Maybe We Never Really Breathed

Maybe We Never Really Breathed

“Breathing”: A poem by Thich Nhat Hanh

from his collection of poetry Call Me by my True Names

Breathing in, I see myself as a flower.
I am the freshness
of a dewdrop.
Breathing out,
my eyes have become flowers.
Please look at me.
I am looking
with the eyes of love.

Breathing in, I am a mountain,
imperturbable,
still,
alive, vigorous.
Breathing out,
I feel solid.
The waves of emotion
can never carry me away.

Breathing in,
I am still water.
I reflect the sky
faithfully. Look, I have a full moon
within my heart,
the refreshing moon of the bodhisattva.
Breathing out, I offer the perfect reflection
of my mirror-mind.

Breathing in,
I have become space
without boundaries.
I have no plans left.
I have no luggage.
Breathing out, I am the moon
that is sailing through the sky of utmost emptiness.
I am freedom.

Intimacy with Breath

Intimacy with Breath

Its way past midnight but I see Deepak Chopra go live.

Technology is reducing distance to bareness, so long as you will. So long as you will, you can reach out, reach up.

Some lovely points i jotted down in the session :

  1. breathe only thru nose-make this an obsession
  2. become aware of your breath
  3. the breath is a mode of knowing, that knows itself, as the spirit both a sensation and a smell
  4. amazing things : breath arises and subsides so is this for every experience, every taste, desire, memory has the same evolution. But you, the knower of every experience does not disappear
  5. every particle contains space air fire water world, just smell gives you access to all realities
  6. breathing thru nose and being aware of breath there is intimacy of existence
  7. memory smell emotion desire are connected to olfactory—direct knowing thru smell
  8. atmosphere is your breath , my breath , breath of plants and microorganisms thats entangled that gives rise to universe, starts with entanglement of breath
  9. as you breathe thru nose, air gets purified. stimulation of the pineal gland involved with hormone and immune function, regulates heart rate, blood pressure
  10. Improve the experience of breath everyday
  11. true generosity comes from letting go of self importance
  12. breath has no boundaries