] is just a preliminary. (As you know: Asana gives control of the body; P.Y. that of the breath, Dharana that of Mind; and only then can you approach the real goal: to attain Dhyana, etc.) Do you remember that I started with Asana and P.Y. at Cefalu very intensely and regularly, and had to stop it because I ran into an accident. The thing was that I went after it with too much violence. I have used P.Y. often in my life as an exercise in walking, but cannot advise on the real practice.
You should know about the genuine phenomena that accompany success from the literature: a certain kind of perspiration; later hopping about; and of course, a wonderful purification of the system, body and mind. (I know a woman here in N.Y. who has confirmed all the phenomena that A.C. describes.) But all these are irrelevant. They are no goal in itself. What the man should begin is Dharana—provided some success has been achieved with Asana. And he should keep a record of every practice, and not go off the handle. All these outer results are temptations to lure you of the true track.—I loathe to give my view on these matters, as I have not trod that path and have no personal experience. I can only say: let the student never, never forget to apply his commonsense. But let him persevere, and not stop his zeal. I don't know whether visions are wrong? May-be. Let him write them down immediately afterwards in detail. A.C. can check and comment.
No word from Seckler [Paul Seckler] yet. Can you not give me some data on your student? What is his occupation, age, circumstances, (also birth data: time, and place of birth?)
One word more: I have great admiration for your work, and I think the only trouble is that you cannot see yourself, your T.W. [True Will], as a thing apart, so that you may be perfectly sure of yourself; also you have probably not the faculty of expressing in the outer what is in your inmost. The light is there, but it has often not the medium to express itself in words, art, or deeds of which you are yourself conscious. You have been all the time Smith's [Wilfred T. Smith's] superior in spiritual development and in purity in particular—yet you cannot discern where he rules you magically. You do not seem to have the assurance and certainty of your own self. If you could acquire a vision of it, I would be happy indeed.
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All my love
Karl
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