"THAT which makes the universe tick...Is THAT which makes us
breathe...". This is the value of watching the unmanipulated breath.
Through the breath we can touch the tides of the Eternal Tao. Call it
God or Unfathomable Emptiness or ... any way u prefer, there is a
rhythm in it.There is rhythm and tide in all phenomena.If we are able
to let go of our habits of manipulating everything and just allow the
breathing to be fully natural...then our body and mind feel like going
to the shore and seeing the ocean for the first time, we see and touch
the edge of this not-only-material ocean, and we can feel the waves
and get intimate with its true nature.In early days of our Western
culture,breath was considered our very spirit, as our
words "inspiration" and "expiration" show clearly, or take the Divine
inspiration in the Christian Old Testament. God (if you will) breathes
in us, or as my master used to say "Take up the noble practice of
breathing Mu - letting Mu breathe Mu - . Then the old house collapses,
and you are free to know the ancient joy of the vast and fathomless
Dharma."
Current Book Discussion: Appreciate Your Life by Taizan Maezumi Roshi
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