212 The Law of the Rhythmic Breath 



vibrations) of every ganglion and strengthening 

 and stimulating the zodiacal centers of the higher 

 Principles. In this practice for Concentration, 

 deep, slow rhythmic breathing should be so estab- 

 lished that it will take care of itself. A mental 

 image should be formed of the upward flow of the 

 vital current. You must endeavor to both feel 

 and see it rising in the Sushumnd in obedience to 

 your command, and gaining force as it ascends. 



Leo, the zodiacal house of the sun, corresponds 

 with and is the influence which develops life, the 

 vital force which we know as Prdna. But the form 

 which that life-principle shall mould depends upon 

 the character of our thoughts. The thought-prin- 

 ciple, as you have learned, develops under the in- 

 fluence of Sagittarius. In the circle of the Zodiac, 

 Sagittarius is on the same plane with Leo (life), 

 but it is its opposite and complement, marking the 

 immense evolution from mere animal life to the 

 development of conscious mentality; and it stands, 

 as explained in the last chapter, at the parting of the 

 ways. If brought under a soul-governed Will, it 

 leads the life, through the development of individ- 

 uality to the upward arc of evolution, the divine 

 quarternary, to the release of the soul from its 

 physical chains forged by sense-perceptions. 



Individuality has its physical seat in the spine 

 back of the heart, and is under the influence of 

 Capricornus, always recognized as possessing a 



