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God in the breathing

The word "spirit" has its etymological root from the Latin "spiritus" which means "breath".

The man is an indivisible unity of body, mind and spirit, and the latter has as its physical basis the breathing.

Breathing is a "wind" or "breath of life" that God breathed into man's nostrils at Creation (Genesis 2:7 "And the Lord God formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living being.").

Breathing is a divine "wind"  that accompanies the man in his earthly life. In ancient times, the breath and what it carried (the sound, the voice, the word, the name) contained life. In Christianity it is said that God breathed into the clay to generate the man.

The attention to the breath is mostly a reunion with God, a reunion with our physical base that sustains our spiritual life. 

In difficult times, the re-encounter with breathing is a kind of a reunion with God. And when the breath is shallow, careless and fast we can also say that, somehow, so also is our relationship with God. Perhaps because breathing is shallow, careless and fast when we are inattentive and fast surface with our neighbors.

Some ways you can practice meditation on your own, whenever you choose: read and reflect

Many people report that they benefit from reading poems or sacred texts, and taking a few moments to quietly reflect on their meaning. You also can listen to sacred music, spoken words or any music you find relaxing or inspiring.

Some ways you can practice meditation on your own, whenever you choose: engage in prayer

Prayer is the best known and most widely practiced example of meditation. Spoken and written prayers are found in most faith traditions. You can pray using your own words or read prayers written by others.

Meditation on the truth

Honesty that is truly indispensable is self-honesty, which is neither easy nor simple to achieve. Sometimes, we created a storm of self-deception and rationalization, a whirlwind of lies in which the small, quiet voice of self-honesty could not be heard. To become honest with ourselves, we first must stop lying to ourselves. We must become quiet. Then, in the resulting stillness, we must listen for truth. When we become silent, self-honesty will be there for us to find. I will be quiet and still, listening for the voice of truth within myself. I will honor the truth I find.

Slow down the process of perceiving the world that surrounds you in the mind, as if you were watching television in slow motion

With your thoughts and feelings you create and perceive the world that surrounds you. According to what your thoughts are, thus will be your feelings and emotions, your attitude and your actions. This process usually happens rapidly, and you are not usually aware that it is taking place. As this process repeats itself often, it is easy for a set of habits to be created. 

The effort lies in slowing down this process in the mind, as if you were watching television in slow motion. On the screen of your consciousness you can use meditation as a method to slow down this process and be aware of what you are feeling and thinking, how you are acting and being aware of the result that you obtain.

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With eyes of wholeness, act with integrity and kindness

“You might be tempted to avoid the messiness of daily living for the tranquility of stillness and peacefulness. This of course would be an attachment to stillness, and like any strong attachment, it leads to delusion. It arrests development and short-circuits the cultivation of wisdom.”

“Perhaps the most "spiritual" thing any of us can do is simply to look through our own eyes, see with eyes of wholeness, and act with integrity and kindness.”

Jon Kabat-Zinn, Wherever You Go, There You Are: Mindfulness Meditation in Everyday Life

Some ways you can practice meditation on your own, whenever you choose: (1) walk and meditate

Combining a walk with meditation is an efficient and healthy way to relax. You can use this technique anywhere you're walking — in a tranquil forest, on a city sidewalk or at the mall. When you use this method, slow down the pace of walking so that you can focus on each movement of your legs or feet. Don't focus on a particular destination. Concentrate on your legs and feet, repeating action words in your mind such as lifting, moving and placing as you lift each foot, move your leg forward and place your foot on the ground.

Christian Meditation

Meditation is simply sitting attentively, thanking God for all that we discover, breathing, physical sensations, the movements of the mind, the spiritual discoveries...

How should you begin? For small spaces of time and starting with simple things: being with attention to breath for a period of ten seconds, twenty seconds, thirty seconds is a good way to start.

When the thought goes away, grab it again to breath. Then go constantly increasing the time devoted to attention, breath, thank God, the saliva in your mouth, the food we eat, thank God, to odors, even though almost imperceptible, that surround us, the sensations on the skin, starting by the feet, the legs, the trunk, the arms, the head, always slowly, thank God, by the sounds we hear, the silence of a church or our bedroom, with the distant sounds of the hustle of the city or the birds chirping , thank God, we see the beautiful landscapes, the small details, a flower, a bird, a stone, a work of man, thank God...

Attention, meditation, is to be with God.

There are three levels of attention.

On a first level, inattention is almost complete, is when we are almost entirely in the hands of evil.

On the second level, we concern ourselves in "be careful" but is a worldly attention that in which we are focused, the concern is controlling, to pay attention to that "things are not going wrong." In this second level, even when we are concerned about the welfare of others (and not caught up in a purely selfish attention), we are still playing on the ground of evil, sometimes anxious, frustrated elsewhere; although we have some maneuverability (which we have not when we are simply inattentive), we continue to play in the enemy's ground, and it is he who determines most of our actions.

At a third level, we are mindful, simply attentive, attentive to everything and every detail. Without judging. Without worrying. Knowing that everything is in God's hands and that the best way we can help is to be with the utmost attention to everything, especially to the little things, the simple things. As if we were God's eyes, God's ears, the smell of God, the skin of God, the taste of God, the breath of God, the body of God, the thought of God.