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