68 (The Law of the Rhythmic Breath 



race, encouraging fear and every other prolific 

 agent of evil and suffering, being a common source 

 of that weakness and inefficiency which produce 

 poverty. Fear breaks down tissue, and disorgan- 

 izes nerve cells as much as any acknowledged dis- 

 ease. It is only blindness to the latent, the poten- 

 tial, powers within that makes possible the con- 

 ditions from which a majority of mankind suffer 

 daily. As I shall show you, this is no digression 

 from our subject, the study of the Tattvas, but 

 most intimately connected therewith. 



When you pray for strength, for health, for re- 

 lief from pain, do you realize what answer comes 

 back to you from Divine silence ? It says to you : 

 " Take them. The avenues are always open to 

 you. Nothing obstructs them but your own will 

 and wrong thoughts." 



The moment you think health and strength 

 yourself, that moment you begin to clear from all 

 obstructions the channels of communication with 

 the sources of life-force; for every vibration on 

 the mental plane reacts upon those of the physio- 

 logical plane. Notice particularly that your very 

 thought is instantly reflected in a fuller infla- 

 tion of the lungs, which checks the disorder within 

 and improves the vibrations; and throughout the 

 universe like seeks like. Therefore, by a simple 

 change of mental attitude simple, but oh, so im- 

 portant ! you invite harmony instead of dis- 



