http://rychyrd.com/news.html Richard Franklin Morse: News/Journal Jannis' PHPRss class - http://www.jannis.to/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 01:48:48 -0800 http://rychyrd.com/news.html#9 http://rychyrd.com/news.html#9 Sun, 08 Mar 2009 00:00:00 -0800 Hear2Eternity Records' brilliant new recording artist - Richard Franklin Morse - News/Journal http://rychyrd.com/news.html#8 http://rychyrd.com/news.html#8 Fri, 20 Feb 2009 00:00:00 -0800 Hear2Eternity Records' brilliant new recording artist - Richard Franklin Morse - News/Journal http://rychyrd.com/news.html#7 http://rychyrd.com/news.html#7 Sat, 14 Feb 2009 00:00:00 -0800 Hear2Eternity Records' brilliant new recording artist - Richard Franklin Morse - News/Journal http://rychyrd.com/news.html#6 1. To breathe into; to fill with the breath; to animate.
2. To infuse by breathing, or as if by breathing.
3. To draw in by the operation of breathing; to inhale; -- opposed to expire.

This morning I was meditating, focusing on simply breathing, and I began to wonder why so many traditions teach this simple method. What is breath, I wondered, and why meditate on it? What I noticed is that breathing is a perfect model for how we live.
Breath is an elegant illustration of the phrase, ”˜Ask and It is Given’. When one breathes in, the body is asking for oxygen, and the request is fulfilled, naturally. The atmosphere does not say, ”˜work harder, become worthy and we’ll see’ or something like that, the fulfilment and the request are one event. It happens automatically and requires no effort - in fact it would require enormous effort to stop. It is deeply pleasurable: take a deep breath and feel the satisfaction of being alive. There is more than enough air for everyone, forever, you can have as much as you want, and the more you have the better you feel.
Breathing is the first thing we do as we begin this life, and the last thing we do as this life ends. With every breath we are subtly being told, ”˜This is how life works — effortless, joyful, constant and plentiful.’]]> http://rychyrd.com/news.html#6 Mon, 14 Jan 2008 00:00:00 -0800 Hear2Eternity Records' brilliant new recording artist - Richard Franklin Morse - News/Journal http://rychyrd.com/news.html#5 I notice that life can be experienced that way: as fresh, immediate experience, direct as it occurs, or as canned, based on the past, on what one knows or thinks one knows. Sometimes when I am doing something ”˜ordinary’ and find myself on auto-pilot I ask myself “Am I experiencing life as fresh or canned right now?” It helps to wake me up, and I notice that even in moments when nothing ”˜interesting’ is happening, there is a fresh, sparkling aliveness, if I stay present for it.]]> http://rychyrd.com/news.html#5 Wed, 25 Apr 2007 00:00:00 -0700 Hear2Eternity Records' brilliant new recording artist - Richard Franklin Morse - News/Journal http://rychyrd.com/news.html#3 http://rychyrd.com/news.html#3 Tue, 17 Jan 2006 00:00:00 -0800 Hear2Eternity Records' brilliant new recording artist - Richard Franklin Morse - News/Journal http://rychyrd.com/news.html#2 http://rychyrd.com/news.html#2 Thu, 12 Jan 2006 00:00:00 -0800 Hear2Eternity Records' brilliant new recording artist - Richard Franklin Morse - News/Journal http://rychyrd.com/news.html#1 http://rychyrd.com/news.html#1 Wed, 11 Jan 2006 00:00:00 -0800 Hear2Eternity Records' brilliant new recording artist - Richard Franklin Morse - News/Journal