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7 Ways to Keep Your Prana
Prana is present in every mental and physical event; it flows from spirit, or pure awareness, to bring intelligence and consciousness to every aspect of life. The critical importance of life energy has been recognized in many cultural traditions; the Chinese know it as Chi and control its flow through acupuncture, meditation, and specialized exercises such as tai chi. Other names for the breath of life appear in Sufism, mystic Christianity, and the teachings of ancient Egypt. What is universally agreed on is that the more Prana you have, the more vital your mental and bodily processes.
Depleted Prana is directly linked to gaining and death. Nothing can remain alive when Prana is absent, because Prana is intelligence and consciousness, the two vital ingredients that animate physical matter.
In India the body is perceived first as a product of consciousness and only secondarily as a material object. Conserving Prana is considered extremely important.
Thus, a healthy life, as measured by the conservation of Prana, demands the following:
• Fresh food.
• Pure water and air.
• Sunlight.
• Moderate exercise.
• Balanced, refined breath.
• Non-violent behavior and a reverence for life.
• Loving, positive emotions; free expression of emotion.
Contrast a picnic in the mountains with lunch at a hamburger stand. Freshness indicates the presence of Prana; staleness its absence.
Adapted from The Essential Ageless Body, Timeless Mind, by Deepak Chopra (Harmony Books, 2007).
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add your comment »Agree with Diane. I guess the message is for us that have unlimited access to fresh food " a hamburger stand" and pure water.
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Seems like, in this world, free expression of emotion could be one of the most difficult elements of prana to practice. If people felt freer to express their true selves and emotions, and practice what they truly felt, there would be far less wars and conflicts on this planet
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this sounds very similar to The Life-Saving ZiJiu Method - please view their youTube video for a simple demonstration http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-4877892936618012088&q=&hl=en
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this sounds very similar to The Life-Saving ZiJiu Method - please view their youTube video for a simple demonstration http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-4877892936618012088&q=&hl=en
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