At this time in the world the pace of living is so rapid that it tends to race the mental and emotional bodies as well as the breath. If thought be given by the chela, particularly upon awakening in the morning, to resume the deep and rhythmic breath of meditation to give enough time to the vehicles to start the day’s activities without hurry, and if possible to set up a rhythmic pulsation of breath to be sustained through the waking hours, it will pay great dividends in health, illumination, supply, and harmony in all mundane matters. 

Until proper breathing becomes an established habit it would be well for the chela to briefly stop at different times throughout the day and, in rest, avail them self of a few minutes or less of some conscious deep and slow breaths, thinking and knowing as they draw the Energy into the body, that we are touching the Universal Source of Vitality, Strength and Power, and, as we exhales, know that the physical form is cleansed, strengthened and purified. 

The exercise of proper breathing should always appear to be a joyous experiment, enlightening the consciousness and the vehicles. Practice this calm, deep, joyous breathing and soon it will become habitual. 

I bless you, my beloveds, and ask you in turn, to bless every facet of Life that serves you, including the Life that is within the breath, for blessing doubles the virtue and value of all that is. Through deep and peaceful breathing you will come to a more harmonious understanding of your relationship to the Universe and have greater peace of body, greater understanding of mind and greater strength of soul. 

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Breath is the primal motion which sets into action the emotional, mental, etheric and physical vehicles of all who live upon the Earth-plane, who have lived here in the past, or who will live upon the Earth in the future. Therefore, study of the Rhythmic Breath is essential to BALANCE in every chela, particularly at this time. The rhythm of people’s vehicles is determined by the depth and vital use of Breath. In Golden Ages, all peoples walked lightly and all services were performed easily because the inhabitants of each era were taught from infancy the right use of the rhythmic breath. 

To secure undisturbed peace, poise and balance the rhythm of the four lower vehicles must become permanently established. The chela should daily practice drawing into their bodies the glorious gifts of the Breath, allow it to remain within their bodies, filling them with the buoyancy of Light, expanding it slowly through their vehicles and then consciously (with a blessing) allow their Divine qualified breath to bless their colleagues. By proceeding, following this rhythmic pattern at all times, the chela will find the performance of all their regular tasks in harmony and peace. 

Setting up a new pattern of breathing, as any new habit, requires concentrated and continued endeavor upon the part of the chela, because the outer mind (nature) naturally reverts to their previous routine. When the chela is constant, in their exercise of rhythmic breathing (I suggest that each such a one start first, with a short period, early in the day) and gradually it will become their natural habit, even as the shallow breath (which is false in its inception) replaced the deep breath. To set this Living Breath into rhythmic motion through a chela and then to experiment with its use in some mundane daily activity, is to couple Spiritual training with the reinstatement of the natural state of one's being - greatly lessening labor "by the sweat of the brow" and charging into the individual buoyancy, pleasure and Spiritual Grace. 

This will make the assimilation of the new breathing pattern a happy adventure rather than a strain upon the four lower vehicles, as some dear ones seem to find it to be. As you proceed with these instructions upon the use of the Rhythmic Breath, I AM always delighted to see any student utilize this knowledge to his or her own advantage, as well as becoming contributors to the Light of the World. 

Worded expression, being vibration, becomes a responsibility of the chela upon the Path. You know that all words are cups and forms. One of the reasons for the preponderance of iniquity and discord in the world today is the continued repetition and use of imperfect and inharmonious word-forms. These word-forms continue to create and people send forth the invisible with duplicates or distortions of the original object which the word was created to describe. 

The use of limiting words of poverty, imperfection, hatred or offensiveness adds to the discord and unhappiness of the world, and to the limitation of the one not willing to so curb the tongue and thought-force. 

All the different languages that have come forth through various countries and civilizations have been faint derivatives from the original pure and beautiful root communication, which represents the primal means of conveying thought in its pure state. In the Kingdom of Eternal Life and Light there is an exquisite, melodious and celestial language of the Divine. Humanity is slowly striving towards bringing forth a universal language which will know no barrier of country or race. This idea is the result of the inherent memory in the heart of the consciousness as to the exquisite First Expression. It was not until human appearance necessitated the clothing of form in discordant and distressing words that the pure first communication first fell. 

And so, today, I remind you, beloved ones, when you speak watch your words and do not speak unnecessarily, and then let your words be as jewels offered upon the Altar of the Divine. 

An individual must come to the place of mastery which is the exact center, wherein both planes of consciousness (inner and outer) are perfectly balanced. In this perfect place of balance the individual has contact with the Higher Activity of Life, and also has the capacity, from the Center of Existence, to direct the outer self according to the will, design and desire of their Spiritual Nature. 

If this consciousness is immersed in the things of Earth, the individual receives only fragmentary instruction from above. When their attention draws from the Center of this being… although their soul progress is great… they do not have the perfect alignment of the lower instruments - the emotional, mental, etheric and physical nature, which enables them to transfer Divine Will into the affairs of humanity. I reiterate, balance needs to be maintained. 

Printed instructions are like a door, but one must pass through the words into the inner realization of the fact which the words so inadequately portray. In the Octave of Perfection… the Light, Pictures and Colors express much more accurately the Truth of Life than the most exquisitely spoken or written essay, for words at best are but the coarser clothing of Truth. As always you must go within the Great Silence and discern the Truth of your Being.