Of course, an untrained mind will grapple with it in vain. One's interest must be serious and sincere. One must devote time to it.,
Otherwise one will get more harm than good out of it, you know.
It's like the Russian dances that way.
They are so primal, those dances! And all those primal things are dangerous, don't you think? Unless one has poise!
It's odd, too, that some of the most primal people have the most poise, isn't it?
The Swami Brandranath was like that. I've told you bout the Swami Brandramath, haven't I?
He wore such lovely robes! You can't buy silk like that in this country.
And he had such a PURE look in this eyes. So many of these magnetic people lack that pure look, you know.
He used to give talks to a Little Group of Serious
Thinkers I belong to.
He taught us to go into the Silences — only we never quite learned, for some of the girls would giggle. There are always people like that. The dear Swami! — he was so patient! It was Occidental levity, he said, and we couldn't help it.