1 80 The Law of the Rhythmic Breath 



within the human entity with much more detail than 

 has ever been before attempted. I have analyzed 

 them as only long study and unceasing practice and 

 experiment could enable one to do, and I gladly 

 give to you the benefit of my research expressed as 

 fully and as clearly as love for the task and enthu- 

 siasm of purpose can do it. I cannot, however, 

 supply the application and the perseverance indi- 

 vidually needed before you can make this detail 

 your own. Without the exercise of these faculties, 

 you can never hope to gain a practical knowledge 

 of the Tattvas. It is not a thing that can be 

 poured over you " in words, mere words." You 

 must think yourself. Remember what I told you 

 in an early chapter: that the Hindu teacher never 

 imparts any fact to a student which by long medi- 

 tation he can find out for himself. 



It is not by once reading, but only after many 

 readings and much thinking that you can reason- 

 ably expect to master the mass of detail contained 

 in these chapters; the difficulty being the greater 

 because the subject is to most readers abso- 

 lutely novel. But it is only by thus mastering it 

 that anyone can make a personal application of this 

 Law of Life. 



When our feet press the earth we receive the 

 strongest and purest vibrations of Prithivi, which 

 is the secret of the exhilaration we feel when we 

 can get into the real country, and of the benefit 



