what is pranayam ?

[Guest guest]

To My Dear Spiritual Companions & Jay, Quote:- Please tell more about Pranayam

Is it basically breath-control What is the importance of Pranayaam for a

sadhak?

I will Quote Swami Vivekanand on this to avoid any misunderstanding:-

pranayam is not as many think something about breath,breath indeed has very

little to do with it,Breathing is only one of the many exercises through which

we get to the real pranayam.pranayam means control of prana.the some total of

all the forces in the universe,mental or physical when resolved back to their

original state is called prana.the knowledge & control of this prana is really

what is meant by prana.This opens the door to almost unlimited power.The prana

is the vital force in every being.Thought is the finest & the highest action of

prana.Thus the most obvious manifestation of this prana in the human body is the

motion of the lungs.To reach the subtle prana we must take the help of grosser &

so slowly travel towards the most subtle until we gain our point.Pranayama

really means controlling this motion of the lungs & this motion is associated

with the breath.Not that breath is producing it,on the contrary it is producing

breath.The prana is moving the lungs.the movement of the lungs draw in the

air.So pranayama is not breathing but controlling that muscular power which

moves the lungs.That muscular power which goes through the nerves to the

muscles & from them to the lungs making them move in a certain manner,is the

prana which everybody among us have to control by the practice of pranayama.

It requires hard practice every day & series of pranayam has to be done to

control prana.Spiritualism is the manifestation of pranayam.

 

Thanks.

Rohit.

[Guest guest]

Thanks for the authoritative reply quoting vivekanandji

Do come back with more stuff on this thank you

 

 

 

"S.A." <sunnyan (AT) now-india (DOT) net.in> wrote:

To My Dear Spiritual Companions & Jay, Quote:- Please tell more about Pranayam

Is it basically breath-control What is the importance of Pranayaam for a

sadhak?

I will Quote Swami Vivekanand on this to avoid any misunderstanding:-

pranayam is not as many think something about breath,breath indeed has very

little to do with it,Breathing is only one of the many exercises through which

we get to the real pranayam.pranayam means control of prana.the some total of

all the forces in the universe,mental or physical when resolved back to their

original state is called prana.the knowledge & control of this prana is really

what is meant by prana.This opens the door to almost unlimited power.The prana

is the vital force in every being.Thought is the finest & the highest action of

prana.Thus the most obvious manifestation of this prana in the human body is the

motion of the lungs.To reach the subtle prana we must take the help of grosser &

so slowly travel towards the most subtle until we gain our point.Pranayama

really means controlling this motion of the lungs & this motion is associated

with the breath.Not that breath is producing it,on the contrary it is producing

breath.The prana is moving the lungs.the movement of the lungs draw in the

air.So pranayama is not breathing but controlling that muscular power which

moves the lungs.That muscular power which goes through the nerves to the

muscles & from them to the lungs making them move in a certain manner,is the

prana which everybody among us have to control by the practice of pranayama.

It requires hard practice every day & series of pranayam has to be done to

control prana.Spiritualism is the manifestation of pranayam.

 

Thanks.

Rohit.

 

Jay Gurudev

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