Breath meditations
SHIVA REPLIES:
001
RADIANT ONE,
THIS EXPERIENCE MAY DAWN BETWEEN TWO BREATHS.
AFTER BREATH COMES IN (DOWN)
AND JUST BEFORE TURNING UP (OUT) -- THE BENEFICENCE
002
AS BREATH TURNS FROM DOWN TO UP,
AND AGAIN AS BREATH CURVES FROM UP TO DOWN
-- THROUGH BOTH THESE TURNS, REALIZE.
003
WHENEVER IN-BREATH AND OUT-BREATH FUSE,
AT THIS INSTANT TOUCH THE ENERGY-LESS, ENERGY-FILLED CENTER.
004
WHEN BREATH IS ALL OUT (UP) AND STOPPED OF ITSELF,
OR ALL IN (DOWN) AND STOPPED -- IN SUCH UNIVERSAL PAUSE,
ONE'S SMALL SELF VANISHES.
THIS IS DIFFICULT ONLY FOR THE IMPURE.
005
ATTENTION BETWEEN EYEBROWS, LET MIND BE BEFORE THOUGHT.
LET FORM FILL WITH BREATH ESSENCE TO THE TOP OF THE HEAD
AND THERE SHOWER AS LIGHT
006
WHEN IN WORLDLY ACTIVITY,
KEEP ATTENTIVE BETWEEN THE TWO BREATHS,
AND SO PRACTICING, IN A FEW DAYS, BE BORN ANEW
007
WITH INTANGIBLE BREATH IN CENTER OF FOREHEAD,
AS THIS REACHES HEART AT THE MOMENT OF SLEEP,
HAVE DIRECTION OVER DREAMS AND OVER DEATH ITSELF.
008
WITH UTMOST DEVOTION,
CENTER ON THE TWO JUNCTIONS OF BREATH
AND KNOW THE KNOWER
009
LIE DOWN AS DEAD. ENRAGED IN WRATH, STAY SO.
OR STARE WITHOUT MOVING AN EYELASH.
OR SUCK SOMETHING AND BECOME THE SUCKING.
010 WHILE BEING CARESSED, SWEET PRINCESS,
ENTER THE CARESSING AS EVERLASTING LIFE
011
STOP THE DOORS OF THE SENSES
WHEN FEELING THE CREEPING OF AN ANT. THEN
012
WHEN ON A BED OR A SEAT,
LET YOURSELF BECOME WEIGHTLESS, BEYOND MIND
013
IMAGINE THE FIVE-COLORED CIRCLES OF THE PEACOCK TAIL
TO BE YOUR FIVE SENSES IN ILLIMITABLE SPACE.
NOW, LET THEIR BEAUTY MELT WITHIN.
SIMILARLY, AT ANY POINT IN SPACE OR ON A WALL --
UNTIL THE POINT DISSOLVES.
THEN YOUR WISH FOR ANOTHER COMES TRUE
014
PLACE YOUR WHOLE ATTENTION IN THE NERVE,
DELICATE AS THE LOTUS THREAD,
IN THE CENTER OF YOUR SPINAL COLUMN.
IN SUCH BE TRANSFORMED
015 CLOSING THE SEVEN OPENINGS OF THE HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS,
A SPACE BETWEEN YOUR EYES BECOMES ALL INCLUSIVE
016
AS SENSES ARE ABSORBED IN THE HEART,
REACH THE CENTER OF THE LOTUS
017
UNMINDING MIND, KEEP IN THE MIDDLE -- UNTIL
018
LOOK LOVINGLY ON SOME OBJECT.
DO NOT GO ON TO ANOTHER OBJECT.
HERE IN THE MIDDLE OF THE OBJECT -- THE BLESSING