One Inhalation

One breath is a deeper revelation than the Bible, the Qur'an, and all the Vedas.

Savor every inch of this inhalation, from the bottom of your belly to the space above your crown, and you will possess incalculable abundance. Your breath is the river of wonder that leads to the ocean of God.

In truth, every inspired scripture came from the silence where your inhalation arises. Can you be so present that the supreme adventure is your next breath?

To delight in this breath is the end of war. To be grateful for the wealth of this breath is the end of craving and blind consumerism. When you are truly awake, just to breathe is the purest form of worship. Every conscious breath brings peace on earth.

A breath is given, not taken. Rest in this revelation and be grateful. Just noticing this turns breathing into Grace.

Let this breath free you from images and thoughts in the mind, which are of the past and future. Only people who are present can be response-able.

In Presence there is neither left nor right, liberal or conservative, Christian or Muslim. There is simply listening, and response.

Your breath is the Om-coming of sustainable economics. "Economy" comes from the Greek words "ecos" (home) and "nomos" (law). "Eco-nomy" means government of the home. When we feel completely at home in this breath, what can we crave? How can we harm another? When we descend into the heart by means of this breath, where is the angry restless mind?

Merged in the sacred space between exhalation and inhalation, the mind is governed by the heart. And when the whole community practices this art of heart-centered breathing, society will be spontaneously ordered, simplified, efficient, and just.

Astonished by a breath, your needs are few. When your needs are few, you exploit no one. You can walk gently, tasting the green grass with your bare feet, discovering the miracle of the smallest bud, the riches of a pebble.

This Sabbath morning, why not let the unconscious miracle of breathing become conscious, and awaken Adam from the dust?

Let your breath thread your back to the source of creation. In Hebrew, "adamah" means dust. The Biblical story is full of puns, and these puns contain the secrets of Yoga. Creator breathes divine breath, "nafesh," into the dust-body of Adam. But this word also means "living soul." Breath turns dust into soul.