Before we begin to examine the ins and outs of the male urinary

system it will profit us to take an informed look at what this urinary

system is all about.

The system is about water, wonderful water.

I am water; You are water; How do you do ?

Nearly all of us, that is, about 70% of our bodily mass is water;

about ninety pints of the amazing stuff and that figure does not

include the water locked up as it were in our bodily proteins and

fats.Without water, conscious motivated existence is impossible.

No liquids, no life. It is that important.

To be balanced and at ease of mind we must cultivate a right

appreciation of the elements which constitute our physical being.

In particular we must be fully aware of the magic of life sustaining

water. A human can endure for months without solid food and yet

two weeks without water would finish most of us off.

Our bodies are made up of millions of living cells each containing

water and water-soluble oxygen, nutrients, carbon dioxide and

wastes. The boundary membranes of these cells are selectively

permeable to water, and particles in solution pass to and fro

continually from blood plasma and lymph which is 90% water.

All the energy which is released in muscular action, nervous

activity, digestion, metabolism and excretion is released through

the agency of water. We are, each of us, a self-contained mobile

sea of liquid activity.

To maintain our health we must take in about five pints of water

in fluids and foods each day. Bodily water balance is constantly

maintained by losing the same amount through kidney action as

urine, through the lungs as vapour, the gut in faeces, and sweat

glands in the skin. From a biological viewpoint the foregoing is

certainly awesome.

From the viewpoint of the Yogi however, this biological model

despite its scientific certitude has its shortcomings.

As long as we regard water as simply H20 or something to make

coffee with or twirl a devon minnow through then we are without

doubt missing the better half of reality.

The Yogi, due to the meditative nature of his perceptions sees the

world as matter proceeding from, and in perfect continuity with the

Mind. The man in the street usually regards yogic accomplishments

as "Mind over Matter". This is a rough and far from accurate description

of the true nature of such phenomena.

The Yogi sees matter as a vibrating continuum in constant flux.

The different states of matter i.e. solid, liquid and gaseous, he

percieves as wave-bands of energy dancing in counterpoint to the

vibrations of his own spinal centres. His mind is in perfect accord

with the world of matter and for him it is a case of No Mind, No Matter.

Thus the accomplished Yogi applies his mind to matter and moves

in spacious harmony with it.

No doubt due to the way we regard our food, many of us in the

west regard our bodies and the bodies of other sentient beings as

mere meat to which modern physiology has added a grand theatre

of electro/chemical demand and response to our perceptions.

Nevertheless and despite the best efforts of the scientifically

disciplined intellect we cannot begin to understand the true nature

of our psycho/physical being without cultivating some of the

intuitional awareness of the Yogi.

Let us then begin with water. It is worthy of great respect.

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