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Miracles of breath
Every living being breathes. So, all these words in my blog are for living beings, and
especially for living beings with awareness : humans! Breathe does not discriminate on divisions
created by humans for their selfish motives : race,religion,caste,color or creed.So, these words
for all who can read and who live on this mother earth under the same Sun and Moon.
You are alive because you breathe! The most significant factor to note is that the breath
does not need you, it goes on despite of you : right from birth to death, from childhood,
adolescence, married life, old age and the various events, circumstances, emotions and feelings
that the body and mind experiences, there is one unchanging constant : breath. This is because
breathing is an autonomous process So, breath is the the most important factor to any human
being and yet the least explored. People have conquered the moon and mars but are yet to
discover the potential of this phenomenon within you, the very cause of your existence, which
gives you a name. You breathe and you have a name, you stop and you are a dead body
without a name.
‘We know so little of this magnificent resource because we spend very tle time with our
‘own Self. We are forever surrounded by things and people being a slave to our senses : the
very senses which are powered by breath. The only time we are centered within is when we are
in the state of deep sleep, but alas this centering is without awareness
The breath is the vital link between the body and the mind. So, we can use breath for
fulfilment of worldly desires as well as for realization of the self and liberation. For all worldly
desires we use the mind and for self realization the mind is transcended. This is very important
to know at the very start of this journey. Self realization does not need the mind and senses,
because it the very Self (absolute consciousness) that powers the mind and the senses.
We are so much driven by our unending desires that we
are never centered in the SELF , and are forever on the
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Before we go to use
breath, we must know aacereave!
some fundamentals about the human being. The human Pranamaya
body is just one layer of sheath called the Annamaya Kosha ‘Manomaya
or the food body. There is a subtler sheath called the ‘Vijpanamaya
Pranamaya Kosha or the pranic body responsible for andamay2
physiological functions like digestion. A more subtler
dimension is the Manomaya Kosha or the mental body in
charge of the mental and emotional processes. Now Prana
or breath becomes the link between the body and the mind.
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Following the mental body is an even subtler sheath called the Vinanamaya Kosha or the
intuitive body responsible for psychic and causal aspects. The fifth and the subtlest sheath is
the Anandamaya Kosha or the bliss body for transcendental awareness. These sheaths are
directly related to the different states of the mind or the psychological aspect.
Jagrat (conscious)
Swapna (sub-conscious)
Sushupti (unconscious)
‘Turiya (super-conscious)
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So, we now come to the four states mind, In the
attached picture the white area represents the infinite
substratum called super consciousness or God
consciousness which is the basis for the other states. The
conscious state of mind is when you are awake. In wakeful
awareness most humans are slaves of their senses.
Sub-conscious mind or the dream state is followed by deep
sleep. These layers correspond to the Beta, Alpha, Theta
and Delta frequencies of the brain, The most important point
to note is that there exists a gap between each state, where
you are one with HIM. HIM, your true SELF.
Now, let us put this all together! The food body and the
pranic body are associated with the conscious state of
mind and form the Stula sharira or the gross body. The
mental body and the intuitive body are associated with the
dream state or the sub-conscious mind and form the
Sukshma sharira or the astral body. Finally the
unconscious and —superconscious —_ psychological
dimensions of the bliss body and form the causal and
cosmic body
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