With consistent practice, you will begin to feel detached from the "doer" in your activities. This realization deepens your focus and paves the way for success in your endeavors. At the same time, it elevates the quality of your meditation, allowing you to reach higher states of awareness effortlessly.
Through this practice, you embark on a journey of profound self-discovery, transcending the limitations of the mind to encounter the infinite and timeless truth of your being.
In stillness, the body becomes perfectly stable, and this stability leads effortlessly to meditation. The pause between breaths at the navel center holds immense spiritual significance. By remaining aware of this middle state, all thoughts dissolve. The body achieves stillness, and consequently, the mind becomes serene.
Lord Shiva seeks to reveal to Shakti in this sutra that before the breath reverses—when inhalation transforms into exhalation and vice versa—a moment of void or emptiness occurs. This void is a profound stillness, a gap that cannot be seen or felt through the ordinary senses.
Our lives rest upon the rhythm of breath. When your awareness is centered on the breath, you dwell fully in the present moment. Breathing in is akin to drawing in life force, while breathing out symbolizes the release of it.
Spiritual teachings and psychology both suggest that overuse of physical energy for sensory input can prevent us from achieving what we truly desire in life. This method aims to halt the outward flow of energy, redirecting it inward.