spirit
PRANA
PRANOSPHERE
SPACE, PRANA, TIME, KARMA AND MIND
The Space element is the most important
one according to Ayurveda, it is the element
that provides means for everything to
happen (also at a mental level). It’s
paradoxical, it exists and it doesn’t at the
same time. It’s the element where many
objects can develop and it helps differentiate
the objects.
Space is freedom, peace, expansion,
inactivity, clarity, vision, serenity (the closest
to happiness). It has no physical existence,
but now we know it is linked to time.
In the cosmos, Space (akash) or the
consciousness is where our karma is located,
the time from this and each of our lives. We
also need space in our room, inside the car,
in the closet, in the stomach, in the mind, at
home, in between your spouse.
Space also generates prana, to which time is
added, that generates mind and karma, then
all of that conforms the pranosphere and any
aspect of them that changes, will affect the
rest of them.
Ayurveda and Yoga’s life philosophy are
based on prana; all of their paths are to
get prana. To handle the mind or to
handle the prana is to manage space,
time and karma.
Shakti is the primordial energy and has 2
polarities, it’s called prana if it is
manifested, and kundalini if it is potential.
Prana means pra-anna, the first food, and
our first food when we begin our
existence is oxygen, but prana is not just
oxygen (planets can move and anaerobic
germs can have prana shakti and respire
in the absence of oxygen). Prana is not
only energy, it is action, joy, pleasure,
sex, enthusiasm, optimism, will power,
attention and intention (sankalpa), good
vibes, acceptance, fewer complaints,
good attitude.
When the mind is calm, the breath is
calm as well; when the mind is
disturbed, it disturbs the breath. When
prana is controlled, all actions in which
prana is involved are immediately
controlled.
By improving our breath, prana increases
and the mind awakens (relevant in
geriatrics and vata imbalances). Prana is
influenced by our karma, dosha, our
emotions, our work, the weather;
summing up, by our lifestyle.
Dr. Fabián J. Ciarlotti
42 YOGIC HERALD JAN 2018
“When the mind is
calm, the breath is
calm as well; when
the mind is disturbed,
it disturbs the breath.
When prana is
controlled, all actions
in which prana is
involved are
immediately
controlled.”
I am ... what follows that is the
ego. So ham: I am that, purusha.
I am (mental state) ... what
follows is prana.
Prana, wind, air, mind, time,
energy, death, karma ... are
different octaves of the same
music.
Space generates and preserves
prana, and prana is the will
power’s fuel. Just as the body is a
srota or channel of the mind, it is
of time, prana and space as well.