290 The Law of the Rhythmic Breath 



happy Prana; third, unhappy mind; fourth, happy 

 Prdna; fifth, happy mind ; sixth, the Soul ; seventh, 

 the Spirit (Nature's Finer Forces). 



Thus he places Kama unhappy Prana and 

 Lower Manas next the visible body over which 

 their uncontrolled desires have so unhappy influ- 

 ence. These sheaths are those builders of Karma 

 that have so potent influence in retarding evolution. 

 Happy Prana comes next Higher Manas, or the 

 Causal body, these being the sheaths through the 

 development of which the soul is released from 

 bondage to the lower Principles and attains the 

 power to bring them into sympathetic unison with 

 her own higher vibrations. Remember that the 

 Causal body is the chief agent in evolution, and is 

 so called because in it are gathered the effects of 

 experiences, which " act as causes, moulding fu- 

 ture lives." But all the sheaths have their use in 

 the economy of nature. Only their misuse renders 

 them " unhappy." 



Notice here that the fundamental five-fold di- 

 vision of body, life (the subtle-sheath), mind, 

 soul, and spirit, corresponding with the five lower 

 Tattvas which you know best, is expanded into the 

 septenary by including the two phases of life as 

 vitality exhibited in actions and of mind, the 

 thoughts prompting the actions and determining 

 whether they shall be evil or good. 



The scheme is somewhat misleading, however, 



