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You must learn to sit perfectly still with every muscle tense for long periods.
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You must wear no garment that interferes with the posture in any of these experiments.
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The first position: (The God). Sit in a chair; head up, back straight, knees together, hands on knees, eyes closed.
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The second position: (The Dragon). Kneel; buttocks resting on the heels, toes turned back, back and head straight, hands on thighs.
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The third position: (The Ibis). Stand, hold left ankle with right hand, (and alternately practise right ankle in left hand, &c.) free forefinger on lips.
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The fourth position: (The Thunderbolt). Sit; left heel pressing up anus, right foot poised on its toes, the heel covering the phallus; arms stretched out over the knees: head and back straight.
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Various things will happen to you while you are practising these positions; they must be carefully analysed and described.
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Note down the duration of practice, the severity of the pain (if any) which accompanies it, the degree of rigidity attained, and any other pertinent matters.
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When you have progressed up to the point that a saucer filled to the brim with water and poised upon the head does not spill one drop during a whole hour, and when you can no longer perceive the slightest tremor in any muscle; when, in short, you are perfectly steady and easy, you will be admitted for examination; and, should you pass, you will be instructed in more complex and difficult practices.
