142 The Law of the Rhythmic Breath 



current to be dominant when Aries, Gemini, Leo, 

 Libra, Sagittarius, and Aquarius are in the as- 

 cendant. 



To understand this clearly we must grasp the 

 conception of the wheel within wheels, the ever- 

 present positive and negative forces in every divi- 

 sion of every activity down to the infinitesimal 

 molecule. Thus, though the lunar current is nega- 

 tive to the solar, it is itself compounded of positive 

 and negative atoms and has its positive aspect. In 

 no other way can we reconcile the flow of the lunar 

 current southward on the right (the positive) side 

 to the heart, during which time the breath flows 

 from the positive nostril. Therefore, in its effects 

 and action, or movement, it is like the solar current, 

 for it is positively electrified. We are simply to 

 understand that the course of the current through 

 the body is influenced by the direction given to the 

 moon's rays from its position in the heavens. 



But always the Rayi lunar current, or negative 

 phase of Prdna is the " cooler state of life- 

 matter which is only the shade of Prdna, the orig- 

 inal state." It "has the qualities of Amrita, the 

 giver of eternaji life;" and also, "In the left 

 Nddi, the appearance of the breath is that of the 

 Amrita (nectar) ; it is the great nourisher of the 

 world." 



On the first lunar day that is, the first day of 

 the " bright fortnight," or moonlight nights the 



