j8 The Law of the Rhythmic Breath 



freed for their flow, streams of vital force will 

 speed over your nerves in full rhythmic currents, 

 which will stimulate all the atoms to harmonious 

 vibration. 



Now, the problem before us is, how are we to 

 quiet the frivolous, discord-breeding activities of 

 our minds, so that our souls shall come into recog- 

 nized rulership of their mundane kingdoms, the 

 physical bodies, and be able to restore the rebellious 

 subjects of these kingdoms to the co-ordinate action 

 which their unity of interests demands? Here is 

 where knowledge of the Tattvas is of overwhelm- 

 ing importance to every human being. 



We cannot accomplish this by study and reading 

 alone; knowing and doing are two distinct acts; 

 and it is only by using any knowledge that we 

 make it our own. The only road to the conquest 

 and control of these so restless minds is through 

 diligent practice of methods of breathing and con- 

 centration ; which, beginning by regulating the nor- 

 mal flow of the Tattvas, which purifies and 

 strengthens the nerves, then gives us the power 

 to silence the clamor of the senses and, with the 

 soul freed from the shackles of these energy- 

 wasters, to send the vital current wherever we 

 wish. 



It is difficult for some to understand how the 

 positive and negative currents of Prana can flow 

 down the right and left sides of the spine and speed 



