2OO The Law of the Rhythmic Breath 



world of the senses disappears in a conscious rap- 

 port with the vaster universe of living thought 

 which needs no words to clothe its meaning. It 

 is the " Knowledge space " of the Yogi. 



If you but think of it we are on the verge of Si- 

 lence at every moment of existence. Its omnipres- 

 ence laps us round about as the Universe of the 

 invisible and inaudible, teeming with activities so 

 infinitely finer, more subtle, that they escape cog- 

 nizance by our grosser sense-perceptions. At any 

 instant when we can shut out the consciousness of 

 this physical environment we open the avenues of 

 that consciousness to this inner silent world, and the 

 importance of the experience is incalculable. 

 Every time we attain it, the way is made easier to 

 repeat the experience till it carries us to the full 

 realization of the real subjective self. 



Remember what I said in an early chapter: 

 The life-current is more subtle than radio-activity, 

 and it depends upon ourselves to how high power 

 we shall raise it. The holding the attention all 

 our consciousness to a given point, as when cen- 

 tering upon a special plexus or organ, accelerates 

 the velocity of the Tattvic vibrations and, there- 

 fore, the force of Prdna. This effect and benefit 

 are the immediate reward for the regular practice 

 of the Held-Breath exercise for Prdndyama, in 

 which, through the polarization of the vital cur- 

 rents greatly increased power is generated and the 



