18 min
Prana and Elements Santhi Speaks
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- Superación personal
You have seen by now that elements are the different components of existence. Each element has a pure form as well as an impure, gross form. When the element is pure and subtle it is in the form of energy. The whole manifestation is made of energy. Our body is also composed of similar elements which are called, in Sanskrit, Bhuthas. The five elements - Ether, Air, Fire, Water and Earth - can be either gross or subtle. The grosser element Earth comes to the human system through food; while Water makes its presence felt in its own form; sunlight brings Fire; Air takes the form of wind; and Ether is felt as Akasa or sky. But the pure and subtle form of the elemental energy gets activated in the human system through the movement of pulmonary organs, the lungs, while we breathe. The movement of breath includes both the subtle and gross movements that happen in the body during the process of breathing. Sometimes when we breathe, the breath may not be deep. If the breath is not deep enough, the chances of the breath to provide oxygen for the entire body to release sufficient Prana to support its metabolic activities will be slim. Breathing may remain shallow for hours or even days.
If a person breathes normally for an hour the Earth element will be dominant for 20 minutes; the Water element will be dominant 16 minutes; Fire element for 12 minutes; Air element for 8 minutes; and Ether element for 4 minutes. When the Earth element is dominant, the breath will be deep. When Water element is dominant the movement of the breath will be reaching and concentrating on the genital centre. The movement of the breath will be reaching the navel centre when the Fire element is dominant,. When breath stays in the chest region, the Air element will be dominant. The settling down of the movement of the breath is an indication of the dominance of the Ether element. It is presumed that there is elemental balance when the above proportion is maintained in the breathing process. If this balance is set aside for some reasons, the person is prone to ill health and sickness.
You have seen by now that elements are the different components of existence. Each element has a pure form as well as an impure, gross form. When the element is pure and subtle it is in the form of energy. The whole manifestation is made of energy. Our body is also composed of similar elements which are called, in Sanskrit, Bhuthas. The five elements - Ether, Air, Fire, Water and Earth - can be either gross or subtle. The grosser element Earth comes to the human system through food; while Water makes its presence felt in its own form; sunlight brings Fire; Air takes the form of wind; and Ether is felt as Akasa or sky. But the pure and subtle form of the elemental energy gets activated in the human system through the movement of pulmonary organs, the lungs, while we breathe. The movement of breath includes both the subtle and gross movements that happen in the body during the process of breathing. Sometimes when we breathe, the breath may not be deep. If the breath is not deep enough, the chances of the breath to provide oxygen for the entire body to release sufficient Prana to support its metabolic activities will be slim. Breathing may remain shallow for hours or even days.
If a person breathes normally for an hour the Earth element will be dominant for 20 minutes; the Water element will be dominant 16 minutes; Fire element for 12 minutes; Air element for 8 minutes; and Ether element for 4 minutes. When the Earth element is dominant, the breath will be deep. When Water element is dominant the movement of the breath will be reaching and concentrating on the genital centre. The movement of the breath will be reaching the navel centre when the Fire element is dominant,. When breath stays in the chest region, the Air element will be dominant. The settling down of the movement of the breath is an indication of the dominance of the Ether element. It is presumed that there is elemental balance when the above proportion is maintained in the breathing process. If this balance is set aside for some reasons, the person is prone to ill health and sickness.
18 min