AOM Meditations: 050120

 Let My Spirit Soar by Bev Doolittle

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Conscious Breathing

Be aware of your breathing

Breathing in

Breathing out

Focus attention on the rims of your nostrils

As the air flows through them

Like a swinging door

Breathing in and breathing out

Focus only on the breath

Thoughts and feelings like fish

will swim through your mind

Let them swim on through

Don't judge them

Don't grasp them

Don't push them away

Just let them swim through

Remain focused on your breathing

If you get distracted by thoughts and feelings

And you will

No big deal

Just calmly return your attention back to your breathing

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“When feeling lonely or anxious, most of us have the habit of looking for distractions, which often leads to some form of unwholesome consumption -- whether eating a snack in the absence of hunger, mindlessly surfing the Internet, going on a drive, or reading. Conscious breathing is a good way to nourish body and mind with mindfulness.”

~Thich Nhat Hanh

(Silence: The Power of Quiet in a World Full of Noise)

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"Observe your own body. It breathes. You breathe when you are asleep, when you are no longer conscious of your own ideas of self-identity. Who, then, is breathing? The collection of information that you mistakenly think it’s you is not the main protagonist in this drama called the breath. In fact, you are not breathing; breath is naturally happening to you. You can purposely end your own life, but you cannot purposely keep your own life going. The expression, “My life” is actually an oxymoron, a result of ignorance and mistaken assumption. You don’t posses life; life expresses itself through you. Your body is a flower that life let bloom, a phenomenon created by life.”

~Ilchi Lee

(The Twelve Enlightenments)

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“When you own your breath, 

nobody can steal your peace.” 

~ Author Unknown

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“Focusing on the act of breathing 

clears the mind of all daily distractions 

and clears our energy 

enabling us to better connect with the spirit.” 

~ Author Unknown