Breath is Life 17 



ments in the night can be made according to com- 

 fort and convenience. Nature may be trusted to 

 take care of breathing if we start it rhythmically. 



The overwhelming importance of maintaining 

 the equal balance of these two currents will be ap- 

 preciated when it is known that the excessive pre- 

 ponderance of either causes death; each displaying 

 characteristic symptoms, and causing negative or 

 cardiac death and positive or spinal death. The 

 former is commonly diagnosed as heart failure, 

 and there is little doubt that in many cases the pa- 

 tient could be carried safely through the critical 

 moment if the attendants stopped the left nostril 

 and made the positive current of Prdna flow. 

 There are cases where exactly the opposite treat- 

 ment might be necessary. But if the nurse could 

 not determine which breath was flowing, a few 

 alternate breaths would assist nature to restore the 

 balance. 



In cerebro-spinal meningitis, not serum but such 

 care as shall insure the rhythmic flow of the alter- 

 nating currents down the spine is the treatment the 

 symptoms call for, which agrees with but goes be- 

 yond the learned decision that fresh air was the 

 only hope in this disease. 



How to direct and control these life currents in 

 manifold ways, promoting health, happiness, and 

 efficiency is the purpose of this book. Those who 

 wish to acquire the power should commit to mem- 



