DEEP BREATHING ENNOBLES THE EMOTIONS

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DEEP BREATHING ENNOBLES THE EMOTIONS

 

When a man loses his hope, his faith, becomes doubtful and is heartbroken, he should take several deep breaths, which will uplift his spirit. Naturally it is expected that he will concentrate while doing this exercise. When he is agitated, angry and apathetic, if he takes several deep breaths, all these negative states will disappear. A man who begins to breathe correctly, begins to become peaceful. This is because all the physical functions of his organism are correct and in addition, deep breathing brings harmony, strength and a musical condition into his psychic life. With deep, correct and rhythmical breathing a man not only develops his mental abilities, but he gains a certain softness, tenderness arid becomes magnetic and very cordial in his relationship toward others. In this way he liberates himself from apathy. Here is what the Master spoke of regarding this:

 

Many people complain of indisposition of the spirit. They look for the cause of this state, but will not find it. The indisposition is in themselves - in the stomach, the lungs or the brain, which is not working correctly. If they improve the condition of their stomach, brain and respiratory systems, immediately all their indisposition will disappear. It is noticeable that people who have some defect in their breathing system are nervous, agitated, short-tempered and irritable, and the smallest cause will put them in an imbalanced state. With correct breathing the nervous system is reinforced. Every nervousness disappears.

 

Here is one very easy method for those who are nervous and irritable. The Master says:

 

A man could gain a good disposition from the air inhaled through his nose. Through breathing we could oblige our brain to think and our heart to feel correctly and our stomach to work normally. There are many people who become nervous and don't think properly. Why? They don't breath correctly.

 

Here is another method which could be successfully applied. When somebody is insulted, when he is provoked, he could bring the other person out of his unbalanced state by breathing deeply. To the extent to which he loses his self-control he needs to do deep breathing. You will have great results. You will be calm, be able to control your nerves and feel a flow of new strength. Every time you lose control and are out of balance you become weak.

 

The lungs are connected with man's feelings; there is interplay between them. The emotions influence the breathing and naturally influence the lungs. Conversely, the lungs have an influence on the emotions. Good feelings depend on this - how your breathing system is built. If your lungs are well developed, you will have a good disposition in general, and vice versa.

 

When someone has an unexpected setback in his feelings, for example, losing a loved one, or some other crisis in his life, this could really influence his breathing and his whole respiratory function. If these negative feelings are not transformed, they could destroy the lungs.

 

This is one of the causes of tuberculosis. When the causes of tuberculosis are the emotions of man, then man can cure himself through bringing harmony into his feelings, raising them, ennobling them and at the same time breathing deeply. In this case deep breathing has a double action. On the one hand it will reinforce the lungs and on the other hand it will transform the negative feelings, bringing harmony among them and the causes of the disharmony will be alleviated. Deep breathing has a great influence over the feelings, and correct breathing will bring warmth and vitality to them.