28 The Law of the Rhythmic Breath 



The Tattvas manifest their power in two ways, 

 gross and subtle; our bodies are the gross manifes- 

 tations of their activity, and through these, ani- 

 mating them and giving them all life, motion, and 

 force, play unceasingly the subtle Tattvas, which 

 govern the body physiologically, mentally, psychic- 

 ally, and spiritually, in an ever refining grada- 

 tion of force, and substance clothing that force. 

 Every nerve center, or plexus, is governed by a 

 particular Tattva; that is, is the seat of its special 

 manifestation; thus, though all the Tattvas are 

 present, there is a ruling one which is always in 

 health predominant. 



Now, I neither ask nor wish that anyone should 

 believe any of these statements blindly. Don't 

 accept them because I say they are so. I do ask 

 that all who wish for freedom of mind and body, 

 for health based upon the serenity and confidence 

 that come from knowing the exact nature and ac- 

 tion of the agents you are employing to obtain that 

 blessing I ask you to make the whole subject 

 the matter of serious study and thought. 



Reason it out for yourselves. Look first 

 within, in the calm meditation that quiets the troops 

 of idle thoughts which make havoc of our ener- 

 gies and are a never ceasing source of discord; 

 and when you discover that the very name Tejas 

 is potent to raise your temperature if you send it 

 with commanding thought to its centers of 



