Ray’s Rays Number Two

Inhaling the Spirit
By
Radiance Angelina Petro

Taking is the capitalist, colonizing way.
Instead of “taking a breath,”
when meditating or doing yoga or a relaxation exercise,
try asking for a breath.
Try inhaling with the spirit,
with the gesture of it is shared oxygen.
There is enough for everyone.
There is no need to take your breath insuring you’ve got yours.
It is a shared, common sky.
There is no scarcity of oxygen.
Perhaps try letting the breath take you.
Perhaps try simply saying:
“I breathe in fully, borrowing a breath from the breath of the cosmos.”
Or: If leading a mediation try: “Breathe in.”
There is no need to take anything.
So, breathe. Breathe with gratitude.
Breathe with a spirit of communion and connection.
Breathe knowing you are one with the infinite breath of all things.

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