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    Re: Meditation - The breath

    hariḥ oṁ
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    namasté


    the human body (pauruṣa) at times is called the ratha or chariot… the term ratha is rooted in ( this sounds like ri in river) defined as ‘ to go, to move towards, to deliver up , surrender , offer , reach over ’. The logic here is the body as the chariot houses svātman , the SELF, Being, sva ( one’s own) core nature or Being.

    Yet what is this body dependent upon ? It depends on prāṇa. This term is rooted in ‘prā’ defined as ‘the breath of life , breath , respiration , spirit , vitality’. No matter
    what sense is removed or on vacation ( code for deep sleep) the breath continues day-and-night. It then is called ātmasāratha. It is the ratha of ātman or of SELF -
    the chariot of this SELF, of one’s Being. It is the breath that can ,deliver up’ the self to the SELF.

    Looking at this word in another light ātmasāratha the breath is the essence or sāra of the ratha ( body); or the SELF ~rides~ on the essence of the body i.e. breath.
    That is why there are so many upāyae’s¹ (approaches, a means) that involve the breath.

    We gain support from the breath:


    • inward - going downward (adhaḥ¹) and therefore called apāna
    • outward - going upward (ūrdhve) and therefore called prāṇa
    • the rest point in between, the space, and this is called viṣuvát¹ some ( like me) call it madhya also.


    iti śivaṁ

    words


    • adhaḥ = adhas ( by the rule of visarga of managing the ḥ sound ) and this is defined as downward
    • viṣuvát - having or sharing both sides equally , being in the middle , middlemost , central
    • upāya - approach, technique; that by which one reaches one's aim , a means or expedient
    Last edited by yajvan; 20 November 2015 at 06:35 PM.
    यतस्त्वं शिवसमोऽसि
    yatastvaṁ śivasamo'si
    because you are identical with śiva

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