300 The Law of the Rhythmic Breath 



constitution penetrate the lower ones, and are 

 ever trying to elevate them. This effort, arising 

 in Buddhi, is man's conscience. 



All anaesthetics, narcotics, and nerve tonics dis- 

 turb the connections and the flow of the Prdnic 

 currents between these two shariras, affecting first 

 the brain connections which become partially par- 

 alyzed. The resulting low vitality of the visible 

 body is due to this separation from its prototype; 

 the double, half-withdrawing from the left side, 

 where psychic vision sees it as a violet-gray 

 shadow. 



Lower Manas is the fourth Principle and Fdyu 

 sheath, under the rule of Jupiter; and it corre- 

 sponds with two colors and tones according to the 

 influence to which it yields. It is so prone to be 

 ruled by desires that it is often called Kama-Manas, 

 and in this positive state it takes the complemen- 

 tary color of Kama, green, with the tone Fa. 

 When aspiring, and therefore receptive to vibra- 

 tions from Higher Manas, it reflects blue with the 

 tone Sol. This Principle is the thinking power 

 of the physical man (the objective mind), func- 

 tioning in the brain and nervous system. Through 

 opportunity or ambition, a man may acquire 

 marked intellectual ability without possessing even 

 a dawning sense of the powers of Higher Manas. 

 This is the condition of materialists, who may be 

 strong personalities without gaining individuality, 



