--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, ruthsimplicity <no_re...@...> wrote:
> My understanding of the "breathless" state is that there is no breathing at > all. > Of course, this cannot continue indefinitely as you would die. Or breathe. This is not actually true according to Yogic Science, 'life' in the body is not from air, food and sun alone but also the prana, the subtle 'life force' without which one would die. One will learn, eventually, through meditations like TM to withdraw the attention completely and live sustained solely by the prana. It's a complex subject but 'basically' there are four pranas in question here, two apparently stay with the objective physical body and two completely leave and give rise to higher states of consciousness like transcendental consciousness. See MMY's talk on "immortality on the physical level" previously posted. >From Autobiography of a Yogi below: "No responsive stir from Master; I approached him cautiously. He was not breathing. This was my first observation of him in the yogic trance; it filled me with fright." "His heart must have failed!" I placed a mirror under his nose; no breath-vapor appeared. To make doubly certain, for minutes I closed his mouth and nostrils with my fingers. His body was cold and motionless. In a daze, I turned toward the door to summon help." This state is also mentioned in St. John's Revelation......... 10 I was in the Spirit on the Lord's day, and I heard behind me a loud voice like the sound of a trumpet, (sound of OM, from where all mantras come). 17 When I saw Him, I fell at His feet like a dead man. And He placed His right hand on me, saying, "Do not be afraid; > I think it was David Blane (not sure on spelling), the magician, ( who seems > to me to be someone who has remarkable control over the body) who managed to > hold his breath underwater for 17 minutes or thereabouts. Divers and yogis > use certain techniques to increase the ability to breath hold. Practice. And > then before a big breath hold, first you do a slow and steady filling of the > lungs, then exhalations to purge CO2 and then a final series of quick gulps > of air. > > Most people can learn to hold their breath for 2 or 3 minutes pretty easily, > but you shouldn't if you have ventricular abnormalities. >
