Breathe in...

Sabby

Breathe in "...love myself"

Breathe out "...love others"

Very simple, I made it up as my little mantra, not original or anything but It gives me the tingles when i mean it. lol.

Dandelion

Sabby said:

Breathe in "...love myself"

Breathe out "...love others"

Very simple, I made it up as my little mantra, not original or anything but It gives me the tingles when i mean it. lol.

Simplicity is sometimes best I think

lobster

Believe it or not this practice is sufficient to get to the far shore. No more, no less.

Trust me, I am almost a living breathing Buddha . . . :rocker:

upekka

how do you know 'in breath' is 'in breath' but not 'out breath'?

silver

You do realize this thread is like 4 years old?

federica

@upekka said:
how do you know 'in breath' is 'in breath' but not 'out breath'?

easy. Expansion, Contraction.

Now, will that be all?

techie

@silver said:
You do realize this thread is like 4 years old?

I realized it as I was breathing out.

federica

If you're waiting for a response from the OP, I wouldn't hold it, either....

upekka

@silver said:
You do realize this thread is like 4 years old?

the question is important irrespective of the starting date of the thread
do you mean i should have started a new thread to ask the question?

@federica said:

@upekka said:
how do you know 'in breath' is 'in breath' but not 'out breath'?

easy. Expansion, Contraction.

Now, will that be all?

no
do you mean expansion is in breath and contraction is out breath ?
if so how did you know that?

@federica said:
If you're waiting for a response from the OP, I wouldn't hold it, either....

why can't you let some one who doing the breathing meditation answer it after doing bit of experiment

as a second thought, if you feel like, close the thread, i do not mind

federica

Sometimes, @upekka what seem to be 'profound' questions are really not useful.
Expansion [in]/contraction [out] is a biological happening, there's nothing mysterious about it, and trying to divine some other hidden practice or deeper meaning, is really akin to looking for self/not-self, which is in itself, a pointless exercise.

THAT is also a subject that has been done to death, flogged to within a millimetre of its usefulness....

Steve_B

@upekka said:
how do you know 'in breath' is 'in breath' but not 'out breath'?

The question is easy to answer, facile actually, at a superficial level. You are getting responses based only on superficial semantics because the deeper meaning of your question, if there is one, can't be discerned from the too-few words you have used. If you would like to have a thoughtful discussion around a particular perspective, you will find this to be a most thoughtful group of people, but you're going to have to tell us what the perspective is. We can't guess, as you can see. Tell us what you're thinking. Why do you ask this question?

federica

@upekka said:....why can't you let some one who doing the breathing meditation answer it after doing bit of experiment

Firstly, because the thread is originally not about Breathing meditation per se, but about a personal Mantra recited by the OP, as she sat in meditation.
So yes, perhaps a new thread may well have been more topical and pertinent....

Furthermore, actually, @Steve_B puts it very well.

@Steve_B said: The question is easy to answer, facile actually, at a superficial level. You are getting responses based only on superficial semantics because the deeper meaning of your question, if there is one, can't be discerned from the too-few words you have used. If you would like to have a thoughtful discussion around a particular perspective, you will find this to be a most thoughtful group of people, but you're going to have to tell us what the perspective is. We can't guess, as you can see. Tell us what you're thinking. Why do you ask this question?

I think that is very well put to you..... A more concrete response might be forthcoming if the question were better elucidated. Have another go....

Will_Baker

@silver said:
You do realize this thread is like 4 years old?

-It's a good thread though :-)

Mingle

Breath in awesomeness

Breath out Fucks not yet given

Per4umer

breathe in ;closer to 'your god' / inner divinity / insert deity here____
breathe out ; surrender, let go.
no, 100% Let Go

Bunks

@Per4umer said:
breathe in ;closer to 'your god' / inner divinity / insert deity here____
breathe out ; surrender, let go.
no, 100% Let Go

Hey @Per4umer - is it "Performer" or "Perfumer"?

federica

Or per-four-umer....?

Per4umer

it is what it is

federica

And it's not what it's not. or what-not.