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INTRODUCTORY
their real meaning even according to tradition is only as follows:
1. Anima: This is “the power to identify oneself with the smallest atom”. This states the mastery over the earth element. It means also the capacity for analysis.
2. Prakamya: This is “the capacity to enjoy from everything heard or seen” or “the capacity to enter into the body of others”. This denotes the mastery over the element of water. The property to enter into the body of others is not any miraculous achievement. Love and sympathy or empathy implies this power.
3. Mahima: This is “the power to expand ones’ consciousness to the largest form”. It is the power of greatness. It is the mastery over thought, over lower mind, over the creative urges of the lower mind.
4. Laghima: This is “the power of levitation”. This is an achievement over the element Air. This is the capacity of the mind to soar high leaving its attachment to the physical plane. It is perhaps better understood with the words dignity and venerableness.
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