88 The Law of the Rhythmic Breath 



by changing our vibrations when they manifest 

 their presence. 



The natural corrective of happy thoughts is 

 beneficent because they encourage the flow of 

 Prithivi, the extreme of the Tattvic scale from 

 Akdsha. Not rose-colored spectacles but yellow 

 ones should be given to people addicted " to the 

 blues," and they should be kept in the sunshine 

 when possible and be surrounded by floods of 

 golden light, living in yellow-hung rooms. Hy- 

 steria and lunacy indicate the disastrous prepon- 

 derance of Akdsha and call for the yellow treat- 

 ment, and every influence possible that will reduce 

 the Akdshic vibrations to their lowest normal flow. 

 The consideration of Prithivi, which must come in 

 its natural sequence will develop more details. 



Remember that as the foreshadower of every 

 other Tattva all possibilities can be developed 

 from the Akdsha. That is the form of its mental 

 prevalence. It is for us to choose the ingredients 

 and do the mixing! It is the stagnation and mis- 

 use of Akdsha which are to be shunned. The 

 . taste of Akdsha is said to be bitter, but I believe 

 it can also be proved to be salt. It is the light- 

 est of the Tattvas. Taking ten as the unit of 

 Akdsha, they increase in weight by ten in natural 

 order from Vdyu twenty to Prithivi fifty. 



Vdyu is only less unfortunate when excessively 

 predominant than Akdsha; and, as their relations 



