 All
the well known spiritual books say
something about the importance of
the breath and swaras.
There are two that are the most
important on this topic: Swara
Chintamani and Shiva Swarodhaya.
SWARA
CHINTAMANI (the jewel of
consciousness is Swara)
Author:
Lord Shiva (a dialogue between
Shiva and Parvati)
Dated:
Written originally in Tamil and
found in the Adyar Library in the
last century
This
book is very systematically
divided into 24 chapters in which
Parvati, wife of Shiva asks about
all aspects of life. She starts
with a prayer and obescience to
the Lord (Iswara) and then asks
about all manner of things to
which Lord Shiva answers that
everything depends on swara; that
"If breath is going out and
coming in, there is life and if
the movement stops, the body
perishes." She continues
asking about the nature of the
universe, the origin of the
embryo, the origin of swara, and
all sorts of details about swara,
knowledge of the tattwas, on food,
sickness, war, dreams and death
and many other topics. Shiva
answers Parvati's questions
patiently and fully and goes on
the tell her all about swara
saying that "for all beings,
breath is only the base."
These include techniques for
managing the planetary effects and
the moon's phases and avoiding the
negative influence of the planets
and astral forces, through
altering the breath flow or swara
in the nostrils, manipulating and
controlling the breath or the
breath flow through each nostril.
We can alter our destiny by
being more auspicious, and
realising, and eventually
attaining the harmainy and the
Highest Consciosness.
SHIVA
SWARODAYA
Author:
Lord Shiva dialoguing with Parvati
his consort.
Origin:
Preserved in Guru Disciple
tradition from the begening of the
universe. Written in Sanskrit
book-form, latter in between
500.BCto 300. AD with integration
of all practices for the different
purpose exoteric as well as
esoteric.
Shakti as Parvati asks questions
about the nature of the universe,
about life , about the nature of
suffering, death, war, predictions
and the planetary effects and
their negative and positive
influences, how to live a
successful married life, how to
invoke a divine soul to be born,
how to understand everything and
realise the Higher Consciousness.
Lord Shiva answers that by
observing and manipulating the
breath, all aspects of the
universe from the manifest to the
unmanifest as well as our own
lives, can be understood and
enhanced
through the medium of the
breath.
The book also includes
simple techniques for removing
obstacles and negativity from our
lives to improving it.
Some other texts on Swara Yoga are
Gyan Swaroday and
Indra Swaroday. Also
swara yoga is explained in Rrdrayamala
tantra, in ekadasha patala (11th
chapter).
Translation
in hindi and english are published
from different publication.
Few
selected available books are:
Swara
Yoga Translated by Swami
Muktibodhananda, Publisher Bihar
School of Yoga, Munger, India.
Swara
Chintamani, translated by S. Kanan
Publisher: Sagar
publication, Delhi
, India.
Breath
Mind and Consciousness By Harish
Johari.
Swara
Yoga By Swami Sivananda, Publisher
Divine Life Society, Rishikesh,
India.
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