62 The Law of the Rhythmic Breath 



their descent the other planes of existence 

 through the mental to the physiological were 

 evolved; till the involution of the Spirit in the ter- 

 restrial elements was completed, and the earth 

 with its teeming life whirled in space. 



The evolution of the soul thus involved is man's 

 task in his earthly pilgrimage, and it is alone 

 through spiritual thinking and living that he can 

 make that task a daily joy, and feel the exhilaration 

 in facing every duty which more than half accom- 

 plishes the work. 



A spiritual philosophy of life is the foundation 

 of all right thinking and living. In it is found 

 the solution of Ruskin's assertion : " It is only 

 by labor that thought can be made healthy, and 

 only by thought that labor can be made happy." 

 Health is the mainspring of all successful effort, 

 and the spiritually alive soul can command health 

 as the first blessing. It is the natural and inevit- 

 able reward of right thinking and spiritual living; 

 that is, living under the direct guidance of the 

 soul. 



! When we consciously subordinate the physical 

 to the spiritual, all the atoms in our bodies feel 

 an impulse toward order from the rhythmic flow 

 of the Tattvas; and even the most rebellious yields 

 to the magnetic attraction and vibrates in harmony 

 with the prevailing rhythm when the currents are 

 fully established and maintained in perfect equili- 



