The Cure for All Ills

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posted by Annie B. Bond Jul 16, 2004 12:28 am

By Annie B. Bond

The element of air has been related to spiritual practice for millennia, perhaps because when our lungs breathe air, the oxygenated blood goes to our hearts. And from there, air goes deep inside to our deepest essence.

There is an air-based healing meditation practice that goes to this deepest essence. Guatama Buddha discovered it as a key to healing and wholeness 2500 years ago. Find out more about it here:

The great Buddhist breathing meditation is known as Vipassana meditation. In a Vipassana meditation, a person focuses on the breath, paying attention to it as it goes in and out of your body. While the mind presents thoughts and distractions, you keep coming back to focus on the breath. Gautama Buddha felt that this meditation would cure all ills.

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Nikolas Karman says
Jun 27, 2009 4:34 AM

who cares what its called its the process that important and in fact im sure budda called it whatever was understandable to those around him not like some Indian guru who invents words to make himself look so important and knowledgeable. India has more Gurus to the square mile than any other place yet its the worst place on earth when it comes to seeing the human race coexist in love and harmony. Annie you need to also point out that to achieve anything well in life we have to live according to the 7 laws of nature and point these out to people as these laws are what is known as the truth. Budda taught these laws but we only see highly modified extracts of them and this is why people are failing to become enlightened.

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Richard R. says
Apr 9, 2009 2:42 AM

This is not Vipassana meditation. This is Anapanassati. Vipassana observes the thoughts coming and going, not the breath.

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