60 The Law of the Rhythmic Breath 



roborates the original conception, and by its means 

 the presence of any element can be detected by the 

 known influences, or effects, of the blending of 

 colors. 



" In the realm of hidden Forces," every audible 

 sound is a subjective color; and, vice versa, every 

 visible color is an inaudible sound. Both proceed 

 from the same potential substance which Physi- 

 cists used to call ether. Occultists pronounce it, 

 " plastic, though invisible, Space." 



The deeper we study the Tattvic Law of the 

 Universe the deeper is our conviction that every- 

 thing in the natural world moves rhythmically. 

 It is only when the human mind steps in with its 

 responsibility of free will to choose the right or 

 the wrong thought and act that life's rhythm is 

 broken and all its vibrations thrown into a discord- 

 ant jangle. 



There is a center of unity in all things, the 

 ever present Akdsha; and creative power, working 

 in this center, always manifests itself with rhyth- 

 mic harmony. Holding as it does every form 

 (and therefore, all colors) potentially, Akdsha 

 at all times foreshadows the qualities of all the 

 Tattvas, and intervenes between every two. 

 Every progressive step in the evolution of the 

 Tattvas is instinct with Divine intelligence, prepar- 

 ing the way for the crowning effort of creation 

 man with his manifold activities, equipped to con- 



