230 The Law of the Rhythmic Breath 



body, and desire for things spiritual can alone give 

 the real self opportunity to grow and to evolve its 

 inherent power. 



It is a deeply significant truth that the regular 

 observance of periods for Concentration produces 

 physical and mental conditions that favor such de- 

 velopment beyond any other known discipline or 

 training. Only during introspection, after com- 

 plete withdrawal from the world of the senses, has 

 the soul-life an opportunity to strengthen itself 

 through association with things spiritual and sub- 

 jective, instead of material and objective. Every 

 such exercise of the soul-life refines and purifies 

 the vibrations and reflects its increasing strength 

 and purity upon the physical tabernacle. 



For, mystery of mysteries ! it is into the realm of 

 creation that meditation carries us, where we feel 

 the dawning of a creative spirit in ourselves; and 

 realize beyond question or faintest doubt that we, 

 too, can share in that higher life, that we are a 

 part of it and can manifest our individual part 

 here. 



