Devi Tide <devi@sufihealingorder.
org> Subject: Healing E-Class #5 Date: Fri, 14 Oct 2005 07:26:05 -0400
Breath, the Elements and Healing
Beloved Lord, Almighty God, through the rays of the sun, through the waves of the air, through the all pervading life in space, purify and revivify me and I pray, heal my body, heart and soul. Amen
In the teachings of Pir o Murshid Inayat Khan, the elements and the breath of the elements is given precedence. He says:
The twenty breaths of purification is a kind of air ablution which prepares every person going through the spiritual path for every activity which s/he is going to take in daily life, and as necessary as one's everyday ablution. And by this I can promise you, that if you will keep up the prescription of purification regularly and steadfastly, it will become as a guarantee of your health. Besides this it prepares to keep your intuition factor clear, so as to think rightly and to act rightly. Therefore spiritually and physically both, it is the most valuable prescription for you to keep up.
In order to be a healer one must allow ones body, emotions, mind, heart and soul to increase in magnetism/life/light until they overflow. It is the natural overflowing of what Murshid called the love stream or what one might call a healing presence, that makes the healer capable. Pir Zia offered correspondences of the breath and the elements in a table in his booklet The Holy Mysteries of the Five Elements. These correspondences are from Murshids teaching on Metaphysics. In the following practice we will work with these correspondences.
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Breathe in the nose and out the nose in a natural rhythm. Feel your feet.
Breathe in allowing the flow of breath to come up from the center of the earth, bringing new life into your being, healing the skin (feel your fingers and the sense of touch heightened), strengthening and revitalizing the bones, transforming the places of fear. Breathe out feeling the feet, feeling the flow, letting go of that which is ready to go to the earth, feeling strength, steadiness, revitalized motion.
Breathe in the nose and out the mouth in a natural rhythm.
Breathe in feeling the top of your head, your thinking and your heart. Breathe out feeling the flow through your taste, your flesh, your kidneys and bladder.
Breathe in the mouth and out the nose in a natural rhythm.
Breathe in feeling the blood, the sense of smell and the feeling in the center of the body. Dont try to make that feeling anything specific. Allow whatever is there to be held in fire and light. Breathe out feeling the heart. Let yourself realize that somehow this is also affecting the memory.
Breathe in and out the mouth in a natural rhythm.
Breathe in feeling the skin, the appetite, the attitude. Breathe out allowing light and joy to transform your inner space.
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Breathe in and out allowing the breath to breathe itself, a very fine/subtle breath.
Breathe in being aware of your sight, your hair, the passion of your soul. Breathe out allowing peace to emerge into your life.
Now assess how do you feel - what is happening in your mind, your heart, your feelings, your soul your spirit, your body. Feel your feet. Finish with the prayer Nayaz (at top of page).
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