Wisdom with reference to the breath - prana

 ॐ गं गणपतये नमः
There is air all around this body
There is air inside this body.
Like a fish lives in water
This body lives in air....through breathing.
With every inhalation, the breath strengthens every cell in the body
With every exhalation every cell in the body relaxes.
This is an ongoing divine process ...let us be aware of it ...
I am grateful to Ishvara, for the breath - without breath, the body perishes.

This breath is a form of prana, the life-force that is vibrating in every cell of the body - enlivening every cell.

I am conscious of breath.

I am a simple conscious being - illumining the breathing process, the prana.

I know it's presence - I experience it's presence, I observe it's presence....
I am indeed different from what I know and experience.
I am a simple conscious being - aware of prana, independent of prana
Prana is not seperate from me. Indeed, I-consciousness, as the Cosmic Being manifests it.

What can I give to prana, the life-force coursing through this body, enlivening all the physiological functions of the body?

My grateful keen awareness of it's presence during pranayama and through the day. And plenty of water.

I honour the prana in this body.
It is the same prana in all the beings, coursing through them, enlivening all their physiological functions - from the tiniest unicellular being to the largest living being in the entire universe.
I honour the prana in all beings.

I am a simple conscious being, aware of prana - independent of prana - illumining and enlivening prana.
Prana is not seperate from me. Indeed, I ss cosmic consciousness, manifests it.

I take a deep breath, hold it and release it slowly.
I take sips of breath savouring each sip, deeply aware of the breath at the nostrils.

I assimilate deeply that
Consciousness that shines here as self-evident, self-revealing I,  is independent of prana.
Consciousness that shines here as self-evident, self-revealing I, is changeless and ever-present. Prana is continually changing.
While consciousness I am the drshta, the Seer, prana is ever the seen, an object of my knowing, dependent on consciousness for manifesting it.

I take a deep breath, hold it and release it slowly.
I take sips of breath savouring each sip, deeply aware of the breath at the nostrils.
I relax
I let go my notions about myself
I repose in my Self

Om Tat Sat

Wisdom with reference to the body

ॐ गं गणपतये नमः
I honour this body - it is it is in order being inseparable from the divine order.
I respect and accept this body. It is a precious gift from Ishwara. It is a precious instrument with which I interact with the world and gain different types of experiences.

I acknowledge that I observe, experience, know this body.
I call it 'my' body even as I say 'my' pencil. So I am different from this body- I am a simple conscious being in whose awareness this body shines.
This body is not separate from me the conscious being. I enliven and illuminate it - indeed as the Cosmic Consciousness, I manifest it.

The body is an object of my awareness.
It is material in nature.
It has different attributes.
It is constantly changing ...and though it has life-force coursing through it now,  one day it will die....in fact next moment it can die.
So this body is a temporary rented residence whose lease will end I don't know when.

I am independent of the body - a simple conscious being. The consciousness that I am is not a part, property or product of this body-mind complex. I am independent. The body is ever dependent. It is dependent on many local factors of cause and effect. It is dependent on me, the consciousness that manifests as the life-force that breathes life into it. It is illumined in my awareness.
I am the subject - the one who knows, experiences, observes the body - different from it. I am the seer, the body is the seen.
I, the conscious being am not material (or energy) in nature. I, consciousness, am not restricted by time or space.
I, the conscious being am free of all attributes
I, the conscious being do not change - ever.
I, the conscious being am the only permanent entity in life.

I use this body respectfully as an instrument given by Ishvara.
I am a trustee for this body - in it's lifetime, it is in my care. I am grateful for it. I give back to it food and water, shelter, clothes, medicine, clean environment, exercise (yoga asanas). I give back to it my keen awareness of it...through which it can relax.

ॐ गं गणपतये नमः

Namah - I surrender

Just one Consciousness
Appearing to manifest
As One Cosmic Energy
That expresses thru different bodies.

Great Being, I'm Yours 
Great Being, there is no I other than You
Namah - I surrender.
 🙏🏻

Repose in the Self

A Prayer

ॐ गं ॐ
ॐ गं गणपतये नमः
ॐ
O Lord, You are the ocean of consciousness,
Partless, Whole, All-pervading, Formless, All- Knowledge and All-powerful, Invincible
Ever present, ever the same,
Free of Attributes
Yet full of auspiciousness
You are cit svarupa
You are ananda svarupa
You are shanti svarupa
As Your own reflection, You appear as me
Your reflection as me, the jiva is just an appearance, a costume of yours
In reality, You alone are effortlessly shining here as I
Even when I take myself to be a jiva and I appear as just a drop in You,
That seeming drop  is nothing but cit svarupa, ananda svarupa, shanti svarupa.

Thank you for my Gurus
Thank you for making me understand that even when I take myself to be an individual, I am totally connected to You,  I cannot stand apart from you or this world, which belongs to you
You pervade me as Divine Order, making me who I am, as an individual
Thank you for making me understand that in Your Divine Order, I am in Order
You pervade this body-mind as the very substance of which it is constituted, as well as the intelligence that makes everything what it is

Thank you for making me understand that essentially I am You ....self-evident, effortlessly shining, indestructible, all-pervading, formless, pure, independent, auspicious ever-present  changeless consciousness-existence ...illumining, blessing, enlivening this body-mind sense complex. As pure consciousness I am purna.

This whole universe, which includes all bodies, all things, belongs to you
This body- mind is a wonderful instrument gifted  by You, with which transaction with the rest of the universe takes place, by Your laws
As a trustee for this body-mind complex, I care for it's safety and health
And use this beutiful instrument of body-mind to nourish  and protect thru thought, word and deed, all the beings and the environment.
By Your Grace may this sense of 'I' be fully firmly merged in You.

Whatever these hands do, may they be an offering unto You, an expression of purnatvam
Wherever these feet go, may it be a tirtha yatra to You, recognizing your all pervasiveness
Whatever words are spoken may they be in praise of You, acknowledging Your ever-presence, Your fullness
Whatever thoughts, feelings, memories are entertained, may they reflect Your ever-presence, Your fullness
Please let your Grace shower on me such that I never forget You, never forget that You are the antah-sakshi, that that you alone are permanent, that You pervade the universe as Divine Order, that everything including this body belongs to You.
In gratitude, may this life be ever dedicated to You expressing the fullness that You are.

By Your Infinite compassion and grace may all beings love and respect each other and live harmoniously with each other, recognizing, loving and respecting You, who are in each. May each of us, who are from different religions mutually recognize and honour the truth of Your divine presence in each and every one.

May all beings recognize the divinity within and be free.

ॐ गं गणपतये नमः
ॐ गं ॐ

Sadaa Purno'ham - Ever Full am I

Om Gam Ganapataye Namah

I am the Consciousness that does not have to do anything, that does not have to know anything...
Naturally identified with the bms owing to karma
Yet free of ignorance of my true nature, I choose to identify with the bms, and
I choose to do. I choose to know.
When I drop all efforts to do something, to know something, I easily see myself as I am - purna
Purnata that is the self, does not go, does not disappear  when I do, or know....that is knowledge. Sadaa purno'ham.
I am the Consciousness that does not have to do anything, that does not have to know anything.....to be purna.
I am purna.Sadaa purno'ham

Om Tat Sat

Meditate on transience and permanence - inspired by the Virus 2020