Re: Another question - step one breathing

["David Yeh" <ldreamr@...>]

Hi Allen,

That kind of confuses me, because in Rawn's Commentary he says that 
this exercise is not pranayama and not about etheric energy ... I 
have no doubt that breathing exercises can cultivate this but my 
understanding is that the Step One exercise is not about that.

Overall, I think I am having problems setting aside resistance to 
replacing qualities in myself. If I try to inhale peace, I find that 
a part of me is attached to staying the way I am. I think some of 
the problem may be in the way I am conceptualizing the exercise; I 
feel like when I project my desire outward, I am leaving myself 
deficient of that energy, so that projecting it out and breathing it 
back in becomes a limited cycle. The core of it is that at some 
level I can't let go of my fears and my attachment to my negative 
trait.

Any suggestions on this?


Thanks,
David

--- In BardonPraxis@yahoogroups.com, Allen Kray <sourceport@y...> 
wrote:
> Hi David,
> 
> Conscious Breathing is used by manipulating prana by
> way of the akasha. What happens is that you impregnate
> a small portion of that prana and then allow into to
> pass into your physical, astral, and mental bodies. 
> 
> If you dig deeper into the practice of pranayama,
> you'll be doing yourself a big favor. Pranayama is
> much more than a few healthy breathing exercises if
> done correctly. It can be an extremely powerful boost
> to magical exercises and is very magical in itself.
> 
> Start by reading the Science of Breath. I believe Rawn
> Clark put the .pdf under the files.
> 
> Don't take exercises like Conscious Breathing lightly.
> Don't take my word for it - dig a bit deeper and you
> will see exactly what I mean. Many people report after
> some pranayama practice they begin to actually see the
> prana in the ether (this was even in someone's post
> recently). Working with ideas and prana is certainly
> very different than just letting it remain inside you.
> There are many secrets to breathing. :-)
> 
> Sincerely,
> Allen Kray
> 
> 
> --- David Yeh <ldreamr@y...> wrote:
> > I'm not sure my conceptualization of this exercise
> > is correct, so I'd 
> > like to ask for some feedback ... To my
> > understanding, first you 
> > imagine your wish so strongly that it is as if it
> > were real. Then 
> > you invest it in the air around you, and finally you
> > breathe in the 
> > air and let the ideation flow through you.
> > 
> > My confusion is that, in this conceptualization, it
> > seems like you 
> > are starting with a feeling inside you, projecting
> > it outward, and 
> > bringing it back in. Why isn't it more efficient to
> > just let it 
> > remain inside you, instead of putting it in the air?
> > 
> > 
> > David
> >