CONTROLLING THE RULE'S WORKING

"It is a poor rule that won't work both ways" is an undisputed axiom that can be applied universally without fear or failure.

Have we ever thot of applying this rule to the conduct of our lives? It is equally as true that a wheel will revolve as rapidly in a forward direction as backward. If the wheel is propelled forward by an experienced hand it may serve a useful purpose, but if left to govern itself it will go in almost any direction when once started.

Life may be compared to a wheel-the Wheel of Chance-and if we are not conscious of its powers, forces and tendencies we shall meet with disaster or but mediocre success.

When an individual becomes poised physically and mentally; when his will is aroused to do the bidding of his mind; when the spirit is awakened to its great possibilities it becomes as senstive as the magnetic needle of a compass, and the course of the body is directed upward from the gloom of doubt and uncertainty and the feet are placed firmly on the road to success and perfection.

The motive power to accomplish the above results lies within the body of every one of us just as surely as the life principle unto manifestation lies within the seed awaiting its opportunity to manifest and unfold its hidden treasures.

This power of our physical, mental and spiritual forces can be cultivated rationally and will develop naturally if we will follow the Mazdaznan exercises in health and breath culture. The cost will depend on how earnest we are in our search for them. The only thing we need to get the results is the most precious possession in the world which is now slipping unconsciously thru our fingers and being wasted, like the fragrance of the rose on the desert air-TIME.

In all the years that Mazdaznan has been taught how many have done anything to attract the notice of their fellows? But few, and that is good. We do not expose our rarest jewels to the vulgar gaze of the untutored, but prefer to so live that those at one with us in thot, word and deed will feel the fellowship that passeth all understanding when "in the presence of our own."

If we have not developed into better beings; if we are at odds with the world; if we see only imperfections in our fellowmen, it is but the reflection of our own clouded vision.

It is directly due to our limited vision that we see things "as thru a glass dimly." When we wash the windows of the soul the sunlight of wisdom will shine into our deepest recesses and cause us to see things clearly and not as they appear to be.

Mankind has been endowed with the greatest gifts, endowments and opportunities given to any animal. When we consider him from a purely anatomical standpoint he becomes a most wonderful instrument for the manifestation of the senses, the very organs of which are unsurpassed in fineness of construction and delicacy of action.

As to his accomplishments on the physical plane he has conquered the earth and has subdued the seas and the air partially, tho at present he is unable to avoid the phenomena of earthquakes, cloud-bursts and tornadoes. When once he does control these ungoverned forces of nature he will feel as did Alexander

the Great, who cried for more worlds to conquer.

Will man then realize that the mental and spiritual planes are still awaiting his investigations, or will he realize that he must first subdue his own baser self before he can evolve to higher things?

For us we prefer to investigate our own powers and forces, and to enable us to learn more of self, and to direct it in a forward and upward direction we are pledging ourselves to start anew with our exercises in breathing and the prayers on the breath. We hope to pray without ceasing-on one breath-all the formulas given by our Master and continue them until we are indeed blessed with a greater development than we could attain by following any other system.

What others have done we can and will do. The rule of destruction is carelessness and neglect, while the rule of construction is thru the rhythmic control of the breath.

Are you with us? Will you continue to pray with us each and every day of the present season, following the current of your breath even until the fall and winter come

again? Do not promise us, but make a covenant with yourself, go into your closet and pray. Pray often and always on the breath, and when the new year rolls round many of your dark clouds will have rolled away and you will be enjoying the silver lining of conscious life and the joy of having conquered here and now. Be it so.-St Willard.

EFFECTIVE THOT

It is one thing to define a meaning, and quite another to have that meaning full of force or vital energy. We can speak intelligently only there where we understand fully the subject in hand. We can convince when once we are able to demonstrate. The subject is generating thots of such a nature as to produce, when released, the desired effect.

In Mazdaznan we are taught the means to this end in health and breath. It remains with the individual to put this teaching into practice in order to produce thot forms of such power and force as to create conditions conducive to their well being.

We must have healthy bodies in which not only the brain and ganglionic system operate harmoniously, but the organs of the body