264 The Law of the Rhythmic Breath 



elated from them; but the sound varies, as you 

 know, according to the form of the vibrations 

 moving through this all-pervading space. It en- 

 wraps and penetrates even the minutest conceiva- 

 ble atom in the proportion of being greatly in ex- 

 cess of that atom; and color attends and irradiates 

 this marvellous world of activity. 



The perfected man who has evolved these 

 higher senses and woe to him if he misuse them; 

 his fall will be abysmal comes into possession 

 of seven soul-senses 3 so to speak, corresponding 

 with the physical senses but as much finer and 

 more subtle in their vibratory force as the soul is 

 higher than the body. It is these spiritual senses 

 that will carry us beyond gross matter. The soul- 

 senses corresponding with the sixth and seventh are 

 the ability to recognize true inspiration, and the 

 capacity to know the truth of being; that is, to 

 communicate with spiritual intelligences in the 

 wordless spaces of Chit-Akasha, or spirit-space, 

 which is the " knowledge-space " of Swami Vive- 

 kananda. 



Not words but color and thoughts communicate 

 ideas on this plane, and their vibrations are of. 

 varying degrees of subtilty ; for every plane follows' 

 the fundamental law of septenary unfoldment. It 

 is a region of marvellous color; etheralized, lum- 

 inous colors of exquisite rainbow hues, ripple and 

 flow with inconceivable velocity, not to be com- 



