Be grateful for every breath.
Samantha Graham wrote to me today because I was down about the death last week and funeral tomorrow of a loved one, and how grateful I am to be alive. Sam texted:
Be grateful for every breath you take!
The yogic breath ... when you breathe in through your nose and out through your mouth ... in Sanskrit is 'ham sa' ... which literally means 'that I am' ...
Breathe deeply, with cleansing, soothing breaths...
When I say "that I am", I hear "be here now"...
Sam continued:
In Sanskrit the meaning of Om is avati or raksati. It is used as a symbol that must be revisited to be learned.
Raksati means 'one who protects, sustains'.
Om is the name of the lord who is everything.
How do we connect with everything? We'll see.
Meditate...
By the way, this is the first posterous post I've composed entirely on the Sprint Evo phone. I wrote it sitting on a porch in southwestern Virginia where cell coverage is roamy but 3G coverage is decent! Thank you Sprint Evo. That it is. Beautiful.
