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nity to perform its assigned work and thrusting 

 upon the other Tattvas an office they are unfitted 

 for. Much of our food is put into the mouth in 

 the Prithivic solid state, and should be re- 

 duced to Apas liquid before we permit it to 

 pass through the Apas gate of taste by swallowing 

 it. Tejas works harmoniously after Apas, but 

 when required to perform not merely double duty 

 but work it is, chemically speaking, unable to do, 

 the effort generates an overplus of Fdyu (see Chap- 

 ter VIII). Gastric disturbances of the most seri- 

 ous character have often no other origin than this. 

 Sudden deaths from nominal heart-failure have 

 been caused in this way, the pressure of the gas 

 Akdsha and Fdyu upon the heart arresting its 

 action. 



The great benefit derived from walking is that 

 through the exercise of the feet and their contact 

 with the ground we are attuned to terrestrial forces. 

 Not only does the Prithivi Tattva in the feet in- 

 crease in strength, but throughout the body it works 

 more actively in all its centers. It shares the in- 

 fluence of Tejas in the solar plexus, and stimulates 

 the wholesome normal flow of this Tattva in all its 

 centers. As Prithivi is active in the liver and in 

 the lower intestine and kidneys, it can be readily un- 

 derstood that the exercise of walking is an un- 

 equalled stimulus to healthful digestion, if we eat 

 pure foods adapted to our physical needs and per- 



