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Our atmosphere is a very thin, delicate film blanketing the surface of our planet. And from this thin, fragile film of atmosphere not only all the people, but all the animals, the birds, plants and trees, all are breathing their breaths, all are drawing their oxygen, their life-force. We are all together, one life, one living being breathing the same air, drinking the same water, basking in the same sunlight. We cannot separate ourselves from all other life forms – for we cannot separate ourselves from our own breath.
Now please imagine that the whole universe is inside your heart, and there in its very centre, sits our planet, our earth-home. This beautiful blue globe is slowly revolving in space in the silent depths of your being. Because the world is inside your heart, you are responsible for the world, it is in your care – so call forth all your heart’s love, protective concern and nurturing goodwill, as you would if you were given the care of an adorable, beautiful, innocent child.
The breath you are breathing is entering into the very heart, the very core of the planet inside your heart. With your breath you are nurturing and nourishing the world itself. As you breathe in, all the people, all the animals, the plants, the trees, the birds and the insects, all are breathing in together. And as you breathe out, all the people, the animals, the plants, the insects, the birds and the trees exhale as one.
Your breath is flowing into and becoming the life-breath, sustaining the life of all living beings.
You are breathing on behalf of life itself. So your every breath is supremely significant, for if you would stop breathing, all life on earth would cease.
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