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bluegreen17) wrote2003-07-20 05:04 pm
bluegreen17) wrote2003-07-20 05:04 pm
it's not too much chocolate,it's chi! (this explains my little buddha belly)
man has chosen to breathe only up to the chest,so the chest becomes bigger and bigger and the belly shrinks down. that appears to him to be more athletic.
around the world,except in japan,all athletes and teachers of athletes emphasize to breathe by filling your lungs,expanding your chest,and pulling the belly in. the ideal is the lion whose chest is big and whose belly is very small. so be like a lion; that has become the rule for athletic gymnasts,and the people who have been working with the body.
japan is the only exception where they don't care that the chest should be broad and the belly should be pulled in. it needs a certain discipline to pull the belly in; it is not natural. japan has chosen the natural way,hence you will be surprised to see a japanese statue of buddha. that is the way you can immediately discriminate whether the statue is indian or japanese.. the indian statues of gautam buddha have a very athletic body; the belly is very small and the chest is very broad.but the japanese buddha is totally different; his chest is almost silent,because he breathes from the belly,but his belly is bigger. it doesn't look very good - because the idea prevalent in the world is so old,but breathing from the belly is more natural,more relaxed.
in the night it happens when you sleep; you don't breathe from the chest,you breathee from the belly.that's why the night is such a relaxed experience. after your sleep,in the morning you feel so fresh,so young,because the whole night you were breathing naturally...you were in japan!
-osho,in -meditation,the first and last freedom-
around the world,except in japan,all athletes and teachers of athletes emphasize to breathe by filling your lungs,expanding your chest,and pulling the belly in. the ideal is the lion whose chest is big and whose belly is very small. so be like a lion; that has become the rule for athletic gymnasts,and the people who have been working with the body.
japan is the only exception where they don't care that the chest should be broad and the belly should be pulled in. it needs a certain discipline to pull the belly in; it is not natural. japan has chosen the natural way,hence you will be surprised to see a japanese statue of buddha. that is the way you can immediately discriminate whether the statue is indian or japanese.. the indian statues of gautam buddha have a very athletic body; the belly is very small and the chest is very broad.but the japanese buddha is totally different; his chest is almost silent,because he breathes from the belly,but his belly is bigger. it doesn't look very good - because the idea prevalent in the world is so old,but breathing from the belly is more natural,more relaxed.
in the night it happens when you sleep; you don't breathe from the chest,you breathee from the belly.that's why the night is such a relaxed experience. after your sleep,in the morning you feel so fresh,so young,because the whole night you were breathing naturally...you were in japan!
-osho,in -meditation,the first and last freedom-