36 The Law of the Rhythmic Breath 



are extremely simple, logical, and absolutely scien- 

 tific. In the Tattvic law we find the solution. 



It has been demonstrated beyond question that 

 emotions of hate, passion, fear, or a guilty con- 

 science generate poisons in the human system which, 

 when not active enough to kill (the poisoned milk 

 of an angry mother has been known to kill her 

 nursing infant) are the primary cause of many 

 disorders ; and they give their distinct colors to the 

 secretions of the perspiratory glands. These ef- 

 fects are caused by the abnormal vibrations into 

 which the Tattvas are thrown by the above mental 

 states. Thus with every thought we are moulding 

 these bodies of ours to ease or dis-es.se. 



Every atom, every molecule of your body is as 

 sensitive to the thoughts within (yea, and only 

 less sensitive to those without!) as is a feather 

 to a riffle of air. It is only strong, positive per- 

 sonalities who think their own thoughts; more 

 than half of humanity simply reflect the thoughts 

 of other people, for the Tattvas carry them to re- 

 sponsive minds. They are the wings of thought. 



The usurped over-lordship of the sense-directed 

 mind is the source of most of the ills and sufferings 

 of the body; and its crowning sin and most disas- 

 trous menace are that it stifles the soul and prevents 

 its growth through the experiences which should 

 be its daily and hourly portion. The sooner you 

 recognize that you are a Soul and have a body 



