But its invisible part, the oxygen – which forms the soul of the lamp and which is what really burns – is not visible.

They are the visible parts of the lamp, they form its body. Neither the oil nor the wick nor the match is so important. It is really oxygen that burns and becomes light. But we don’t see the real thing, the oxygen, which is the vital part of the whole operation. We also see the flame and the light arising from it.

We see the oil in the earthen pot, we see the wick and the match that lights it. But the problem is that we don’t understand clearly how it works, and so the significance of deep breathing is lost on us. The more you hammer the kundalini with your fast and intense breathing, the more quickly it will awaken. The earth happens to be in a very unique and extraordinary state for a full hour after sunrise, and to take advantage of this situation, morning has been chosen all over the world as the finest time for meditation. The reason is that in the morning, even a small breath carries a large amount of oxygen with it. This is why we have always given such great importance to morning meditation. Oxygen is a great help in awakening the kundalini.

You cannot awaken it with the help of carbon dioxide. Therefore, breath plays a great role in the awakening of the kundalini. Then you will clearly experience that they are completely different from each other, although they are two parts of the same being – you. A large quantity of oxygen, which brings awakening and life to you, will create a good distance between your body and soul. And the soul is another part of you that stays fluid and subtle, rare and ethereal it cannot be grasped. Being dead, it has become solid and is therefore visible. If you experience it correctly, you will see that your body is your dead part the body is that part of you which you can see because it is dead. The more you fill your body with oxygen, the faster will be your transition from the body to the soul.

It is for this reason that I teach you this intense and dynamic way of meditation.Īnd oxygen has great significance – it is tremendously precious. They know they cannot do what this man does with perfect ease. But everyone else thinks it is a miracle, because they have a perspective to see it. And now he can lift any grownup buffalo – which looks like a miracle! The man himself does not think of it as a miracle, because he has acquired this capacity slowly over a long period of time. So as the buffalo grew up, slowly his capacity to lift it grew. This man’s farm has many buffaloes, and he started lifting a baby buffalo and continued to lift it daily for a long period of time. I know of a man who can lift a water buffalo easily with his hands.

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