Yoga is an ancient vedic science of consciousness aimed at training the human body, mind and spirit for a state of perfect spiritual insight and emotional tranquility. The yogic discipline is composed of various exercises practiced and refined for millennia by Indian maharishis and yogis including breath control, meditation, stretching, seated postures, standing postures, and isometric locks. The benefits of regular yoga practice are wide and varied: it relieves stress, general body aches, pains, anxiety and depression, increases stamina, lung capacity, core strength, mindfulness, mental clarity and focus, improves posture, poise and patience, promotes longevity and cellular regeneration, boosts energy levels, elevates moods, releases happiness endorphins, improves digestion, assimilation, and elimination, aids in deeper sleep and elicits the relaxation response.
My mother has been a student of Yoga for as long as I can remember and following her example 12 years ago I began studying and practicing several disciplines including Ashtanga, Hatha, Kundalini and Pranayama. Since then daily Yogic training has become a way of life for me. Every morning I practice pranic breathing meditation then loosen my body with a series of stretches. Most people build up years of "body karma" from constant physical stress, bad posture, and sedentariness. Introducing regular Yoga practice helps improve posture, builds muscle, reduces fat, stretches your ligaments/tendons and relieves years of built up physical stress and body karma. If you're interested in learning Yoga please visit BangkokWingChun.com and contact me at ericdubay@hotmail.com
Upon finishing my latest book Spiritual Science, my good friend and loyal reader Matt gave me one of my favorite reviews. He said, "In my opinion it's the best metaphysical book on the market, better than the Bible." Now depending on who you ask, that statement is either a blasphemous impossibility or not even a compliment, but coming from a fellow gnostic yogi I knew he meant it as high praise. Having put nearly three years of my life into compiling and writing this esoteric encyclopedia of modern spirituality, it is my greatest wish for it to be read by as many people as possible. I truly believe the knowledge and wisdom condensed and consolidated between it's bindings can awaken anyone to their inner latent spirituality:
My first and second books Asbestos Head and Atlantean Conspiracy which I've always given away free have now been downloaded by over 500,000 people. Spiritual Science, however, which I charge $20 for has only been downloaded by 50 people. After factoring out many other alternatives and giving my tens of thousands of loyal weekly readers the benefit of the doubt, my team of expert analysts has concluded that the reason Spiritual Science has received so few downloads is that most people don't value my hard work and dedication :( I've hired a separate team of specialists to help console me but unfortunately their consolations don't help pay the rent. If you appreciate and benefit from what you've learned on AtlanteanConspiracy.com please help me out and download a copy today! Thanks so much to everyone who follows my websites and those of you who have helped make my dreams of being a professional writer come true.
Four Dharmic ideals which I constantly strive to embody, embrace and express are Truth, Freedom, Peace, and Love. I think of these four ideals as the immutable pillar stones necessary for an impeccable moral foundation. Morality and Dharma are on the decline in our current age (Kali Yuga) and the only way to change and improve things externally is to change and improve ourselves internally. To manifest the ideals of Truth, Freedom, Peace and Love, first we must stop manifesting Lies, Enslavement, Violence, and Fear.
Lies are broadcast daily from our governments, mainstream media, big pharma, the public education system, pundits, politicians, lawyers, actors, and advertisers all making a living from lying. To take our power back from the liars we must be devoted 100% to honesty and integrity in our own lives. We must make a 24/7 habit of absolute sincerity, standing strong in our truth, striving to express as eloquently and articulately the truth as we know it. We must refuse to believe the lies and help to expose the liars. Refuse the temptation to lie to make our lives easier and never cheat on our spouses / partners because that is a form of lying too. We must refuse the notion that some lies are acceptable because "the truth would hurt" too much. If there is ever to be an actual "Truth Movement" it can only happen through radical, unconditional honesty and integrity.
Slavery is practiced by governments, corporations, banks, private prisons, insurance companies, factory farms, bankers, politicians and lawyers who all make a living from enslavement. To take our power back from the slave drivers we must be 100% free and sovereign in our own lives. We must quit our wage slave jobs, stop paying taxes, stop obeying unlawful legislations, get free of debt, learn self-defense, acquire tangible assets, get off the grid, grow our own food, create our own jobs, become entrepreneurs and freemen on the land, start our own interest-free banks and local currencies. We must completely refuse to be enslaved, refuse to enslave others, and help one another achieve true freedom.
Violence is practiced by governments, corporations, militaries, police forces, private security, prisons, gangsters, mafias, mercenaries, factory farmers and butchers all making a living from violence. To take our power back from the bullies we must be 100% peaceful in our interactions. We must refuse to be employed as a soldiers, police or mercenaries. We must end the animal holocaust. We must stop domestic abuse and practice peaceful parenting. We should never hit, harm or even raise our voices to others, especially our friends and family. All interactions between parents, children, siblings, friends, and strangers alike should be free of all force; even passive-aggression is still aggression which we must personally refuse to manifest.
Fear is employed by governments, corporations, militaries, police, banks, insurance companies, factory farms, mafias, private prisons, politicians, and lawyers who all make a living off victims of fear. To take our power back from the fear-mongers we must practice unconditional love. As Jesus, John Lennon and many-a-martyr will agree, no one word, no one concept is so powerful and unifying as Love. Love is the main immutable pillar for a truly moral foundation. If you have developed true unconditional love, then you already have the other three pillars of Truth, Freedom and Peace as well, because love is certainly honest, free and peaceful. Cheating or lying is not true love. "Loving" a bird enslaved in a tiny cage is not truly loving the bird. And forceful or "violent love" cannot be called true love at all, in fact it's called rape or domestic abuse.
So before saying or doing anything, remember the four pillars: Is it true? Does it promote freedom? Is it peaceful? And is it loving? Or if you're short on time just check the fourth: Is this a loving thing to say? Is this a loving thing to do? Adhere to these and we will be on the Dharma fast-track through morality to another golden age. All we need is Love.
As explained in my recent article, The Most Important Thing in Your Life, there is literally nothing whatsoever more crucial to your health, vitality, longevity and well-being than your breath. You may survive several months without food, a couple of weeks without water, but you won't survive more than a few minutes without air. More specifically, it is the oxygen in the air that your body so desperately and consistently needs. Just a few minutes without re-oxygenating the bloodstream through regular respiration results in immediate and certain death.
Did you know 90% of our energy comes from oxygen and only 10% from food and water!? Less than 200 years ago the Earth's atmosphere was comprised of 40% oxygen. Nowadays due to pollution, de-forestation and other environmental issues we're breathing in only about 19-21% oxygen. Not only this, but research has shown that each decade of regular aging humans lose approximately 5% of their lung capacity and elasticity which directly translates to less oxygen. Considering how vitally important breathing and oxygen are to our lives and well-being wouldn't it be a good idea to learn and commit to a daily practice of proper and effective deep breathing?
Proper oxygenation through Pranayama / Qigong breathing heightens concentration alertness and memory, calms the mind and stabilizes the nervous system, improves digestion, absorption and elimination, strengthens the heart, lungs, and abs, aids in recovery, immunity, longevity and weight control, cures headaches, hangovers, and asthma, moves the lymphatic system, relieves general body aches, pains, stress, depression and anxiety, increases stamina, lung capacity, and mindfulness, internally exercises and massages your organs, improves sleep, posture, poise and patience, boosts energy levels, releases happiness endorphins and elicits the relaxation response in every cell of the body.
For the past several years I have been diligently
learning, practicing, and teaching Pranayama / Qigong and I can say from daily
personal experience that this kind of internal exercise is by far the most
important, over-looked and under-appreciated, energizing, invigorating,
strengthening, purifying, balancing, meditative, relaxing, revitalizing activity possible. Below are several videos I've made to help people get started with a regular deep breathing routine. Please try these techniques for yourselves, share them with everyone you can, and subscribe to my YouTube channel for more future tutorials.
The Yogi Complete Breath or 3-Part Circular Breathing is one of the best Pranayamas to include into your daily routine as it trains the lungs to completely expand, completely contract, and utilizes the entire respiratory system properly and effectively. It improves concentration, alertness and sleep, digestion, absorption and elimination, reduces anxiety, stress, and anger, builds stamina, expands lung capacity, and fully oxygenates the bloodstream. Begin by exhaling every bit of air from your body then inhale through your nose completely filling up your lungs in 3 steps. 1) Fill up your lower lungs by inhaling slowly and deeply pushing your tummy outwards like you just finished a big meal. Imagine a string attached to your belly button slowly pulling out as you fill up the lower lungs. 2) Once the lower lungs are filled, the mid-lungs will begin to fill up which will expand your chest outwards while pulling the tummy back in. Imagine a 2nd string pulling on your sternum, expanding the rib cage, while the 1st string on your belly button has been released. 3) Once the mid-lungs are filled, the upper-lungs will quickly fill up like the top tapered part of a water bottle. Just lift your shoulders a little to get the last bit of air that you can, hold for a second (or several seconds if you can) then exhale through the mouth squeezing the abdominals to push out every last bit of carbon. Do this for at least 10 minutes a day every day and you will notice many substantial positive powerful effects!
Reverse Circular Breathing or "The Chi Cultivator" is especially good for strengthening core abdominal muscles and cultivating life force energy (prana/chi/ki/qi) in your lower dantian. First exhale all the air from your lungs and really squeeze your abdominal muscles forcing out every last bit. Begin slowly inhaling through your nose bringing the air as deep into the lower lungs as possible filling them from bottom, middle, to top. Now instead of letting your belly bubble up full of air as in traditional low-breathing, actually pull your belly inwards towards your spine as you inhale. There is a vacuum vortex point behind your belly button called the dantian in Chinese medicine, and that is the point that will be sucking in, the destination point for the air being inhaled, and the main storage point for life force energy in the body. Once the inhalation is complete relax your abdominals letting your belly bubble out full of air then exhale slowly out your mouth. As you relax, practice and lengthen the breath there will come a sound from your throat like a cat purring or Darth Vader's mask. This is the sound of pranic/qigong ocean breathing which I've exaggerated a bit in the video to make it more audible.
Ujjayi Pranayama or Ocean Breathing is a very important deep breathing technique to master because it is so often used in conjunction with other breaths like the Yogi Complete Breath or Reverse Circular Breathing. Ujjayi Ocean Breathing warms and slows down the air being inhaled allowing for safe, full lung expansion and optimum oxygenation. The heat created helps release toxins and builds internal fire, enhances the digestive and nervous systems, elicits the relaxation response, and eliminates phlegm in the throat. The "ocean" sound comes from the glottis rapidly flapping against the vocal cords and acts as a regulator so you can drastically slow down and deepen your inhalations.
The Nadi Purification Breath or Alternate Nostril Breathing is one of the best ways to clear your sinuses if you have allergies, cold, stuffy/runny nose, snoring, asthma or other breathing problems. Inhale slowly and deeply into the
abdomen through the left nostril while plugging the right. Then plug
the left nostril and fairly forcefully exhale the entire breath out your
right nostril. Squeeze your core muscles to expel every last bit of
air, keep the left nostril plugged, inhale through the right then exhale
through the left, and continue alternating back and forth like this. Alternate Nostril Breathing reduces
stress, boosts energy, clears the sinuses, cleanses the lungs, increases
oxygenation of blood, improves sleep, calms the mind/emotions, and has
been scientifically proven to improve brain function. When used in conjunction with a Neti Pot cleansing it's like a complete enema for your head/sinuses!
The Yogi Cleansing Breath is the perfect detoxification breath for cigarette smokers and anyone with chronic respiratory issues or halitosis. I personally smoked cigarettes from approximately age 18-26 and beginning daily pranayama practice is what helped easily and effortlessly ween me off cigarettes forever. All addiction experts will agree that you need a new positive hobby/activity to replace your old destructive habit, and with smoking addiction (an unhealthy respiratory activity) what could be more relevant and advantageous than a new healthy respiratory activity like deep breathing!? Within weeks of starting my daily practice I became sensitive enough to feel the negative effects of smoking even just 1 cigarette per day. I slowly ramped up my pranayama and cut down my smoking, consciously improving my health, expanding and detoxifying my lungs, until the act of smoking became so counter-productive that I truly haven't wanted to smoke another one. To perform the Yogi Cleansing Breath first sit, stand or lay with your spine straight and inhale slowly and deeply through the nose until your lungs are filled. Make an "O" shape with your mouth and force the exhale out in 3 or 4 quick bursts pushing every last bit by clenching your abdominals.
The Pranayama Breath of Fire detoxifies and purifies the entire bloodstream which in turn feeds every cell in our body. It improves digestion, helps regulate the pituitary, glandular, and nervous systems, increases vital energy and lung capacity, expels carbon dioxide and other stagnant toxins, and is an excellent abdominal workout for increasing core strength. To perform Breath of Fire, first sit, stand or lay with spine straight, and exhale all the air from your lungs. Then in forceful 1 second bursts tightly squeeze your abdominal muscles and exhale out your nose. A slight vacuum effect will automatically and involuntarily inhale a tiny bit after each exhale allowing you to continue breathing like this for several minutes with practice. Start by doing 1 second exhales for about a minute and work your way up to faster breaths and longer sessions. If you feel nauseous, dizzy or light-headed stop momentarily and take several deep breaths.
Shitali Pranayama or The Cooling Breath, like all mouth-inhalation techniques, is only to be used sparingly in situations where the body feels over-heated. By rolling your tongue and inhaling through the mouth as shown in the video you will feel the air being cooled as it passes. Breathing like this for several minutes will cure heat exhaustion and cool the body down from the inside out. It is very important to note that mouth-breathing is something to be completely avoided except in extreme circumstances where the nasal passages are blocked or you're gasping from lack of oxygen. Mouth breathing is directly responsible for the contraction of many contagious diseases like colds and catarrhal infections. Experiments have been performed on hundreds of soldiers and sailors showing that those who slept with their mouths open were much more likely to fall ill and contract contagious diseases than those who breathed properly through their nostrils. During one of the Navy experiments a smallpox epidemic broke out resulting in many deaths among the mouth-breathers, yet not a single nose-breather suffered.
"The organs of respiration have their only protective apparatus, filter, or dust-catcher, in the nostrils. When the breath is taken through the mouth, there is nothing from mouth to lungs to strain the air, or to catch the dust and other foreign matter in the air. Moreover, such incorrect breathing admits cold air to the organs, thereby injuring them. Inflammation of the respiratory organs often results from the inhalation of cold air through the mouth. The man who breathes through the mouth at night, always awakens with a parched feeling in the mouth and a dryness in the throat. He is violating one of nature's laws, and is sowing the seeds of disease. On the other hand, the nostrils and nasal passages show evidence of the careful design of nature in this respect. The nostrils are two narrow, tortuous channels, containing numerous bristly hairs which serve the purpose of a filter or sieve to strain the air of its impurities, etc., which are expelled when the breath is exhaled. Not only do the nostrils serve this important purpose, but they also perform an important function in warming the air inhaled. The long narrow winding nostrils are filled with warm mucous membrane, which coming in contact with the inhaled air warms it so that it can do no damage to the delicate organs of the throat, or to the lungs." -Yogi Ramacharaka, "The Science of Breath"
London Real is an excellent UK-based podcast with some great episodes covering one of my favorite topics, entheogens. Check out their most recent show above where co-host Nic Gabriel tells the story of his life-changing Mayan calendar-ending Peruivian Ayahuasca adventure.
What is the #1 most important key factor to achieving and
maintaining optimum health, energy, longevity, vitality, and wellness?Is it genetics, diet, exercise, hydration,
sleep, mindset, environment?Certainly
all of these factors are very important, but in fact they are all secondary to
something most doctors and lay-people alike completely overlook.Think about this:what is the most important thing in your
life?It’s so important that you do it all
day every day and all night every night.You are even doing it unconsciously right now while reading this.It’s something so crucial to your health,
longevity and wellness that ceasing for even a few minutes results in certain
death!The one and only undeniable
answer is Breathing. To breathe is to
live and without breath there can be no life.All life, plant and animal, from birth to death, completely depends upon
the air for health, well-being and continued existence.From microscopic mitochondria to macroscopic
lungs, every living cell breathes and depends on the air’s life-giving
properties for sustenance.
“Breathing may be considered the most important of all of
the functions of the body, for, indeed, all the other functions depend upon
it.Man may exist some time without
eating; a shorter time without drinking; but without breathing his existence may
be measured by a few minutes.And not
only is Man dependent upon Breath for life, but he is largely dependent upon
correct habits of breathing for continued vitality and freedom from
disease.An intelligent control of our
breathing power will lengthen our days upon the earth by giving us increased
vitality and powers of resistance, and, on the other hand, unintelligent and
careless breathing will tend to shorten our days, by decreasing our vitality
and laying us open to disease.”-Yogi
Ramacharaka, “The Science of Breath” (6)
Pranayama is the ancient vedic science of breathing
practiced and perfected over several thousand years by Indian yogis.Shaolin martial monks and Taoists evolved and
perform a similar discipline known as Qigong (Chi Kung).For the past several years I have been diligently
learning, practicing, and teaching Pranayama / Qigong and I can say from daily
personal experience that this kind of internal exercise is by far the most
important, over-looked and under-appreciated, energizing, invigorating,
strengthening, purifying, balancing, meditative, relaxing, revitalizing,
immunity-boosting and longevity-promoting activity possible.
“Breathing and related exercises are one hundred times
more effective as medical therapy than any drug.This knowledge is indispensable to man, and
every physician should study it thoroughly.”-Taoist Shen Chia-shu
Everyone instinctively knows that breathing is absolutely
unarguably the most important thing in their life, but how many treat it as
such?How much attention do you give to
your breathing?Have you ever learned or
practiced methods of proper and effective breathing?Most people walk around on half-power their
whole lives, chronically starved for oxygen, wide open to disease, shallow staccato
chest-breathing their way to early graves.
“Man has contracted improper methods and attitudes of
walking, standing and sitting, which have robbed him of his birthright of
natural and correct breathing.He has
paid a high price for civilization.The
savage, today, breathes naturally, unless he has been contaminated by the
habits of civilized man.The percentage
of civilized men who breathe correctly is quite small, and the result is shown
in contracted chests, stooping shoulders, and the terrible increase in diseases
of the respiratory organs.Eminent
authorities have stated that one generation of correct breathers would
regenerate the race, and disease would be so rare as to be looked upon as a
curiosity.Whether looked at from the
standpoint of the Oriental or Occidental, the connection between correct
breathing and health is readily seen and explained.The Occidental teachings show that the
physical health depends very materially upon correct breathing.The Oriental teachers not only admit that
their Occidental brothers are right, but say that in addition to the physical
benefit derived from correct habits of breathing, Man’s mental power,
happiness, self-control, clear-sightedness, morals, and even his spiritual
growth may be increased.”-Yogi
Ramacharaka, “The Science of Breath” (7)
Regular deep breathing practice is absolutely the best
holistic exercise and the ultimate preventative medicine.It detoxifies, oxygenates, cleans and
purifies the entire bloodstream through the lungs, moves the lymphatic system, relieves
general body aches, pains, stress, anxiety, and depression, increases stamina,
lung capacity, abdominal muscle, core strength, mindfulness, mental clarity and
focus, internally exercises and massages your organs, improves posture, poise
and patience, promotes longevity and cellular regeneration, boosts energy
levels, elevates moods, releases happiness endorphins, assists in weight
control, improves digestion, assimilation, and elimination, strengthens the
heart, lungs, abdominals and immune system, aids in deeper sleep and elicits
the relaxation response in every cell of the body.
“The benefits of working with the breath are
profound.The way you breathe directly
influences the quality of your life.In
fact, the way you breathe might be the most important factor in how you
feel.Think about how people breathe
when they are sad and crying.They
inhale with short, shallow gasps and exhale with either long wails or choppy
sobs.If someone is angry, in-breaths
are usually constricted and out-breaths are long and forceful.During stress, the breath can actually become
so shallow that it is almost nonexistent.On the other hand, when someone is feeling good, the breath is calm,
deep, and even.The amazing thing about
breathing exercises is that the relationship also works in the reverse; by
changing the way you breathe, you can also change the way you feel.If you breathe deeply, down into the abdomen,
this sends a message to the body to transform negative emotions into positive
ones.Deep breathing moves chi and
clears stagnant energy.It is almost
impossible to breathe deeply and feel negative emotions at the same time.”-Mantak Chia, “Simple Chi Kung” (56-57)
Breathing is the mechanism
through which lungs purify and detoxify the bloodstream, and blood is the
substance which nourishes and sustains every cell in your body.Thus proper and effective breathing is of paramount
importance in maintaining the health and integrity of every cell in your
body.
Blood begins its journey in the
heart, bright red, oxygen-rich and full of life-giving properties, then later
returns from its journey dull blue, oxygen-starved, and devoid of life
energy.Blood is pumped from the left
auricle into the left ventricle then out of the heart through the arteries and
into the capillaries where it reaches and feeds every cell in the body.On its return journey the blood is pulled
from the capillaries through the veins and back into the right auricle of the
heart.When filled the auricle contracts
forcing blood through the right ventricle down into the lungs where it branches
out and disperses into millions of hair-like blood vessels and air cells thick
enough to hold the blood but thin enough to allow oxygen to penetrate.Upon inhalation oxygen comes into contact
with the impure blood and a chemical combustion takes place oxidizing the
bloodstream and releasing carbonic acid gas generated from the waste products
and toxins gathered up during its arterial journey through the body.Upon exhalation carbon dioxide and other
toxins are dispelled from the system and the newly re-purified blood, bright
red and oxygen-rich is pumped back out to every cell in the body.
“Unless fresh air in sufficient quantities reaches the
lungs, the foul stream of venous blood cannot be purified, and consequently not
only is the body thus robbed of nourishment, but the waste products which
should have been destroyed are returned to the circulation and poison the
system, and death ensues.Impure air
acts in the same way, only in a lessened degree.It will also be seen that if one does not
breathe in a sufficient quantity of air, the work of the blood cannot go on
properly, and the result is that the body is insufficiently nourished and
disease ensues, or a state of imperfect health is experienced … A little reflection
will show the vital importance of correct breathing.If the blood is not fully purified by the
regenerative process of the lungs, it returns to the arteries in an abnormal
state, insufficiently purified and imperfectly cleansed of the impurities which
it took up on its return journey.These
impurities if returned to the system will certainly manifest in some form of
disease, either in a form of blood disease or some disease resulting from
impaired functioning of some insufficiently nourished organ or tissue.”-Yogi Ramacharaka, “The Science of Breath”
(11)
Put simply, blood is what feeds our trillions of cells and
sustains our lives; from the tips of our heads to the bottoms of our feet,
blood constantly circulates giving life energy to every cell.After just one cycle from heart to artery to
vein and back to heart again, the blood collects various impurities which are
taken to the lung capillaries for regeneration through respiration.Proper breathing fully re-oxidizes and replenishes
the vitality of our blood so that the cycle of life may continue without slow
deterioration.In fact as pranic breathing
practice develops and lung capacity grows your ability to take in oxygen and
expel carbon more efficiently results in a cumulatively building state of daily
wellness.
“It is therefore necessary that a proper supply of
oxygen be taken through the lungs.This
accounts for the fact that weak lungs and poor digestion are so often found
together.To grasp the full significance
of this statement, one must remember that the entire body receives nourishment
from the food assimilated, and that imperfect assimilation always means an
imperfectly nourished body.Even the
lungs themselves depend upon the same source for nourishment, and if through
imperfect breathing the assimilation becomes imperfect, and the lungs in turn
become weakened, they are rendered still less able to perform their work
properly, and so in turn the body becomes further weakened.Every particle of food and drink must be
oxygenated before it can yield us the proper nourishment, and before the waste
products of the system can be reduced to the proper condition to be
eliminated.And when assimilation is not
normal, the system receives less and less nourishment, the appetite fails,
bodily vigor decreases, and energy diminishes, and the man withers and
declines.All from the lack of proper
breathing.Lack of sufficient oxygen
means imperfect nutrition, imperfect elimination and imperfect health.”-Yogi Ramacharaka, “The Science of Breath”
(12-33)
Our
lungs are situated in the pleural chamber of the thoracic cavity separated from
each other by the heart, blood vessels and air tubes.Each lung is free and unattached in all
directions except at the root where it is connected via bronchi, arteries and
veins to the trachea and heart.When we
breathe, air comes in through the nasal cavity where it is warmed and filtered
through hairs and mucous membrane.The
air passes through the pharynx, larynx, and trachea then into the bronchial
tubes where it is subdivided and dispersed into the millions of tiny air cells
in the lungs.Air is drawn into the
lungs by the diaphragm, a long, strong, flat muscle stretched across the
chest.When the diaphragm contracts, the
size of the chest and lungs expand and air rushes in like a vacuum.When it relaxes, the chest and lungs shrink
and air is blown out like a bellows. The
diaphragm’s actions and contractions are involuntary like the heart's, but
through practice and the will yogis can transform them into a semi-voluntary
muscle.
“The internal organs also need exercise, and Nature’s
plan for the exercise is proper breathing.The diaphragm is Nature’s principal instrument for this internal
exercise.Its motion vibrates the
important organs of nutrition and elimination, and massages and kneads them at
each inhalation and exhalation, forcing blood into them, and then squeezing it
out, and imparting a general tone to the organs.Any organ or part of the body which is not
exercised gradually atrophies and refuses to function properly, and lack of the
internal exercise afforded by the diaphragmatic action leads to diseased organs.”-Yogi Ramacharaka, “The Science of Breath”
(34)
In this clip I show a deep breathing technique and how it has moved my physical heartbeat to the center of my torso under my sternum. From 0:40-1:07 the noise that sounds like a distant engine or a cat purring is actually me inhaling using a pranayama / qigong deep breathing technique. From 1:07-1:37 you can see my heartbeat at my solar plexus but nowhere else in the upper left quadrant of the chest showing how daily deep breathing practice will bring about both literal and figurative heart centeredness! :) If you are interested in learning Pranayama, Yoga, and/or Wing Chun be sure to visit my site BangkokWingChun.com and email me to schedule a session.
What do you think happens when we die? The congruency of stories from various Near Death Experiencers is quite telling. Throughout history people who have died and later been resuscitated report the same story of consciousness leaving their physical body, entering a realm of love and light, meeting angelic beings, and watching their entire lives flash before their eyes. Slight differences exist in various accounts, but these pale next to the incredible universal similarities. The typical NDE is as follows:
“A man is dying and suddenly finds himself floating above his body and watching what is going on. Within moments he travels at great speed through a darkness or a tunnel. He enters a realm of dazzling light and is warmly met by recently deceased friends and relatives. Frequently he hears indescribably beautiful music and sees sights – rolling meadows, flower-filled valleys, and sparkling streams – more lovely than anything he has seen on earth. In this light-filled world he feels no pain or fear and is pervaded with an overwhelming feeling of joy, love, and peace. He meets a ‘being (and/or beings) of light’ who emanates a feeling of enormous compassion, and is prompted by the being(s) to experience a ‘life review,’ a panoramic replay of his life. He becomes so enraptured by his experience of this greater reality that he desires nothing more than to stay. However, the being tells him that it is not his time yet and persuades him to return to his earthly life and reenter his physical body.” -Michael Talbot, “The Holographic Universe” (240)
“A man is dying and, as he reaches the point of greatest physical distress, he hears himself pronounced dead by his doctor. He begins to hear an uncomfortable noise, a loud ringing or buzzing, and at the same time feels himself moving very rapidly through a long dark tunnel. After this, he suddenly finds himself outside of his own physical body, but still in the immediate physical environment, and he sees his own body from a distance, as though he is a spectator. He watches the resuscitation attempt from this unusual vantage point and is in a state of emotional upheaval. After a while, he collects himself and becomes more accustomed to his odd condition. He notices that he still has a ‘body’ but one of a very different nature and with very different powers from the physical body he has left behind. Soon other things begin to happen. Others come to meet and to help him. He glimpses the spirits of relatives and friends who have already died, and a loving, warm spirit of a kind he has never encountered before - a being of light - appears before him. This being asks him a question, nonverbally, to make him evaluate his life and helps him along by showing him a panoramic, instantaneous playback of the major events of his life. At some point he finds himself approaching some sort of barrier or border, apparently representing the limit between earthly life and the next life. Yet, he finds that he must go, back to the earth, that the time for his death has not yet come. At this point he resists, for by now he is taken up with his experiences in the afterlife and does not want to return. He is overwhelmed by intense feelings of joy, love, and peace. Despite his attitude, though, he somehow reunites with his physical body and lives.” –Dr. Raymond Moody, “Life After Life” (34)
I just finished watching the below Near Death Experience mini-documentary which I think was very well done and essential viewing for all.
In this clip taken from my interview with Wendy and Max of Lightwaves Radio we explore the question of Who Are We? And in doing so discuss God, Consciousness, Intelligent Design, the Big Bang, Evolution, Duality, Satan and the Ego. If you enjoy the video and want to help me out, please be sure to like, favorite, comment, share and subscribe to my YouTube channel. Thanks so much!
Today is the official launch of this new revolutionary documentary. In Solar Revolution, world-renowned German biophysicist Dieter Broers makes a compelling case, pointing to a wealth of scientific evidence that shows a remarkable correlation between increases in solar activity and advances in our creative, mental, and spiritual abilities. We are in the midst of a dramatic rise in solar disturbances, which have the capability of disrupting the Earth’s geomagnetic field and, as a result, our global ecology. Broers, however, sees this not as an impending apocalypse but as the dawn of a new era. Drawing on research from a variety of disciplines, he shows how erupting solar activity carries the potential to boost our brain capacity and expand our minds in ways we never imagined possible. Abilities now seen as extraordinary or supernatural - telepathy, extrasensory perception, and off-the-charts intelligence quotients - may soon become ordinary and natural and could very well help us solve the mounting global crises we are facing. Without a doubt, the way we think, feel, relate, communicate, and experience reality has been changing dramatically in recent years, and Dieter Broers affirms those changes will ultimately culminate in a new form of consciousness and harmony on Earth. Humankind is going through an evolutionary leap, says Broers, and the process has already begun. Featuring Dieter Broers, Rupert Sheldrake, Rick Strassman, Michael Persinger, Ernst Senkowski, Michael Konig, Illobrand Von Ludwiger, Elizabeth Rauscher, Rollin McCraty, Franz Halberg, Giuliana Conforto, JJ & Desiree Hurtak, and Francine Blake. Run time 100 minutes.
Does the sun have the power to transform humankind?
In Solar (R)evolution, world-renowned German biophysicist Dieter Broers makes a compelling case, pointing to a wealth of scientific evidence that shows a remarkable correlation between increases in solar activity and advances in our creative, mental, and spiritual abilities.
We are in the midst of a dramatic rise in solar disturbances, which have the capability of disrupting the Earth’s geomagnetic field and, as a result, our global ecology. Broers, however, sees this not as an impending apocalypse but as the dawn of a new era.
Drawing on research from a variety of disciplines, he shows how erupting solar activity carries the potential to boost our brain capacity and expand our minds in ways we never imagined possible. Abilities now seen as extraordinary or supernatural—telepathy, extrasensory perception, and off-the-charts intelligence quotients—may soon become ordinary and natural and could very well help us solve the mounting global crises we are facing.
Humankind is going through an evolutionary leap, says Broers, and the process has already begun.
Thanks to Wendy Adams and Max Crowe of Lightwaves Radio Inner Circle for inviting me on their show for this wonderful 2 hour conversation covering topics such as God, the Big Bang, Consciousness, Brahma, Oneness, Intelligent Design, Death, Reincarnation, Karma, OBEs, NDEs, International Banking Conspiracies and Veganism.
Thanks to Vinny Eastwood for having me on his American Freedom Radio show, a mix of conspiracy and comedy otherwise known as "The Lighter Side of Genocide." His unique style is very laid back and conversational which I think makes for great radio and feels much more candid and authentic than traditional interviews. So it was more a casual meeting of minds dialogue between the two of us with several tangents and live callers covering a wide-range of topics including Wing Chun, Yoga, Synchronicities, Quitting your Job, Racism, Fukishima, Katrina, and the differences between Western/Eastern culture.
Hey all, I just wanted to update everyone on my progress toward escaping the matrix and manifesting my dream life. The good news is First on Fire and I have finally quit our day jobs and traded in our wage-slave employee lifestyles to commit full-time to our passions! Freeeedoooom! It is so important and under-appreciated that when you wake up each morning, you should be able to create your day however you like. Waking up to an alarm clock five days a week to work for somebody else is absolutely the most soul-constricting way to sell your life short. If schools teach us anything it should be how to develop our personal passions into sustainable careers. In a free, loving world schools would teach students to be self-reliant independent entrepreneurs, but as George Carlin said, "the owners of this country don't want that, they want obedient workers."
So now even though we could wake up at noon and spend all day relaxing if we wanted, that is no way to manifest a sustainable self-reliable lifestyle. We only have a precious little amount of slave-money saved up to support us during this interim, so we have been diligently working non-stop at cultivating our conscious creations. First is working 10-15 hours a day making her own line of non-toxic organic cosmetics starting with her initial product which will be a water-based, odorless, non-toxic nail polish. I've also been spending 10-15 hours a day every day pursuing my two greatest life-long passions: writing and fighting! Right now I'm concentrating on promoting and advertizing my new book Spiritual Science as well as expanding my martial training kwoon, Bangkok Wing Chun. I currently have half a dozen dedicated students and it really is my dream come true. Ever since being a kid watching Bruce Lee movies, I always wanted to know the secrets of martial arts and effective combat. Now at age 30, I spend most of my days teaching people the very martial art(s) that earned Bruce Lee his international fame, Wing Chun / Jeet Kune Do. I'm still looking for more students however and would like to start group classes as well. If anyone lives in Bangkok and is interested in private self-defense, yoga, pranayama, qigong and/or meditation lessons please contact me at ericdubay@hotmail.com
As for my writing career, unfortunately, despite unanimous positive reviews and an expensive online ad campaign, my new book Spiritual Science is well on it's way to becoming this year's most highly-acclaimed international worst-seller! If anyone can help me out I promise you won't be disappointed with this book. Buy a copy for yourself, donate one to your local library, or gift a few as presents to your friends and family. You'll be supporting my escape from the matrix and helping others awaken to their inner spirituality (feeding two birds with one worm ;-). Lastly if you're not into martial arts or spiritual science, you can still help me out greatly during this crucial interim by connecting with me and sharing my articles on your social networks. Below are links to my personal YouTube channel, Facebook, Twitter, Linked In, and fanpages. If you could add, subscribe, like, favorite, share and retweet my work on your social networks I'd really appreciate it! Thanks so much to everyone for your continued support and readership. Peace!
My new book, Spiritual Science, almost three years in the making, is finally finished and for sale on Lulu and Amazon. Spiritual Science is 284 pages of paradigm-shattering science and
mind-expanding spirituality that dares to ask and answer some of the biggest questions facing humanity: Who are we? What are we doing here? What is the purpose and meaning of life? What happens when we die? Do we have souls? Do we reincarnate? Does God exist? Is consciousness primary? Is the material world an illusion? Are we all One? And what would that mean? Spiritual Science explores and answers these and many more questions covering a wide-range of topics including quantum physics,
consciousness, synchronicity, the holographic universe, morphic fields,
the human energy body, psychoneuroimmunology, life force energy, the
chakra and meridian systems, acupuncture, qigong, pranayama, the power of prayer, auras, psi
science, telepathy, psychokinesis, clairvoyance, remote viewing,
precognition, out of body experiences, near death experiences,
entheogens, death, ghosts, reincarnation, God, Oneness and much more. I personally read over 150 books and spent hundreds of hours researching and writing to complete this one-of-a-kind metaphysical treatise. I'm really excited about and proud of this book and confident that you will feel the same.
Ever since I could hold a pencil I've had a passion for writing. At 5 years old I was already writing a journal and short stories, telling everyone that I wanted to be a writer when I grew up. Throughout my teens I was constantly writing short stories and poetry, then in college completed a double Bachelor's degree in Philosophy and English with a creative writing focus. After college I moved to Thailand, began teaching English and wrote my first two full-length books. In 2007 upon completing The Atlantean Conspiracy and Asbestos Head I
spent many months and hundreds of dollars sending samples to over 200
publishing companies and literary agents attempting to get my work
published and mass distributed through the usual corporate channels. Can you
guess how many of the 200+ sent back a positive response? Most
didn't even bother to write back, and the few who did, while expressing
platitudes of interest and sympathy, ultimately refused. In the end, not a single
publishing house, nor a single literary agent was willing to take on
either book! Considering the subject matter, I can't say I was surprised.
Due to my passion for writing and my zeal for exposing and disseminating this important empowering information, in 2008 I created Atlantean Conspiracy.com and decided to give away The Atlantean Conspiracy and Asbestos Head for free. The Atlantean Conspiracy became an instant hit online and has to date been downloaded over 500,000 times! Asbestos Head hasn't been as successful with about 30,000 downloads, but still not shabby for a relatively unknown, self-published author. For quite a while I naively thought that with so many downloads hopefully a significant number of people would support me by buying a paperback copy. After 530,000+ free downloads can you guess how many copies have been purchased? To date I have sold exactly 260. Now I'm not saying this to complain, but rather to explain why I will not be offering my new book for free like the others... yet. Instead I've decided to set a target goal first. My modest intention is to sell 10,000 copies of Spiritual Science and if you all help me to meet this goal then I promise to make it available to all for free thenceforth. Compared to the number of downloads my other books have received, this 10,000 target seems very low, but compared to my actual sales history, it could prove to be a lofty goal.
My girlfriend First on Fire and I recently got engaged and will be getting married next year when my parents come to visit Thailand. At the moment we are saving up for the wedding and to buy a small piece of land up-country where we can build our dream yurt and garden our own fruits and vegetables. At the moment (for years), however, we have been stuck in busy bleak Bangkok living in a tiny 8m x 4m studio apartment working paycheck-to-paycheck wage-slave jobs scrimping and saving for our envisioned great escape back to nature. With your help, my target of 10,000 books sold would completely pay for our wedding, facilitate our move out of the city, and allow us to finally quit our jobs! I'd like to quit teaching English and focus totally on my writing and Wing Chun training. First would like to quit her job and also focus on her writing and starting up an organic cosmetics business.
Thanks to everyone who has supported us thus far. We have set high intentions and we're working hard to manifest better lifestyles and a better world to live in. I have overcome many obstacles and threats, put countless thousands of hours into my activism and vowed never to stop. Atlantean Conspiracy receives several thousand hits every day and is one of very few websites on the forefront of the conscious awakening dedicated to exposing the global conspiracy. In fact AC was recently ranked 7 on a Ranker.com Top 50 Conspiracy Blogs survey. With your continued support I promise to keep expanding my enterprise bringing little-known information to light and helping empower people with wisdom. Thanks again and in advance for your support, and as always if I can be of service in any way email me at: ericdubay@hotmail.com
Hi Eric! I love your blog. You have shown me so
many things I was aware of but tried to deny it. The truth is hard to
swallow sometimes. After coming to terms of what really is going on it
was overwhelming but am now starting to be more spiritual to help me
cope with the madness. Anyways.. I don't know if you have seen
this short animation by a new graphic company, it's very open about
illuminati symbolism and what's been happening in the past 10yrs (9/11,
obama, war, religion). I wanted to know your thoughts. Is it by
the illuminati giving us a warning? is it by truth seekers trying to
make people aware? please take a look, would love to hear your opinions.
link is below. thanks! Christian
Hey Christian, thanks for the message. I saw that Pet Goat video a
couple weeks ago and thoroughly enjoyed it. However I also had the same
thoughts as yourself wondering exactly where the people who created it
were coming from and what exactly was the message being conveyed? I
think overall it's fairly harmless and positive... compare that short
video with all the blatant propaganda and indoctrination on typical
mainstream media and I'd say there's nothing wrong/negative about it. What does everyone else think of I, Pet Goat II?
In this clip Aubrey Marcus talks on the Joe Rogan podcast about his incredible experience on the African entheogen called Iboga. They compare and contrast Iboga with Ayahuasca/DMT and discuss the future of humanity and the nature of the universe.
This is a great clip from one of Joe Rogan's podcasts about being the star of your own movie and making sure you're the hero and not the villain or some insignificant character.
The Collective Evolution I & II are independent documentary films made by a group of young, conscious activists and friends in the hopes of inspiring and assisting the current "collective evolution" that seems to be happening in consciousness at the moment. Though I certainly have points of contention with the films, overall I'd say they are excellent and wholly worth watching. Check them out and let me know what you think below.
Thanks to Druv for sending me this excellent video from Dharma Central elucidating the true meaning of compassion/love, and the Asuric demonic psychopaths who lack these genuine emotions.
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