⟁ BREATH: The Divine Hinge
“He who has a why to live can bear almost any how.”
— Friedrich NietzscheAnd what better “how” than breath itself?
Breath has always been my companion.
In stillness, in movement, in pain, in peace.
Not merely oxygen, but presence, memory, and the subtle rhythm of God.
Across all the spiritual schools I’ve walked through—Zen, Hermeticism, Islamic mysticism, Vedanta—breath remains the golden thread.
It is the hinge of healing. The original prayer.
The quiet, invisible act that keeps everything else possible.
This morning, walking toward the Jetty, I was hit by a sharp pain in my chest.
Enough to make me almost stop.
Joggers passed, brisk and unaware, while I moved slowly, holding something tender, something unspoken.
And yet, I kept breathing.
And because I did, I kept walking.
They say breath is the bridge between the body and the soul.
But I believe it's even more:
Breath is the bridge between spirit and the Divine.
The essence breathed into form.
The whisper of the Creator animating dust with motion.
To breathe, then, is to remain in relationship with the Source.
Each inhale is a receiving.
Each exhale, a release.
Each pause, a silence where we touch the Infinite.
So when the world presses in—when someone cuts you off, disrespects you, misunderstands you—
Don’t suppress the reaction.
Name it. Breathe into it. Watch it pass.
Hold your breath like a lantern to light the path back to yourself.
Inhale: “This too shall pass.”
Exhale: “I return to peace.”
And when all else fails, a Zen master once laughed and said:
“Life is a swinging door.
You breathe in—it swings in.
You breathe out—it swings out.
You stop breathing… well…
you know what happens!”
So let’s keep swinging.
Let’s keep breathing.
Let’s stay in the doorframe of this moment, awake.
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