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Ideas deserve no respect until they have been scrutinized and slapped around a bit... it's not just the birth of ideas, but also the death of ideas that lead to freedom.

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skeptics will suggest that if I cannot prove it, it did not happen.

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No, skeptics will suggest that if you cannot prove it, they don't know it happened.

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It always amazes me that people fundamentally fail to grasp the difference between uncertainty and conviction or rejection of a claim and adoption of the opposite claim.  Obviously, you have no trouble seeing the difference.

+5 for keeping it logical.

Rejection of a conlusion is just that- it does not require the adoption of some other conclusions nor proof as to either, only observation that the support for the proffered conclusion is inadequate.

Thanks for putting in your two cents, your an asset to the forums.

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As you are near the bottom of a breath, you can notice that desire to breathe in may occur just before the breath is fully gone. When you breathe in, breathe in fully feeling the emotion rise up from the lowest part of the body into the belly and chest. Eat it like a piece of cake, and have no thought of exhaling/letting go, until it is time to do so. When you exhale, let go completely, yet do not push the air out as this would be anticipating the next breath. At the bottom of the breath you will notice that tug to breathe in. Still your emotion and don't entertain desire until it is time to breathe in again.

You can further explore this by holding the breath. You can hold the breath at the top and feel that fullness, and reject the desire to let go. You can hold the breath at the bottom, feel the emptiness, and not entertain the desire to inhale. When you are conscious of both, and feel the balance between them, you no longer need the dots, or even the separation. It is one movement, like a wave. A calm excitment. The mighty sound of silence.

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Love is what we are, fear is the reminder.

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