THE RHYTHMIC BREATH OF LIFE
THE FOUNTAIN OF YOUTH
“I AM” The Great Fire Breath of God, that breathes through your Lungs, giving you Perfect Life!
(“I AM” Discourses Vol. 4 page 372)
NOTE: ALL BREATHING IS DONE THROUGH THE NOSTRILS
"WHEN YOU ABSORB THE BREATH OF LIFE INTO YOUR NOSTRILS WITH EVERY IN-BREATH WHICH IS GENTLY, RHYTHMICALLY DRAWN INTO YOUR BODY, YOU ARE DRAWING THE VERY LIFE ESSENCE OF THE UNIVERSE TO BLESS YOU.
WHILE YOU ARE HOLDING THAT BREATH WITHIN YOUR BODY, YOU CAN COME TO A POINT WHEREIN AND WHEREBY YOU CAN DIRECT THAT BREATH WHILE IT IS STILL WITHIN YOUR BODY TO ANY PORTION THEREOF THAT SEEMS TO REQUIRE HELP AND ASSISTANCE;
THEN AS YOU BEGIN TO EXPAND THAT CONSECRATED BREATH, IT FLOWS FROM THE PORES OF YOUR BODY INTO THE ATMOSPHERE AROUND YOU AND BECOMES PART OF YOUR BEAUTIFUL AURA AND THEN WITH THE STRENGTH OF YOUR BREATH YOU CAN PROJECT IT SAFELY FURTHER AND FURTHER AND FURTHER WITHOUT STRAIN. You in-breathe it and absorb it and expand it and project it with the motive of blessing yourselves and others."
(Beloved Lord Kuthumi - BRIDGE TO FREEDOM)
NOTE: The Rhythmic Breathing statements below have been repeated 3 times. (The White Flame of Purity has been included for 6 breaths)
MORE IDEAS TO EXPAND THE SACRED FIRE THROUGH OUR BREATH TO BLESS ALL LIFE (submitted by a beloved chela)
Ascended Lady Master Aries told the students of the Bridge to Freedom :
“The breath is the animating principle of the air element, which enabled you to begin the rhythm of breathing, AND IT WILL SUSTAIN YOU, IN A PHYSICAL FORM, AS LONG AS YOU HAVE A SERVICE TO RENDER HERE.
“YOU HAVE NOT KNOWN, YOU HAVE NOT TOUCHED THE HEM OF THE GARMENT OF POWER, WHICH IS WITHIN YOUR CAPACITY TO DRAW, FROM THE AIR AND THE ETHERS, THE NOURISHMENT, THE SPIRITUAL STIMULUS, THE ETERNAL YOUTH AND BEAUTY, THE VITALITY AND FIRE WHICH AWAITS THE MAGNETIC PULL OF YOUR FREE WILL, AND THE EXPANSION OF ITS QUALITIES THROUGH YOUR PHYSICAL BODY. Those who have even, on the surface, studied the control of the breath, know something of the buoyancy, the vitality, the refreshment that is within it. HOWEVER, FEW THERE ARE, IN THE WESTERN WORLD, WHO HAVE DRAWN FROM THE AIR ELEMENT, THAT SUBSTANCE OF FIRE WHICH IS THE ‘ELIXIR’ FOR WHICH MANKIND HAS SOUGHT, THROUGH THE AGES. By its use, one may regain eternal youth and beauty, indestructible health, strength and energy, transforming the physical body into a translucent form of light!”
BELOVED KUTHUMI’S BREATHING EXERCISES
Excerpt taken from Thomas Printz Private Bulletin Book 1
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THE HOLY BREATH
Deep rhythmic breathing is truly the 'Fountain of Youth'
I AM the Holy Breath in all life… I AM the Flame of Divine Love in the hearts of all humanity... and every breath I take becomes a blessing to assist all sentient life on their journey to enlightenment.
The consciousness of the chela and all unascended is to place the world and all human beings who form the inhabitants of the Planet Earth outside them self. The Consciousness of the I AM is to hold all humanity, the Nature Kingdom, the Earth and the Universe within the Great Silence.
The chela should endeavor to cross that bridge consciously and come to a feeling that all people are inside them self. In so doing, their compassion and understanding will grow, and this ability to Love the discrepancies into harmony will be increased a thousand fold.
In meditation and contemplation, when you draw your deep breath, feel yourself expand like a great balloon until the tip of your circumference fills the Universe, also feel that all life lives in you. Then begin treating the individual parts, and see with what great success harmony can be brought and sustained.
The chela should learn to place them self in a natural state of mind conducive to proper breathing... the establishment of the Cosmic Breath through the lower bodies of the chela is a certain road toward Mastery, and toward Cosmic Service as well.
The shallow breath of the majority of humankind does not create a strong enough vibration to be a controlling influence even of the circle representing the lifestream's sphere of influence, for the breath does not extend much beyond eighteen inches from the body, whereas the sphere of influence of an intensely angry or agitated person can proceed many thousands of feet.
Deep breathing is truly the 'Fountain of Youth'. If you would endeavor time and again during the day to take a few minutes and draw a deep Breath into your body, feeling that you are drawing in the Christ Spirit, the lightness and happiness of the Air, and the light of the Sun, then holding that Breath within your body, feel it course through your nerves, your arteries, your blood, like the Elixir of Life, or the Living Water of the Fountain of Youth, which it truly is, then allowing that Breath to be returned to the Universe with your blessing for the use of it, you would find an ever-present source of strength and comfort and well-being in this exercise.
BELOVED ZOROASTER
Service - The importance of Rhythmic Breathing
Friendship with The Gods – The Bridge to Spiritual Freedom
"I AM" Zoroaster, one of the Divine Beings who has offered the God and Goddess Meru My particular services in bringing the remembrance to the earnest chelas of the importance of Rhythmic Breathing.
Rhythmic Breathing clarifies the four lower bodies of the noxious substance which has been accumulated and lodged in the cells and atoms which make up these vehicles. The more the individual does the Rhythmic Breath, the more efficacious is the action of any spiritual exercise.
The average individual has forgotten the proper use of the Rhythmic Breath which he once knew in the earlier ages. In the Invocation of the Divine Beings who direct the Flames of Transmutation, They send the Sacred Fire through the four lower bodies in a rhythmic manner, thus setting up an action of rhythm in these bodies. When the chela learns, and applies, the Law of the Rhythmic Breath, the transmutation of imperfection will take place in an almost instantaneous manner - the chela then being able to consciously cooperate with the Divine Being or Beings so invoked.
Invoke the remembrance of the correct use of the Rhythmic Breath (which is pulsating in the Causal Body of each chela) which he or she used in previous Golden Ages. In these eras, such a one was a self-luminous being whose locomotion was one of Natural grace and beauty - expressing the Divine Attributes as the Father-Mother God intended. From the tiny blade of grass to the most perfected Being on Earth, the rhythm of the Cosmos was channeled without interference for there was no discord of any kind.
In these cycles the Cosmic Tone of the planet Earth played its perfect part in the over-all Symphony of this Solar System. The Manu of each cycle strikes the keynote for that entire two-thousand year period, and all the life belonging to His Root Race and sub-races is supposed to contribute to the Symphony which He directs. The Seven Manus designed Their keynotes to blend one with the other so that the final crescendo for the planet Earth would resound in Victory when Lord Saithrhu and His Children inhabited the Earth.
For Breathing
The"I AM Discourses. Discourse XI, pg 131:
Beloved Saint Germain says:
" The students who have intermittent physical disturbance in the body should take the consciousness often:
" I AM the perfectly controlled breath of my body," and should, in connection with this, feel themselves, as often as they can, breathing in that rhythmic breath. This will bring about a certain balance of breathing which is immensely helpful in the control of the thought.
" I AM the balancing- breath" will do a great deal more for them than the use of many breath exercises without the aid of an Ascended Master.
Take the consciousness often:" I AM the balancing- breath." This sets into motion the Inner Activity that maintains the outer Perfection.
..Think when breathing: "I AM the Perfect Energy of every breath I breathe. I AM the pure atmosphere of my world."
The study of THE RHYTHMIC BREATH IS ESSENTIAL TO BALANCE in every chela, particularly at this time.
Beloved Maha Chohan December 4, 1960- Bulletin Book 2
Beloved Ones Seeking the Path Home:
“Breath is the primal motion which sets into action the emotional, mental, etheric and physical vehicles of all who live upon the Earth-plane, who have lived there in the past, or who will live upon the Earth in the future. Therefore, study of THE RHYTHMIC BREATH IS ESSENTIAL TO BALANCE in every chela, particularly at this time. The rhythm of peoples' vehicles is determined by the depth and vital use of breath. In golden ages, all peoples walked lightly and all services were performed easily because the inhabitants of each age were taught from infancy the right use of the rhythmic breath.
To secure undisturbed peace, poise and balance the rhythm of the four lower vehicles must become permanently established. The chela should daily practice drawing into their bodies the glorious gifts of the breath, allow it to remain within their bodies, filling them with the buoyancy of light, expanding it slowly through their vehicles and then consciously (with a blessing) allow their God-qualified breath to bless their fellowman. By proceeding, following this rhythmic pattern at all times, the chela will find the performance of all his regular tasks in harmony and peace.
Setting up a new pattern of breathing, as any new habit, requires concentrated and continued endeavor upon the part of the chela, because the outer mind (nature) naturally reverts to his previous routine. When the chela is constant in his exercise of rhythmic breathing (I suggest that each such a one start first with a short period, early in the day) and gradually it will become his natural habit, even as the shallow breath (which was artificial in its inception) replaced the deep breath as man fell from grace. To set this living breath into rhythmic motion through a chela and then to experiment with its use in some mundane daily activity, is to couple spiritual training with the reinstatement of the natural state of one's being greatly lessening labor “by the sweat of the brow” and charging into the individual buoyancy, pleasure and spiritual mastery.
This will make the assimilation of the new breathing pattern a happy adventure rather than a strain upon the four lower vehicles, as some dear ones seem to find it to be. As I received from the Lords of Karma permission to give instruction upon the use of the rhythmic breath to the Transmission Flame Groups, I am always delighted to see any student utilize this knowledge to his or her own advantage, as well as becoming contributors to the light of the world. Love and blessings.”
BELOVED EL MORYA SPEAKS ON THE RHYTHMIC BREATH
Now let us consider, for a moment, the question of the heart—whether that of a body or an activity of any kind. Have you thought of it in relation to this whole New Endeavor (the “Bridge to Freedom”) and its effect on the consciousness of the race? You have on one side of the physical heart what is called the “auricles” and on the other side the “ventricles.” The word “auricles” is taken from the Greek word “oracle.” They are the receiving center. The ventricles, on the other hand, push the vital blood and energy through the body. Do you not see, then, how the double action of the heart might be considered one? And the student body, being the HEART of the movement, do you not see why it is necessary that it should function as ONE organ? It is to bring to you a consciousness of this unity—a consciousness of your individual and collective service as ONE UNIT that we come again and again, draw aside the veil of maya, and EXPLAIN, IN AS SIMPLE TERMS AS POSSIBLE, the activities which can give you assistance and, through assistance, greater light.
Turning now to the BREATH, I would like you to understand the power you have in the control of your four lower vehicles through the use of the CONTROLLED BREATH.
I tell you, that in the control of your breath, you can draw the substance of your emotional, mental, etheric, and physical bodies into the Sacred Fire within your heart, sublimate it there and then in the expansion of the flame (the release of the breath), consciously feed each of those four bodies with the divine qualities and virtues contained within the Sacred Fire.
The activity of BREATHING IN the Resurrection Flame from the Temple of Jesus and Mary, which we are honoring tonight, follows exactly the same exercise. Within your heart is the Immortal Threefold Flame of God. Therefore, within your heart is a potential spark of EVERY GOD VIRTUE from EVERY RETREAT and EVERY STAR on this planet, and within interstellar space, and this includes, beloved friends, the POWER OF RESURRECTION. Does your heart possess less power of resurrection than the daffodil or any dormant seed? AS YOU CONSCIOUSLY CONNECT WITH THE FULLY-GATHERED COSMIC MOMENTUM OF THE MANIFESTED POWER OF THE RESURRECTION FLAME, and you breathe it into the flame within your heart, YOU EXPAND THAT RESURRECTION ACTIVITY THROUGH YOUR FOUR LOWER BODIES, giving you a foretaste of life eternal.
I hope that you understand what it is that I am trying to impart to you, and use it for your own good.
The practice of the controlled breath will help you in the control of the life you give to yourself for physical use, for etheric resuscitation of the powers of your being, which you had in the Sun before the world was. It will help you in the resuscitation of the mental memories of your association with the Ascended Masters and Avatars, and you will FEEL THE RESUSCITATION of the joy, buoyancy, happiness, vitality, and perfection of the God-free Beings in their service to love and life. That you experience all this and more is the wish of your friend. Thank you and God bless you. EL MORYA
Bulletin Book 1 - BRIDGE TO FREEDOM pg. 428
THE IMPORTANCE OF RHYTHM
The Rhythm when Practicing is Extremely Important
FROM BELOVED ARCTURUS
Bridge to Freedom – The Seven Mighty Elohim Speak on Precipitation
“My special contribution to the creation of a form is the process of the RHYTHMIC INVOCATION, the constant nourishment of the desired form, which should be shaped with life energy until it is not only manifested in the physical but also symmetrically perfect. The permanence of the RHYTHM gives the shape to be manifested its symmetry. RHYTHM AND CONSTANCY OF THE INVOCATION ARE ABSOLUTELY REQUIRED TO COMPLETE THE OUTSIDE MANIFESTATION OF YOUR DESIRE. If you observe nature, you will easily recognize the absolute RHYTHM with which all creations take place - Sun rising and setting, the coming and going of the tides, the recurring seasons - all in absolute and perfect RHYTHM. Humankind pays fairly regular attention to what leads to physical well-being, but in the most important of all its actions - the spiritual - the RHYTHM is consistently forgotten.
RESPECT FOR THE LAW OF RHYTHM PROVIDES HARMONY AND SUCCESS IN OUR LIVES
Elohim Arcturus told us:
“In the early Golden Ages, beloved ones, when the Archangels and the Ascended Masters just naturally walked and talked with unascended mankind, the magnificent perfection which was drawn forth, by the power of INVOCATION, was brought about as a result of the understanding of the necessity for RHYTHM OF INVOCATION and application. This was necessary in order to have a constancy of outflow of the energy from above. This constancy of the release of perfection, called forth from the Godhead, made it possible for the atmosphere of Earth to be kept completely free of disease, disintegration and all manner of human shadow.”
Say to your Beloved Immortal Three-Fold Flame within your heart before each session of breath-work:
“BELOVED IMMORTAL THREE-FOLD FLAME OF TRUTH WITHIN MY HEART ……EXPAND! EXPAND! EXPAND! AND DO THY COSMIC WORK!”
(PINK ON THE RIGHT, YELLOW IN THE MIDDLE AND BLUE ON THE LEFT - EXPAND THESE FLAMES IN YOUR VISUALIZATIONS TO ENVELOPE YOUR ENTIRE 4 EARTHLY BODIES)
AND ALWAYS CALL TO AN ASCENDED MASTER OF YOUR CHOICE TO ASSIST WITH THE EFFICACY OF YOUR BREATH-WORK. Send deep Love and Gratitude for this.