Breath - The Never-assessed Wealth

Mastery over a thing can only come

When its subtleties are seen over time

And once that milestone is truly crossed,

We begin to understand its meter and rhyme.

We read a few books and listen to those

Who have some mastery in their field

And then get hold of certificates and things

And think we’ve learnt how an onion is peeled.

How an onion can be peeled

Can be learnt by doing it again and again,

Not through books or certificates

But by ingesting lessons gleaned through pain.

Unless we pay our attention to a thing

Its mysteries cannot be unveiled -

We’ve seen many students with open books

Who took their exams and woefully failed.

We breathe thousands of times each day

But our attention’s never on it

And so the secrets that our breath wants to share

Lie undiscovered in a place not lit.

Of all that we run and chase after in life

There’s little more valuable than the breath

But though we breathe from right under our noses

Its immense gifts remain secret until death.

And once we’re dead its secrets won’t help

For we can then breathe no more;

Life’s greatest gift will remain under wraps,

Its great wealth untouched though in an open store.

- rajyogi

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