bsolute
rest in nature. A single atom deprived of vibration would wreck the
universe. In incessant vibration the universal work is performed.
Matter is being constantly played upon by energy and countless forms
and numberless varieties result, and yet even the forms and varieties
are not permanent. They begin to change the moment they are created,
and from them are born innumerable forms, which in turn change and
give rise to newer forms, and so on and on, in infinite succession.
Nothing is permanent in the world of forms, and yet the great Reality
is unchangeable. Forms are but appearances--they come, they go, but
the Reality is eternal and unchangeable.

The atoms of the human body are in constant vibration. Unceasing
changes are occurring. In a few months there is almost a complete
change in the matter composing the body, and scarcely a single atom
now composing your body will be found in It a few months hence.
Vibration, constant vibration. Change, constant change.

In all vibration is to be found a certain rhythm. Rhythm pervades the
universe. The swing of the planets around the sun; the rise and fall
of the sea; the beating of the heart; the ebb and flow of the tide;
all follow rhythmics laws. The rays of the sun reach us; the rain
descends upon us, in obedience to the same law. All growth is but an
exhibition of this law. All motion is a manifestation of the law of
rhythm.

Our bodies are as much subject to rhythmic laws as is the planet in
its revolution around the sun. Much of the esoteric side of the Yogi
Science of Breath is based upon this known principle of nature. By
falling in with the rhythm of the body, the Yogi manages to absorb a
great amount of Prana, which he disposes of to bring about results
desired by him. We will speak of this at greater length later on.

The body which you occupy is like a small inlet running in to the land
from the sea. Although apparently subject only to its own laws, it is
really subject to the ebb and flow of the tides of the ocean. The
great sea of life is swelling and receding, rising and falling, and we
are responding to its vibrations and rhythm. In a normal condition we
receive the vibration and rhythm of the great ocean of life, and
respond to it, but at times the mouth of the inlet seems choked up
with debris, and we fail to receive the impulse from Mother Ocean, and
inharmony manifests within us.

You have heard how a note on a violin, if sounded repeatedly an