24 The Law of the Rhythmic Breath 



stimulates. It is represented as a circle with a 

 single dot in the center and also as a dotted cir- 

 cle; for matter subjected to its influence gy- 

 rates with extreme velocity in tiny points that chase 

 one another within the circle. The positive phase 

 of Akdsha is colorless, sometimes described as 

 white, but it is a white pulsating with light; and 

 its negatives phase is indigo, so dark that to some 

 eyes it appears black. In this condition it holds 

 potentially all the other Tattvas or elements; and 

 it is the medium space in every state of mat- 

 ter which propagates sound. 



The study of Akdsha discloses the secret of the 

 mysterious and varied effects of sound upon all 

 living creatures; for every vibration as it passes 

 through the " subtle sound-granules of space " 

 (space and sound being considered interchange- 

 able terms, so closely associated are they) creates 

 its own sound or tone, and registers its effect upon 

 human nerves even when beyond the range of 

 sense-perception. 



Thus sound, with its inseparable associate 

 rhythm, is ever building or disintegrating; and is 

 a powerful force that man has urgent need to un- 

 derstand and learn to control, and use with intelli- 

 gence. Harmonious sounds are upbuilding and 

 life-giving, therefore constructive; while all sounds 

 which we class as noise are disintegrating in pro- 

 portion to the dissonance and broken rhythm of 



