Breath of Heaven

I am convinced one of our created problems we have as a society is we don't know how to breathe . We are constantly bombarded by the junk we put in our bodies , stresses of living , notice I didn't say life , the pollutants we take in to our lungs whether chemicals and particulate matter or second hand smoke . Yet , we don't know how to breathe . Breathing is simply a gift of the Divine given to us to clear our minds and bodies of unwanted junk . How do we rid our lungs of unwanted junk ? Easy . Breathe . You can do Divine breathing standing up , lying down , or walking . Start by breathing deeply but do so sucking in your stomach , fill your lungs slowly and then purse your lips and let it out allowing your stomach to relax out as you exhale . Repeat this process ten times and do it several times a day . Start with a morning breathing session and end the day with the same . It also helps to concentrate on a fixed object or use an Om which can be a hum or really any utterance or none at all . Clear your mind by placing your thoughts in what I like to call the "out basket" . Affirm them , then , as you exhale allow those thoughts to escape into the air visualizing them floating away into space . Remember God breathed life into us and gave us this wonderful gift of breath . I like to call it the breath of Heaven . On a recent walk the early morning was giving way to storms coming in from The Gulf . I was about to take my usual route around a large lake I love . Approaching the lake I pass through an over hanging oak hammock which creates a tunnel . As I made my way through this oak tunnel I could see the rain was pounding the lake surface hitting the surface with a force great enough to make it look as though the drops were shooting backwards to the air above . Remarkably , although I was a mere 50 yards or so from the lake it was not even raining in the oak tunnel yet . I continued and exited the oak overhang and entered the rain passing into it as if it were a curtain . Right before I entered the rain wall I stopped and began to breathe . Deep were my breaths , pulling in The Divine rain cooled air . I placed myself in a trance like state , stepped forward and entered the rain wall . By the time I walked to the other side of the lake , about three quarters of a mile the rain had stopped . I looked back . Rain was still falling over the lake and what a sight it was .