Murshid Hidayat Inayat-Khan
The Elemental Breath Practice
Given by Murshid Hidayat Inayat-Khan
January 2007, Kansas City, Missouri USA
Play the Audio Recording of Part I - Intro to Breath Practice
Play the Audio Recording of Part II - Elemental Breaths
Play the Audio Recording of Part III - Elemental Breaths
The body is made of five elements, according to the mystical view - earth, water, fire, air and ether. Yet these terms must not be compared with the scientific terms: these are mystical conceptions and they should be understood in a mystical sense. These five elements form the sustenance of the body; at the same time these elements purify the body. (Hazrat Inayat Khan, Sufi Volume 13, Gathas, Everyday Life 1.7, The Five Elements of the Body)
Breath is the medium between the outer life and the inner life.
- By the help of breath the elements necessary for the body can be attracted and by the help of the breath thought and inspiration can be gained.
- By the help of the breath all that is undesirable in the body and mind can be expelled.
- The secret of telepathy, of reading the thought has the science of breath as its mystery.
- When one wishes to draw from within inspiration, breath is the key.
Breath is a life current, its value is known to so few. Breath in itself is a phenomenon, but the phenomenon becomes manifest when once the breath is fully mastered. (Hazrat Inayat Khan, Sufi Volume 13, Gathas, Breath 2.10, Communication Through the Breath)
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