Opening to Life

     "A human being is part of the whole called by us 'universe',
a part limited in time and space.
We experience ourselves, our thoughts and feelings as something separate from the rest - a kind of optical delusion of consciousness.
This delusion is a kind of prison for us, restricting us to our personal desires and to affection for a few persons nearest to us.
Our task must be to free ourselves from the prison
by widening our circle of compassion
to embrace all living creatures
and the whole of nature in its beauty." Albert Einstein

     "The small man builds cages for everyone he knows. While the sage keeps dropping keys all night long for the beautiful, rowdy prisoners." Hafiz

 

Twelvefold Lower-Belly Breathing

     “Twelvefold Lower-Belly Breathing is the quickest and most effective way for our awareness to enter and inhabit our empty, open, primordial ‘core.’ It is this use that makes it so helpful for any kind of Pure Awareness practice and to address physical and emotional ill-health of all kinds. … in traditional Tibet, this practice was considered the only doctor you needed with you in long, solitary retreats.”

       Reginald A. Ray. "The Awakening Body. Somatic Meditation for Discovering Our Deepest Life." Shambhala, 2016.
       I recommend first reading this exceptionally valuable book, and then practicing the author's guided meditations: www.shambhala.com/theawakeningbody

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