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September 12, 2025 at 12:20 pm #449701
Peter
Participantthe following will be failure as I’ve been working on contemplation of arise and return for some time so it may be famillure. The thought was to apply Gurdjieff’s Law of three and seven to it
Threefold Breath
I sit. I breathe.
The breath rises and returns.
In its rhythm, I begin to see the world.The sun rises in the morning and sets in the evening, measuring out our day.
Time becomes a river, each breath, each moment, flowing into the next, into the next, into the next…. Movement creates life.Yet within each breath, each moment, the sun is rising and setting.
Between every imagined happening:
A birth, a death. A cry, A laugh.
Here a first kiss… there a first slap…
The web of life, everything connected.The breath becomes the earth spinning through space.
Here, the sun neither rises nor sets – it simply is.
Stillness within motion. Presence within unfolding.Affirming: the breath rises, the sun moves, life begins.
Denying: the breath returns, the sun sets, life ends.
Reconciling: the awareness that holds both, the still point, the Eternal Now.The Law of Seven whispers beneath the surface:
A process unfolding through stages,
Each breath a note in the octave,
Each moment a movement toward wholeness.
Shock points arise mi to fa, si to do
Where intentionality must enter,
Where presence must choose to stay awake.Sound, language, measure, judgments – arising from and returning to silence.
Motion – arising from and returning to stillness.
Life – arising from and returning to Love.This is the Threefold Breath.
A breath that is not just a breath,
But a movement of creation, dissolution, and reconciliation.
Birth, Death, Resurrection… the Ceaseless prayer on every breath
A breath that unfolds in time… yet is held in timelessness.To stand here between time and the Eternal Now is not a escape… but transformation.
September 12, 2025 at 12:52 pm #449703Alessa
ParticipantHi Peter
Welcome back! You were missed and I have been thinking about you. 😊
Thank you for sharing yet another beautiful poem! I’m becoming a bit of fan. 😉
I have asthma, laryngospasms and allergies. It really gives you a perspective on breathing when you struggle to breathe. It is a miracle that is easy to take for granted. The value only truly appreciated when it is taken away.
Breath can bring such relief. Anxiety and breathing difficulties are a vicious cycle perpetuating each other. A very urgent issue struggling to breathe.
Ironically, staying calm when struggling to breathe is the most helpful thing for me. It’s quite terrifying trying to stay calm whilst your throat closes. The sensations of the body and the anxiety themselves become a trigger.
Take a sip of water. It will be alright if you stay calm. You have to stop coughing and trying to clear your throat. Remember that being afraid only makes it worse. Try and relax.
I never used to acknowledge the impact of anxiety on my breathing issues. It helps to realise how much worse it makes these things. ❤️
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