The Transparent Mind: A Journey with Krishnamurti by Ingram Smith

Author:Ingram Smith
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi, pdf
Publisher: Edwin House Publishing, Inc.
Published: 2014-10-09T16:00:00+00:00

A BREATH OF LIFE

The following morning I was walking on the beach at Newport, when a flock of gulls swept down over the Pacific, glided onto the sand, and with a few quick running steps, each came to rest. I happened to notice one bird breathing, and suddenly I rediscovered that every sentient creature on Earth breathes; that while they breathe, they live—reptiles, birds, animals, mammals, whales, insects, human beings—and when they stop they die.

I became aware of my own breathing, the incoming, life-giving air entering through two nostrils, between two eyes, and into two lungs, enlivening the whole body/brain/being—the dual interflow of breath that sustains all creatures.

Air is invisible and empty and cannot be grasped, seen, heard, smelled or tasted. It is the primal essence of life on Earth in its pre-form state, unmanifest energy. Standing anywhere on Earth in the global atmosphere, it is unmanifested Heaven that we are inhaling. This invisible essence is not only in the sky, but is right down here, wherever we are. You don’t have to go anywhere or do anything to get it. We are all eternally in it. Heaven on Earth. We have never been out of it. Not only does it surround us, it is in us. With every breath we take we are participants in creation.

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