Wordless prayer

mmm.. I am loving wordless prayer...

... exploring the breath...
seeing how the breath reflects the whole....
reflecting duality..
in-breath... out-breath..
warm nostril... cooler nostril...
dominating nostril alternating throughout the day...

breathing
...listening to the sound...
like the ocean..
waves rising and falling...

breathing...
reflecting action with the in-breath
letting go with the out-breath...


aah...then the 3rd way... the middle way
reflected in the Khumbaka; breath retention
...that pause between each breath...
at the beginning and the end of each breath...

awareness
how breath and mind are intimately connected...
one reflecting the other...

...when we are anxious...
the breath shallow... fast...
when we are relaxed..
breath even...

pranayama.. control of vital energy..
breath
can also control the mind...
we learn this in yoga...


Khumbaka...
same pause again
.... in between thoughts...

we think a thought...
then a pause...
and in this space...
the next thought is born...

this pause...
this empty space
... the space
where we dive into deep meditation...

mm Deepac Chopra speaks beautifully of this..

this space
...the womb of all creation...


Om Shanti