Christmas day thoughts, Holy Spirit and the Miracle of Breathing (Meditation)

​Merry Christmas!
On this auspicious Xmas day, for anybody in the path of spirituality and God, it is very profitable to study the teachings of Jesus, Bible and the Holy Spirit.  

The relationship between the English word Holy Spirit and Breath is not obvious.... The  Hebrew word for spirit is "Ruach"...and it means "air in motion." It is the same word for "breath." It also means "life." By resemblance to breath and air in motion, it means "spirit." 
The Holy Spirit: Breath of God : http://www1.cbn.com/700club/holy-spirit-breath-god

Understanding of the Holy Spirit (also called  Holy Ghost) has been pretty intriguing to me... It is one of the Christian Trinity...the other two being, Father (God), Son (son of God or Jesus), which are a lot easier to comprehend (intellectually, of course :)) 
In  Bible, the information about the Holy Spirit is sketchy... mostly, it is about the other two, Father and Son.  In modern times, people like Benny Hinn has spoken extensively on Holy Spirit. 
Even most Christian churches  do not pay much attention to the Holy Spirit... 
However, most of the miracles performed by evangelists are attributed to the Holy Spirit.  By the way, who is not interested in miracles, in the realm of spirituality? :) . Hence my own interest.

Boney M. - Mary's Boy Child

May the Force be with you!

Holy spirit and the miracle called breathing!!

It is interesting to note that the Holy spirit is being referenced before creation, before the birth of Jesus, for miracles during his life, before crucifixion and after resurrection..

• According to Genesis 1:2, the Holy Spirit existed before the birth of  Jesus....it says "the Spirit of God was hovering over the waters."
• Before the birth of Jesus. Holy Spirit tells Mary that "son of god is going to be born"
• During his life, Jesus attributed all his miracles to the Holy Spirit.
• Shortly before his arrest by the Jews, giving last minute instructions and comfort to his disciples. He says he is going to send a "comforter or a helper"...meaning "the Holy Spirit who will dwell in you and will be with you".  John 14:15-18 : “If you love me, keep my commandments. “And I will pray the Father, and He will give you another comforter, to be with you forever, the Spirit of truth....for he dwells with you and will be in you"
• an lastly, after resurrection, Jesus anoints (initiation) disciples using breath " When He had said this, He breathed on them and said, “Receive the Holy Spirit."  

It is very interesting to note this connection between the Holy Spirit and breath... 

Most of us who are familiar with the oriental traditions, know about Prana and how breath is the external indicator.  Many initiations are done using breath as the medium, even today.
You can see numerous examples when using breath, life is infused.. 

• Looking at creation, you will see in Genesis 2:7: "Then the Lord God formed a man from the dust of the ground and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life, and the man became a living being!!! "
• In temple consecrations, one can see how an idol (piece of stone) is made live by what is called a prana-pratishta...like infusing prana into the idol, making it LIVE
• In the story of Ganesha's birth, the mother Parvathi breathes life in to piece of idol 

Meditation:
The study of the Holy spirit makes us recognize that it is a great meditation technique to be aware of one's breathing...on a continuous basis... because the the Holy Spirit and the breath are not different at the micro-level of the human body... (at the macro level, it does have a different meaning). It is easy to understand, has a direct relation on one's own life..
Breathing is continuous and is unrelated to thoughts...Breathing happens even when we are busy thinking.
It doesn't require any belief.. Nobody needs to preach to us how divine is breathing. The end of life is characterized  by one "breathing his last breath" and the life force leaves and the body becomes corpse.