Watching the breath

The breath is the bridge through and into feeling consciousness. Life energy comes into the body through it and returns back into existence. Unlike the mind that deals with things external for the most part, the breath opens the door to all that can be felt, known or experienced as consciousness. It is the key to the path home within through feelings. Just as the mind identifies with thought, the breath is a passage into your being through feelings.

It is known by those who meditate that realizations often accompany the breath. Not only does breathing support the life of the physical body, but it is the carrier of consciousness within the body that is the life within existence itself. It is the doorway within silence where the tide of consciousness rolls onto the beach of our lives and then returns to the greater ocean of our being. It is the passage to the middle ground of our being.

Focusing on the breath bypasses the mind and places you within the body of your conscious feelings. The seed of life lingers here within you, the tide of existence resides here for you.

It is one thing to know that you are breathing and totally another to be aware of your breath. One is an observation and the other is conscious communion with your feelings that extend into life itself. Such a little thing that we take it for granted, but a bigger key to our existence within reality.

The next time that you breathe, stop and feel. It is all there within you waiting to be discovered within. The mind will try and tell you that you are JUST inhaling and exhaling, but your heart will know that the key to the door of life is now in your hands and you can enter at any time to drink from the well of existence.