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changes on the left side are exactly reversed, for 

 negative action is a reflection of the positive, re- 

 ceiving its impressions as does a mirror that of the 

 object before it. If we could keep this always in 

 mind it would explain many puzzling things. As 

 Akdsha flows between every two Tattvas and is 

 active in the Sttshumnd which intervenes between 

 the changes of Prdnlc currents, the time of its flow 

 is broken into shorter intervals; and, therefore, 

 the description " Ghari by Ghari " could not apply 

 to it. 



It is my belief that the meaning of the Shivd- 

 gama has been misunderstood, and that the de- 

 scription therein of the flow of the Tattvas applies 

 to their changes in the solar and terrestrial currents 

 of Prana, and not at all to those in the human 

 physique. Just as the planets are distinguished one 

 from another by the predominance of a ruling 

 Tattva, so also is every species of earth life thus 

 differentiated; and the lower the grade of life the 

 simpler the structure and, consequently, the vibra- 

 tion and the color. This is proved in the auras 

 of minerals, which show only one color, and of the 

 flora and fauna which display more and more com- 

 plex colors as they ascend in the scale of life. 



As you might conjecture from its life under the 

 ground, in the busy ant Privithi is the dominant 

 Tattva; and the reason the fly goes into hiding or 

 persistently attacks the human being and all warm- 



