VRIL/PART 4
LESSON IV
VRIL IN PHYSICAL MANIFESTATION
VRIL is in physical manifestation in every
activity or function of the body. From the slightest movement of the cell to
the more complex activities of the organs of the physical body, Vril is seen to
be in manifestation and activity. The subconscious planes of the mind of the
individual have control of the majority of the physical activities and
functions, the conscious mind not being drawn into the activity. But in these
subconscious processes Vril is ever the active force and power by means of
which the work is performed. The subconscious mind without the power of Vril
would be like a man without arms, hands, or tools, who would seek to perform
skilled manual labor. On the other hand, Vril without the directing impulses of
the subconscious mind would be like the arms, hands, and tools, apart from the
directing power of the brain of the workman. It is by the power of Vril that
the acorn grows into the oak, and the blade of grass forces its way through the
soil. It is by the power of Vril that the single reproductive cell of the
parents develops, grows, and evolves into the babe at birth, and later into the
adult man or woman. There is, of course, always mind behind these activities,
but there is also always Vril power to perform the work of that mind.
Science teaches us that the body is composed of a
multitude of single cells, which forming in groups of greater or less size and
degree of complexity, constitute the organs and parts of the body. Each tiny
cell has its own degree of mentality, and each its own little charge of Vril.
These cells are as tireless workers as the bees in a hive. There is constant
activity in the realm of the cells. Day and night, without haste and without
rest, these little cells are being born, are performing their life tasks, and
are dying, being cast from the system and supplanted by new cells which have
evolved from them. Every cell is, to an extent, an in-dependent entity -an
individual. But this individuality is often merged with that of other cells,
and a co-operative cell-community is formed for the purpose of performing that
portion of the common task of the socialistic commonwealth of the body.
Some of the cells are stationary, while others
are operating under a roving commission. Some are on the scouting line, while
others are engaged in actual warfare with the invaders of the body. Others
still are held as a reserve corps, awaiting a special call to action. A great
body of cells performs the work of the day-laborer, and does the drudgery of
the community. Others are engaged in the processes of thought, and are consumed
by these activities, millions of cells giving up their lives to produce a
single piece of continued thought-work. Some of the cells perform the work of
carriers, conveying new material in the blood to all parts of the body, where
other cells build it up into physical form -the carrying cells are the
hod-carriers and the brick-carriers of the system, while the building cells are
like the bricklayers, carpenters, and other artisans.
Other cells are busily engaged in carrying away
the debris, worn-out tissue and dead cells, to the great crematory of the
lungs, where the waste matter is burned up by the oxygen and cast off through
the exhaled breath. Other cells perform the odd jobs of scavenger work, and
carry the waste matter to other parts of the system, where it is cast off in
excrementitious form. Other cells attend to the work of digestion,
purification, assimilation; the chemical laboratories of the system being very
extensive and complicated. Other cells are as living instruments and telegraph
wires in the nervous system, and receive, send, and transmit the messages of
the system, acting, as well, as transmitters of the additional supply of Vril
required in various parts of the body. The standing army and police-force of
the cell community are very large. These protectors and guardians of the body
protect the system from the invading germs, bacteria, and other foreign
organisms which have found entrance to it. They attack the invaders, and either
devour them or else cast them forth from the system through the ordinary
channels or by means of boils, pimples, and other eruptions.
The large force of cells employed in the great
chemical laboratories of the system is kept very busy at all times. There is
oxygen and food-substances to be used by cell-groups in all parts of the body.
There is carbonic-acid refuse, and burnt up material to be cast off. There is
food to be converted into proper form and condition to nourish the system.
There is gastric juice, saliva, pancreatic juices, bile, milk, procreative
fluids, to be manufactured constantly. To give one an idea of the number of
cells so employed, the authorities have estimated that in each single cubic
inch of blood there are at least 75,000,000 of the red blood cells alone, not
to speak of the white corpuscles and the other classes of cells. Seventy-five
million in one single cubic inch -think of that! And each one of this army actuated
by mind, and carrying its tiny charge of Vril! And we should remember that at
every moment of our lives, from birth to death, the great army of cells is
constantly at work building, repairing, renovating, replacing, every portion of
our bodies. In a few weeks our bodies are almost entirely made over. It
requires an enormous amount of energy and power to perform this work -and that
power is always Vril-power, for there is no other power that can do the work,
or by which the work can be done. There is a constant using-up of Vril-power,
and there must needs be a constant replenishing of the store of VriI in the
body.
In addition to the expenditure of Vril in the
processes of the cells, we find that there is also an enormous expenditure in
the voluntary activities of the individual. Each individual is like a great
piece of machinery. He moves about, walks, runs, or leaps. He moves his arms
and legs, his hands, his fingers, and his entire body, in the activities of
waking-life. Every motion of the body, even the slightest, causes an
expenditure of Vril-power, and each expenditure must be paid for by a decrease in
the store of Vril in the system. Each item of expenditure must be
counterbalanced by a renewal of the supply, else there is physical
deterioration and loss of energy to the individual. Many persons are so
prodigal of their Vril, and so ignorant or heedless regarding the renewal of
the supply, that they become depleted in vitality, virility, and general
nervous energy, and become physical wrecks or else subjects of the so-called
neurasthenia or “nervous prostration" which so sorely afflicts the modern
race. This result is not caused by excessive thinking, as so many suppose, for
the brain will stand an immense amount of regular, arduous labor without
manifesting evil results. It is the emotional excesses (emotion consuming an
enormous amount of Vril), and the "waste-motion," which tends to this
depletion.
Moreover, the average man or woman who suffers
from nervous breakdown is not aware of the need of the system for calm repose
and relaxation for the purpose of recharging the system with Vril. Even in
sleep these persons keep their nervous system and muscles at a tension, and
exhaust their supply of Vril just as the careless housewife exhausts the
house-hold supply of water by allowing the faucets to dribble and drip. The
prevention of this waste of Vril is a very important matter, second only in
importance to the knowledge of the proper methods of acquiring a more than
ordinary supply of Vril in order to meet the requirements of modern life in a
civilization which is seemingly bent upon burning up nerve-energy. The ordinary
person, pursuing the even tenor of man's natural life, has very little need of
instruction along these lines, for he neither wastes nor expends in work more
Vril than is normally supplied to the system by means of the impulses of the
subconscious mind. But the man of the large cities of today persistently wastes
an abnormal amount of Vril, as well as expends in work an also unreasonable
amount, and unless makes up the deficit by the methods made known by a study of
the subject, he will suffer by reason thereof.
It is deemed extremely probable, according to
eminent thinkers along these lines, that in the course of the evolution of the
race, nature will adapt the supply of Vril to the increased needs of the race,
and the whole matter will adjust itself accordingly. But nature works as slowly
as it works surely, and it will be some time before it feels the necessity of
automatically adjusting the conditions to meet the unnatural requirements and
expenditures of modern life in our large centres of industry. Until then, man
should help nature along, as he has in many other ways, and by preventing the
unnatural waste, and increasing the supply of Vril by methods such as we shall
describe in this book, he will be able to maintain an equilibrium and balance,
with consequent preservation of health and energy. He may even go still further
and by increasing his supply of Vril he may so charge himself with this
life-energy and nerve-force as to become a very dynamo of energy, activity, and
power. The man or woman doing this will possess a mighty advantage over the
majority of the race at this time. Such a course will mean increased
efficiency, increased power, and increased success -and, let us hope, increased
happiness.
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