306 The Law of the Rhythmic Breath 



are often necessary experiences to rouse the Soul 

 from inertia, selfishness, weakness, or other wrong 

 doing. None of the sheaths are independent. 

 All are different. Harmony is incomplete with- 

 out every note in the scale. 



The Soul atom is mingled with other lower 

 atoms but never combined. To understand this 

 clearly, fixing upon your mind a clear picture of 

 the law, let me explain a fact the chemist knows 

 well: Oxygen in pure air is mixed, not combined 

 with nitrogen. When these two gases are com- 

 bined, according to the proportions used, the re- 

 sult is one of five deadly poisons. Now, this is 

 exactly the internal process; that is, within the 

 human entity. When the atoms of the various 

 sheaths are mingled harmoniously, the result is 

 physical well-being; when discord ruptures the 

 rhythm of their vibrations and their harmonious 

 (that is, normal) balance, disintegration sets in; 

 the molecules are broken up, the atoms are va- 

 riously combined, and disease results. It is the 

 use or abuse of everything which makes for good 

 or evil. 



The substance of all Souls is the negative phase 

 of Spirit; very literally, indeed, the garment which 

 clothes it. Faith and aspiration are needed for 

 the growth of the Soul, and we must bring the 

 mind up to unison with the Soul. By the regular 

 practice of meditation and concentration, that con- 



