VML-10/24/01

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According to the Yogis, there are three principal nerve currents: one

they call the Ida, the other Pingala, and the middle one the

Sushumna, and all these are inside the spinal column. The Ida and the

Pingala, the left and the right, are clusters of nerves, while the

middle one, the Sushumna, is hollow and is not a cluster of nerves.

This Sushumna is closed, and for the ordinary man is of no use, for

he works through the Ida and the Pingala only. Currents are

continually going down and coming up through these nerves, carrying

orders all over the body through other nerves running to the different

organs of the body.