272 The Law of the Rhythmic Breath 



muted into good. Misuse and ignorance create 

 all evil. 



Irritability in the temperament makes a scarlet 

 cloud in the Kama rupa (frequently alluded to as 

 'the astral body) which is the plane of vivid emo- 

 tions and passions; and every outburst of temper 

 suffuses the whole sheath. When the tempest of 

 passion dies away, the color fades out, but ever 

 leaves a little more, a larger cloud of the passion- 

 taint; and all the atoms of that Principle are more 

 susceptible to greater heat and excitement upon the 

 next occasion of loss of self-control. All actions, 

 both good and bad, are thus received by the va- 

 rious vehicles and reflected in them, changing the 

 hue of the color from moment to moment; and 

 thus man forms his habits and from them builds 

 his character; live, sentient atoms, pulsing with 

 his thought, being the bricks and mortar of his 

 structure. 



Very fortunately the Causal body rejects all evil, 

 which stamps itself only upon the lower and less 

 permanent sheaths, the matter of which has greater 

 affinity for evil. All good and uplifting influences 

 are steadily stored up in the Causal body, making 

 it stronger and more powerful to overcome, and 

 thus the evolution of the soul goes on in spite of 

 man's waywardness. 



So the tones and consequently the colors of the 

 human lute are irrefutable manifestations of what 



