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Eric Reiss's avatar

Ok, two things.

1 - That was incredibly beautiful.

2 - Like a wil-'o- the-wisp, you've completely hijacked my attention and train of thought and now I'm lost in the woods, bewildered, blinking, and wondering what happened. That's not all bad, but still.

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Jan Hollerbach's avatar

Ruach also means breath. Imagine. Spirit, wind, breath. The spirit/wind surrounds us, and we breathe it in. It’s external but also internal as long as we are living beings. But there is no real line or boundary to the internal and external. It is all one. You have started me thinking (as you always do). This may be the unconscious reason I find I start prayer with a type of yoga breathing called Ujjayi. The gentle control and deep inflow and outflow of breath helps me both focus on prayer and also sends me somewhere much deeper than my logical state of mind. Now I’m wondering if there is, indeed, much more going on than I realized consciously. Once again, I want to express my gratitude to both you and that other guy named Klaven for the beauty and profundity that springs from your conversations.

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