You do not have any other duties or responsibilities – no study, no work, no family. Your only task is to breathe and count, and you are going to perform this task to the absolute pinnacle of your capacity.
Your breath is everything. Your breath is your life, your source, your nourishment, your breath is your most intimate friend, your favourite hobby, your art, your song, your child, your creation.
Some people express themselves through painting, poetry or music: you are an artist of the breath. Each breath is a new poem, a new song, a new painting; into each breath, pour all your heart’s love, your joy, your creative ingenuity. Strive to make each breath something absolutely perfect, and then make each next breath, more perfect.
You do not even have a name, or a form: you are a being who breathes. That is all you need, that is all you want. To breathe and to count is the sum of your happiness. You are full, you are complete, for you have your breath, you are your breath.
Feel inside yourself: “I’m so grateful to have this rare opportunity to spend time alone with that force which has given me life, that force which sustains me, that force which loves me more than anything, which sacrifices itself for me, my breath. In silent solitude I honour my breath, I respect, I give it my attention, my concern, my love, and above all, my gratitude. I’m so grateful to my breath, for all that it has given me, for through my breath I am able to experience life, I’m able to experience the world, all its beauty, all its colour, its vibrancy, its splendour, its love, its joy, its intimacy, its perfection – all thanks to my breath.”