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Become Aware of the Energy
from the Ananda Course in Self-Realization: Part One

Paramhansa Yogananda said, "The greater the will, the greater the flow of energy." You can test the truth of this statement very easily. Simply tense your biceps. The more you "will" energy to the biceps, the harder it will tense.

The "Tense, Relax and Feel" Experiment:
Close your eyes and gaze, as in meditation, toward the spiritual eye. Concentrate your attention in the area of the medulla. Now tense your right hand and forearm, feeling that you are sending energy from the medulla to hand and forearm. Continue tensing harder and harder until your hand is vibrating with the effort. Now relax the muscles and feel the energy in the area you have just tensed.

At first what you'll feel is just the tension inside of the muscles. Then you'll experience the flow of energy which creates the tension in those muscles. Finally, you will become aware of how you can direct that flow. It is important, however, to try to feel the flow of energy. It is essential to concentrate as deeply as possible. Now repeat the same thing on the other side, tensing, and then relaxing, the left hand and forearm.

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