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Pranayama - The Art of Breathing

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Since we've been created we have received the breath of life through our nostrils. We have been inflated with the magic of being and we have been given the lungs and the trachea to be filled with eternal energy of existence. The respiratory system itself is a very specific and incredible that unlike other systems in the body can transfer from involuntary to voluntary function, which means that breathing occurs both subconsciously and consciously.  Therefore, breath is the gateway from our dormant existence into our improved awareness to the microcosm within and improved understanding of the macrocosm.   Pranayama (Sanskrit) is a very profound technique for consciously awakening the breath of balance. The expression "Panayama " itself can be translated into the breath of life, the spirit the, vital force ( Prana - life energy, Ayama - to extend to draw out). The practice originated in India in the fifth to sixth century. The effects of this practice on our we...

Blurred Vision Television

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Why are we as humans so prone to find ways of escaping reality? Within the course of the known history, we have always had the urge to observe, to explore and comprehend the world around us. The only problem is that with this observation we have slowly forgotten that we are part of the creation and have slipped into separation. It has always been easier to "'monitor" everyone and everything else in the presumably external world than to turn the camera inwards and "record" our inner world.  Due to this knowledge, that people are prone to "outrospection", the modern society witnessed the booming of the technological era. It all began in the late nineteenth and early twentieth century when a new form of art was born. Behold the Motion Picture. It is funny how with a simple play of lights such baffling illusions are created. They capture your mind into a box of pixelated images which leave no one at ease. The TV has become a convenient window, that ...