Breath

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Look to this day, for it is life, the very breath of life. In its brief course lie all the realities of your existence; the bliss of growth, the glory of action, the splendor of beauty. For yesterday is only a dream, and tomorrow is but a vision. But today, well lived, makes every yesterday a dream of happiness, and every tomorrow a vision of hope. Look well, therefore, to this day.
~ Ancient Sanskrit

How to breathe correctly [63 minute mp4]. Breathe through the nose.

Who is aware of the thought? Who is not the thought? Who is the subtle, silent, changeless, still background to the thought? Who is the subtlest? Who is aware of the breath? Who is aware?

Sohamasmi is a mantra from the Isa Upanishad, meaning: Even when I pray, I am You. Even when I am You, I pray to You. Hamsa means white swan representing divine spirit and the Goddess Gayatri.

[inhale]    I        So      Ham
[exhale]  Am   Ham     Sa

Dialogue from Brihad-Aranyaka Upanishads:
“Ushasta Chakrayana questioned him (Yajnavalkya): “Yajnavalkya”, said he, “Explain to me him who is the Brahma present and not beyond our ken, him who is the soul in all things”.
“He is your soul, which is in all things”.
“Which one, O Yajnavalkya, is in all things”
“He who breathes in your breathing-in (prana) is the Soul of yours which is in all things."