Planetary Influences 159 



I do not expect those readers who have merely 

 read these lessons so far, and have neither practiced 

 nor studied, therefore do not know one Tattvr, 

 from another nor recall their distinguishing char- 

 acteristics, to grasp the significance of the above 

 established facts. It is not mere phenomena we 

 are seeking but absolute truth. And those who are 

 beginning to know the separate Tattvas by their 

 fixed activities and relations and invariable effects 

 must already understand their logical corresponden- 

 cies with the planets. Here is the opportunity to 

 do some serious thinking. All interested students 

 should meditate upon the subject and see how near 

 they can come to a correct solution of the problem 

 before reading the next chapter. 



It is necessary to give extreme emphasis to the 

 fact that these lessons are neither mere speculations 

 nor simply disclosures of curious mysteries. They 

 are the first attempt to explain, in so practical a 

 manner as to apply to every human need, the basic 

 truths, as far as human intelligence has yet un- 

 ravelled them, concerning the vital force in human 

 organisms. And their value is that they teach a 

 thoroughly scientific method of personal training 

 to obtain control of body and mind, and make them 

 the perfect vehicles for the soul's expression that 

 the Creator intended. Only by means of constant 

 and regular practice of the breathing exercises and 

 of concentration can these benefits be gained. In 



