The breath

Breath is the carrier of consciousness from the infinite to the finite. It is symbolic and also a practical reality within consciousness. It is a bridge and a doorway through which being comes and goes.

The deeper one goes into the breath, the deeper the separation from the mind and the clearer in consciousness becomes your awareness. Identification is dropped with the outside and the inner reality is revealed to you. Your true nature begins to emerge. That which is known is known by you as an element of being, your being. The seeker and the sought have become one in consciousness.

It is not the thinking of the breath that reveals these things, but the feeling of it and the awareness into it that reveals the essence behind it. Your mind can recognize that you are breathing, but it cannot identify with what is in the breath. It has to be felt and made aware of or revealed as the mind loses its control over your identity and attention. You fade from the mind into the breath through your attention to it and your awareness of it.