The breath is not the Self.+

Thich Nhat Hanh:~"Breath is the bridge, which connects life to consciousness, which unites your body to your thoughts."

Santthosh Kumaar: ~ Breather and breath and the world are nothing to do with the Soul, the Self. Remember: The ‘Self is not you but the Soul. The ‘Self’ is the formless, timeless, and spaceless Soul, which is present in the form of consciousness.

The breather, breathe, and the world in which he exists cease to exist without consciousness.

Consciousness can exist with or without the world in which we exist. Breather and breath and the world are nothing but an illusion created out of consciousness. Consciousness is the ultimate truth or Brahman or God in truth.

Sage Sankara: ~ VC-165-166 - The vital- air-Sheath cannot be the Self because it is the modification of air (Vayu). Like air, it enters the body and goes out of it never knowing the joy and sorrow like others. It is ever dependent on the Self.

The Breath, the body, and the world are one in essence. That essence is formless consciousness. The consciousness (Soul) is the Self.

The Breath, the body, and the world are part and parcel of the illusion. By holding the breath (vital force) as the Self, one cannot get rid of ignorance.

Without getting rid of the ignorance the Advaitic wisdom will not dawn. Advaitic Wisdom dawns only when one realizes that form, time and space are one in essence.

The breath is not the Self. The breath, body, and the world are created out of single stuff. That single stuff is the Soul, which is present in the form of consciousness.

Thus, the breath and breather and the world are part of the illusion created out of single stuff, which is consciousness.

The knowledge of the single stuff is Self-knowledge or Brahma Gnana or Atma Gnana.

Some Gurus say hold the breath as the Self. The breath is not the Self. The breath, breather, the world in which breather breaths, are appeared together and disappear together.

The breath, breather, and the world are present in the domain of the dualistic illusion.

The dualistic illusion is created out of single stuff. That single stuff is the soul, which is present in the form of consciousness.

People who hold their breath as the ‘Self’ are still thinking within the domain of the illusory form, time, and space.

One can breathe only within the world in which he exists. The ‘Self is not the one who breathes or the breath.

The breather, breathe and the world in which he exists is created out of a single clay. That single clay is the Soul, the Self, which is present in the form of consciousness. :~Santthosh Kumar