PRANA ENERGY -- LIFE ENERGY

Prana  is the life energy that keeps the body alive and healthy.  In Greek it is called pneuma, in Polynesian mana ,in Hebrew ruah, in Arabic ruh,in Chinese qi which means breath of life or soul.

Basically there are three major sources of prana:  sun, air and ground.

Solar prana

Solar prana is prana from sunlight.  It illuminates the whole body and promotes good health.  It can be obtained by sunbathing or exposure to sunlight for about five to ten minutes and by drinking water that has been exposed to sun.  Prolonged exposure can harm the physical body as it is quite potent.

Air prana

Prana contained in the air is absorbed through the breath and also directly by the energy centres , chakras of the body.  Deep slow rhythmic breathing followed by short shallow breathing is the way described by rishis.

Ground prana

Prana contained in the ground is absorbed through the feet.  This is done automatically or unconsciously and walking barefoot, in safe areas increases the amount of ground prana.

Water prana

Water absorbs prana from sunlight, air and ground that it comes in contact with.  Fresh food contains more prana than preserved food.

Prana for healing

Prana can also be projected to another person for healing(eg Qigong).  Persons with a lot of prana tend to make others around them feel better and livelier.  However, those who are depleted tend to unconsciously absorb prana from others.

Prana in nature

Certain trees, such as neem, alpine trees or old gigantic healthy trees exude lot of prana.  Tired people lying down or resting underneath these trees feel much better.

Weather

During bad weather conditions, many people get  sick easily not only because of the changes in temperature but also because of the decrease in solar and air prana.  People feel mentally and physically sluggish and are susceptible to infectious diseases.  This can to some extent be couteracted by consciously absorbing prana from the ground.

The rishi munis have observed that there is more prana during daytime than at night and it is highest around three or four o clock in the morning.

We should all learn to respect the diversity of creation as we all  are very intrinsically inter-related, the opposite as we all are seeing leads to catastrophy.