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Function of the breath - jivatman - 12-10-2010 I believe I have made a simple, but potentially extremely useful extrapolation from the Ra material. It concerns a simple metaphysical mechanic of the human body/subtle body. First, let us remember some of the basics of how the metphysics of the body works: Quote:49.5 Questioner: Will you expand on the positive and negative polarizations in general and how they apply to individuals and planets, etc.? I think there is a correlation here, but I’m not sure. One more short quote portion: Quote:72.16 Alright, now I will attempt an explanation of this works, restating what Ra has said. First, energy enters the energy web of the earth through the cosmos. Then, the energy enters into the red ray and moves upwards through the subtle body of each individual. This energy you have no conscious control over, but rather as you become more balanced, you stop blocking it. That is, one who vibrates red ray sees all experience only in terms of survival, orange, is animalistic, yellow, social relations, ect. This energy is accepted or rejected, blocked or allowed, but you have no control over it itself. The other energy is the energy flowing downwards from the head. This is the energy you have conscious control over, the energy of the adept. Now, for what I think I've figured out. Quote:4.18 Questioner: I believe I have a little idea of the accomplishment of the first step. Can you elaborate a little bit on the other two steps which I am not at all familiar with. Do you remember when Ra describes the primary chakras of mind, body, spirit? The primary chakra of spirit is the throat chakra. Now, what is spirit analogous to in the physical body? Breath. First, we get this from our language itself. Respiration, meaning to breath, has the same root. Ra also says that the throat chakra is the chakra of Inspiration. The function of spirit is to integrate the upwards and the downwards energies. Remember, the energy moving upwards is unconscious. The energy moving downwards is conscious. Now read the first quote about control of breathing from wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Breathing#Control_of_breathing Breathing is one of the few bodily functions which, within limits, can be controlled both consciously and unconsciously. It is my supposition that this works as follows. The inbreath is the analagous to the unconscious portion, and the pulling into the body the energy from the cosmos. The out breath is where energy is pushed downwards from the upper direction, this is analogous to the conscious portion. We speak, of course on the out breath... and as throat chakra is the Ray of communication and of the co-creator, this makes sense. Note that in the ritual Ra gives the group involves out out-breaths. In any case, with proper use of breath one can begin to unify the conscious and unconscious. RE: Function of the breath - unity100 - 12-10-2010 (12-10-2010, 07:59 PM)jivatman Wrote: First, energy enters the energy web of the earth through the cosmos. Then, the energy enters into the red ray and moves upwards through the subtle body of each individual. i dont think its right to call downflowing energies energy of the adept. its the emanations that are flowing in from everywhere within creation. just like how one's own uppouring energies rise from the south pole and goes up and out from the violet. in addition, if im not mistaken, it is possible to both shut down violet energy center, and the red energy center to an extent, to prevent energy flow. Quote:Do you remember when Ra describes the primary chakras of mind, body, spirit? i dont think this approach is correct. for spirit is found in every state in densities, if you remember the 'how pyramids were built' part of Ra material. RE: Function of the breath - jivatman - 12-10-2010 Quote:i dont think its right to call downflowing energies energy of the adept. its the emanations that are flowing in from everywhere within creation The crown chakra is the chakra of the totality of self, where one in microcosm is a god. The root chakra is, as has been explicitly said, where energy comes in from cosmos in macrocosm. Thus, the energy downflowing from the crown chakra is conscious, of the self, wheras the upflowing is unconscious. In fact, there's another quote even more explicit than the ones I've shown. Quote:73.8 Questioner: Then will you speak of the difference between the spiraling light that enters through the feet and the light invoked through the crown chakra? Thus, even if you do not accept my other logic, that because throat is the primary chakra of spirit, and the function of spirit is to integrate the downpouring and upflowing energy, There is still the fact above, that downflowing is conscious, upflowing is cnoscious, and the function of spirit is to integrate these two energies, and as wikipedia says, the breath is one of the few bodily functions controlled both consciously and unconsciously. RE: Function of the breath - unity100 - 12-10-2010 (12-10-2010, 08:49 PM)jivatman Wrote:Quote:i dont think its right to call downflowing energies energy of the adept. its the emanations that are flowing in from everywhere within creation that bit you have quoted doesnt name in-pouring energies as energies of the adept. it speaks of a calling of the adept, which may be likened to nerve and muscle actions over which the mind/body/spirit complex has conscious control. these energies are not named as conscious or unconscious (or, in conscious control or not) by the quotes you are given. these are just energies. the the attractor of the energy is entity and its consciousness. then, since the intersection point of the downpouring and upflowing energies determines an entity's (at that point, probably significator, since an entity which is spiritually apt, but hampered in mind or body for any reason in incarnation may not be able to go up to high chakras) active manifestation point. spirit, is the existing entity, mind, is a construct of spirit, and body is a creation of mind. and the manifesting, resulting entity, the significator is the thing which creates and manipulates this energy action according to the point the up and down meet. thus, i would say that there is no relevance regarding consciousness about/of the upflowing or downpouring energies - they are just energies. but, the consciousness of the entity acting at the intersection point, determines what happens. in another note, if you remember the matter about the catalysts, it is said that <i>when accepted</i> the catalyst enters from the bottom chakra, and goes up. this accepted situation is curious, meaning that, a catalyst may be accepted or rejected. since the entry happens from the bottom chakra, it means that the entity has control over the aspects of that certain chakra -> it shouldnt be unconscious. RE: Function of the breath - Aaron - 12-10-2010 Interesting insights!! jivatman Wrote:The inbreath is the analagous to the unconscious portion, and the pulling into the body the energy from the cosmos. Wouldn't the in breath, where air spirals downwards, represent the conscious, and visa versa? Earlier in the post you quoted Ra as saying: "The most important concept to grasp about the energy field is that the lower or negative pole will draw the universal energy into itself from the cosmos. Therefrom it will move upward to be met and reacted to by the positive spiraling energy moving downward from within." RE: Function of the breath - jivatman - 12-10-2010 Quote:that bit you have quoted doesnt name in-pouring energies as energies of the adept. it speaks of a calling of the adept, which may be likened to nerve and muscle actions over which the mind/body/spirit complex has conscious control. Here is the portion of quote of interest: Quote:The action of the upward spiraling light drawn by the will to meet the inner light of the One Infinite Creator IT has already been stated that the upward light comes from the cosmos in macrocosm. Here, the inner light meets it. Light, or light/love, is one of two forms of energy, the other, love or love/light. The downward force is also described as spiritual gravity. Quote:29.16 Questioner: Can you tell me how the gravity comes about? This makes sense, as the downward, gravitational force is the creator in microcosm. When it is sufficient to create a black hole, one, once again, returns to the great macrocosmic creator. RE: Function of the breath - unity100 - 12-10-2010 (12-10-2010, 09:40 PM)jivatman Wrote: Here is the portion of quote of interest:Quote:The action of the upward spiraling light drawn by the will to meet the inner light of the One Infinite Creator but it doesnt imply any kind of control. it, at most, can imply focus, spiritual power, or energy activity, because the will draws the upward spiraling light. RE: Function of the breath - yossarian - 12-12-2010 Love seems to go up, and light seems to come down. Love being the calling of the entity, the will, while light being the intelligent infinity or something. When I get a catalyst it definitely goes from bottom to top. But usually when I see and feel light it seems to come top down. Love for me is usually bottom up. Not really sure what all this means but throwing in my 2 cents. RE: Function of the breath - Nabil Naser - 12-12-2010 I am certain that controlled breathing is essential to meditation. It is only when the breathing is balanced within a relaxed body, that one can begin to experience the amazing hidden reality. you have made a good observation, that is worth studying further. Perhaps if we work on controlling our breathing while visualizing our own energy spiraling inwards with each breath, balancing an upward energy, we may be able to experience something new. I will try it tonight. (12-10-2010, 07:59 PM)jivatman Wrote: In any case, with proper use of breath one can begin to unify the conscious and unconscious. RE: Function of the breath - Ali Quadir - 12-12-2010 Breathing right obviously helps relaxing the body. Breathing consciously from what I've learned in various esoteric traditions is seen as a key to awaken a higher understanding. By breathing consciously we infuse our unconscious self with consciousness. And thus give us access to knowledge we did not have access to before. I don't think we necessarily need all the visualizations. In my opinion they can distract us from our breathing. A visualization is just a mental model in the end. Breath directs consciousness. |