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Prāna, Prāņavāyu and Prānāyāma--the trinity comprising vital energy, oxygen and proper breathing are linked together. Without Prānāyāma, there will not be adequate intake of oxygen and without proper oxygenation there will not be efficient production of vital energy. Prānāyāma is the supreme process to fully understand the usefulness of respiratory faculty. Modern science has fully endorsed what was averred by the ancient masters of Yoga philosophy in this regard.
We started with prāna, took prāņavāyu in our stride and reached prānāyāma. Now let us reverse the process and begin with prāņāyāma If practice of complete breathing is regular and scientific, inhalation of oxygen will be proper and adequate. While learning the technique of scientific complete breathing, one automatically comes to know about oxygen and the exchange of gases in thr, lungs. And when enough oxygen is carried by the bloodstream to the tissues, internal breathing will be active and production of energy will be efficient. Controlled canalisation of vital energy can produce miraculous feats. This is because the vital body is intimately associated with electrical body (taijasa sarira). Thus vital body possesses most wonderful potential which could be brought to action by controlled breathing.
All the centres for generating vital energy are controlled by our brain. Stream of vital energy can flow in two separate directions : one would be an external route and the other an internal one. When the flow is in the external route, it animates our vital organs. Our normal strength is produced in this way and there is nothing extra-ordinary about it. The stream of vitality activates all centres and our normal life is carried on without difficulty. But when we change the direction of the stream of vital energy, that is, allow it to flow by internal route instead of the external one, different and extraordinary powers are generated.
Ohject of Perception
Our aim is to awaken the supine consciousness and to activate the streams of mental peace. We desire to be acquainted with the deeper levels of consciousness. If we want to reach the subtle levels of consciousness, we should first be fully aware of the gross ones.
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| SR No. | 006558 |
| Book Title | Preksha Dhyana Perception of Breathing |
| Original Sutra Author | N/A |
| Author | Mahapragna Acharya |
| Publisher | Jain Vishva Bharati |
| Publication Year | 1994 |
| Total Pages | 50 |
| Language | English |
| Classification | Book_English & Yoga |
| File Size | 2 MB |