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but think not for a moment that all good is not 

 even more powerful. The one corresponds to 

 darkness, the other to light; the one is disintegrat- 

 ing, the other upbuilding and renewing. " There 

 is in things evil an element of self-destruction, in 

 the operation of which lies the safety of the Uni- 

 verse " ( The Perfect Way, p. 189). 



Thus the Tattvic state of Prdna in every human 

 being is determined by the position and strength 

 of the various local currents. Color in different 

 plexuses varies from moment to moment as the 

 Tattvic currents change and according to the flow 

 of the Prdnlc current, the state of which positive 

 or negative modifies the prevalent color. The 

 negative current of Prdna is said to be pure white, 

 and the positive is tinged with red, sometimes 

 described as rose-color. This agrees perfectly 

 with the color of the nerves, the sensory (afferent 

 and posterior), which are the negative ones, being 

 bluish-white; and the motor (efferent and anter- 

 ior), are reddish-grey. The prevalent Tattva in- 

 jects its particular hue. When by any act of ours 

 one or more of these Tattvas is abnormally stimu- 

 lated as in states of excitement, anger, hatred, 

 jealousy, or depression and manifold worries 

 it not merely upsets the balance of the prevalent 

 Tattvic currents of the moment, but the disorder is 

 stamped upon the current of the hour; and it passes 

 on into the vast spaces of the Universe to return 



