Guest guest Posted June 12, 2007 Report Share Posted June 12, 2007 according to my knowledge, the breath we need to take while meditation is with the help of the diaphragm...that is diaphragmatic breathing in which the stomach goes in and out..... that is also called child's breath....have u seen a child breathing??...see how its stomach goes in and out..... that is our natural breath....which we lost in childhood.....it comes over conscious practice over a period of time..."G. Balasubramanian" <gbsub1 wrote: SAI RAM, My humble opinion is that we should not look to Swamy for each and everything. The query can be answered by any yoga practitioner.. When you take a deep breath in, the air goes inside our breathing system and the chest expands. Along with this the upper stomach moves outward and when you exhale the chest and upper stomach seem to contaract. Let somebody well-versed in Yoga supplement this answer. Why d`ont you look into the 'Dhyanavahini' written by Swamy? G.Balasubramanian On 6/11/07, Sathya Sai Shree Lakshmi <sathyasaishreelakshmi > wrote: Sairam, Can someone tell me what Swami said about the stomach movements during the Breath Meditation? Some say that the stomach should go out while we inhale and go in while we exhale while some say the other way round. in sai seva lakshmikumar mahadevan <mahadevan12 (AT) (DOT) co.in> wrote: Note: forwarded message attached. Here's a new way to find what you're looking for - Answers Sun, 10 Jun 2007 06:03:59 +0100 (BST) Sai On Jyoti (Light) Meditation "As regards the technique of meditation, different teachers and trainers give different forms of advice. But I shall give you now the most universal and the most effective form. This is the very first step in spiritual discipline. At first, set a few minutes every day for meditation, and extend the time as you feel the bliss that you get. "Let it be in the hours before dawn.This is preferable because the body is refreshed after sleep, and the dealings of daytime will not yet have impinged on you. Have a lamp or a candle before you with an open, steady, and straight flame. Sit in front of the candle in the lotus posture or any other comfortable sitting position. Look on the flame steadily for some time, and closing your eyes try to feel the flame inside you between your eyebrows. Let it slide down into the lotus of your heart, illuminating the path. When it enters the heart, imagine that the petals of the lotus open out by one, bathing every thought, feeling, and emotion in the light and so removing darkness from them. There is no space for darkness to hide. The light of the flame becomes wider and brighter. Let it pervade your limbs. Now those limbs can never indulge in dark, suspicious, and wicked activities; they have become instruments of light and love. As the light reaches up to the tongue, falsehood vanishes from it. Let it rise up to the eyes and the ears and destroy all the dark desires that infest them and which lead you to perverse sights and childish conversation. Let your head be surcharged with light and all wicked thoughts will flee therefrom. Imagine that the light is in you more and more intensely. Let it shine all around you and let it spread from you in ever widening circles, taking in your loved ones, your kith and kin, your friends and companions, your enemies and rivals, strangers, all living beings, the entire world. "Since the light illumines all the senses every day so deeply and so systematically, a time will soon come when you can no more relish dark and evil sights, yearn for dark and sinister tales, crave for base, harmful, deadening toxic food and drink, handle dirty demeaning things, approach places of ill-fame and injury, or frame evil designs against anyone at any time. Stay on in that thrill of witnessing the light everywhere. If you are adoring God in any form now, try to visualize that form in the all-pervasive light. For Light is God; God is Light. "Practice this meditation as I have advised regularly every day. At other times repeat the name of God (any Name fragrant with any of His many Majesties), always taking care to be conscious of His might, mercy, and munificence." Sathya Sai Speaks, volume ten Sai On Breath Meditation (so-hum meditation). In the breath meditation, one gently focuses attention on one's breathing and repeats "Soooo" with the inhalation and "Hummm" with the exhalation. Download prohibited? No problem! CHAT from any browser, without download. Looking for a deal? Find great prices on flights and hotels with FareChase. LOVE, KARTIK IYER Ready for the edge of your seat? Check out tonight's top picks on TV. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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For details as to our directors, registered address and other requirements in terms of the Companies Act kindly refer to our website <<http://www.manica-africa.com/>> On Behalf Of Kartik Iyer 12 June 2007 17:28 Re: [sBOI-post] Fwd: Bhagawan on Meditation according to my knowledge, the breath we need to take while meditation is with the help of the diaphragm...that is diaphragmatic breathing in which the stomach goes in and out..... that is also called child's breath....have u seen a child breathing??...see how its stomach goes in and out..... that is our natural breath....which we lost in childhood.....it comes over conscious practice over a period of time... " G. Balasubramanian " <gbsub1 > wrote: SAI RAM, My humble opinion is that we should not look to Swamy for each and everything. The query can be answered by any yoga practitioner.. When you take a deep breath in, the air goes inside our breathing system and the chest expands. Along with this the upper stomach moves outward and when you exhale the chest and upper stomach seem to contaract. Let somebody well-versed in Yoga supplement this answer. Why d`ont you look into the 'Dhyanavahini' written by Swamy? G.Balasubramanian On 6/11/07, Sathya Sai Shree Lakshmi <sathyasaishreelakshmi > wrote: Sairam, Can someone tell me what Swami said about the stomach movements during the Breath Meditation? Some say that the stomach should go out while we inhale and go in while we exhale while some say the other way round. in sai seva lakshmi kumar mahadevan <mahadevan12 (AT) (DOT) co.in> wrote: Note: forwarded message attached. Here's a new way to find what you're looking for - Answers Sun, 10 Jun 2007 06:03:59 +0100 (BST) Sai On Jyoti (Light) Meditation " As regards the technique of meditation, different teachers and trainers give different forms of advice. But I shall give you now the most universal and the most effective form. This is the very first step in spiritual discipline. At first, set a few minutes every day for meditation, and extend the time as you feel the bliss that you get. " Let it be in the hours before dawn.This is preferable because the body is refreshed after sleep, and the dealings of daytime will not yet have impinged on you. Have a lamp or a candle before you with an open, steady, and straight flame. Sit in front of the candle in the lotus posture or any other comfortable sitting position. Look on the flame steadily for some time, and closing your eyes try to feel the flame inside you between your eyebrows. Let it slide down into the lotus of your heart, illuminating the path. When it enters the heart, imagine that the petals of the lotus open out by one, bathing every thought, feeling, and emotion in the light and so removing darkness from them. There is no space for darkness to hide. The light of the flame becomes wider and brighter. Let it pervade your limbs. Now those limbs can never indulge in dark, suspicious, and wicked activities; they have become instruments of light and love. As the light reaches up to the tongue, falsehood vanishes from it. Let it rise up to the eyes and the ears and destroy all the dark desires that infest them and which lead you to perverse sights and childish conversation. Let your head be surcharged with light and all wicked thoughts will flee therefrom. Imagine that the light is in you more and more intensely. Let it shine all around you and let it spread from you in ever widening circles, taking in your loved ones, your kith and kin, your friends and companions, your enemies and rivals, strangers, all living beings, the entire world. " Since the light illumines all the senses every day so deeply and so systematically, a time will soon come when you can no more relish dark and evil sights, yearn for dark and sinister tales, crave for base, harmful, deadening toxic food and drink, handle dirty demeaning things, approach places of ill-fame and injury, or frame evil designs against anyone at any time. Stay on in that thrill of witnessing the light everywhere. If you are adoring God in any form now, try to visualize that form in the all-pervasive light. For Light is God; God is Light. " Practice this meditation as I have advised regularly every day. At other times repeat the name of God (any Name fragrant with any of His many Majesties), always taking care to be conscious of His might, mercy, and munificence. " Sathya Sai Speaks, volume ten Sai On Breath Meditation (so-hum meditation). In the breath meditation, one gently focuses attention on one's breathing and repeats " Soooo " with the inhalation and " Hummm " with the exhalation. Download prohibited? No problem! CHAT from any browser, without download. Looking for a deal? Find great prices on flights and hotels with FareChase. LOVE, KARTIK IYER Ready for the edge of your seat? Check out tonight's top picks on TV. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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