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Bringing our full attention to focus on our breath in meditation strengthens our ability to concentrate in daily life, in the same way that lifting weights in the gym strengthens our muscles and allows us to lift heavy things elsewhere.
—Dan Zigmond, “Learning How to Concentrate”
—Dan Zigmond, “Learning How to Concentrate”
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It is yoga alone which reunites the consciousness of the individual to its
infinite source, restoring the lost unity.
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MNY IS THE END OF OWN MERCENARY EXISTENCE
#########################“In this respect the philosophy of yoga differs fundamentally from most of
the orthodox religions of the world which offer nothing better than an uncertain
and nebulous happiness in the life after death. They say in effect ‘Lead a good
life to ensure happiness after death, put your faith in God and hope for the best.’
According to yogic philosophy death no more solves your spiritual problem than
night solves your economic problem. If you are poor you do not expect on going
to bed that your economic problem will be automatically solved next day. You
will have to get up the next day and begin where you left off the previous night.
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SN CNMA LITTLE WOMEN
How did Beth die in Little Women?
Beth contracts scarlet fever after she volunteers to nurse the sick children of the Hummels, her poor German neighbors. While she initially recovers, she is permanently weakened by the illness and eventually dies from complications. This parallels the life of Louisa May Alcott’s real-life sister, Lizzie, who also died of scarlet fever.
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At the core of every sentient being Soham exists as the Self–is the Self. Soham asmi literally means “I AM THAT I AM,” which is exactly what God told Moses was his Name (Exodus 3:14; Soham: I am that; Asmi: I am).
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The Brihadaranyaka Upanishad (5.15.2) repeats the identical words. It earlier
says: “In the beginning this (world) was only the Self [Atman], in the shape of a
person. Looking around he saw nothing else than the Self. He first said, ‘I am
Soham [Soham asmi]’” (1.4.1) Thus Soham is the “first speaking” of the
Absolute Itself: the expression of the knowledge and knowing of the Self. As
said earlier, Soham is the Name (Embodiment) of the Primeval Being, the Self
of the Universe and the Self of our Selfs. Soham is the Consciousness of
Brahman and of the Self of each one of us. We, too, are Soham
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Prana means both life and breath in Hinduism and Buddhism.
In fact, the word Atman (Self) comes from the root-word at, which means “to
breathe.” Other religions also use the same word for both spirit and breath: in
Judaism, ruach; in ancient Greek religion and Eastern Christianity, pneuma; in
ancient Roman religion and Western Christianity, spiritus which comes from
spiro, “I breathe.”
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