As breath turns from down to up, and again as breath curves from up to down – through both these turns, realize.
- In-breath and out-breath are not two parallel lines but one circle: the same breath goes in, must turn, and comes back out. There is a turning point at each end – realize the turns and you realize the self.
- Neutral gear: changing gears, a car must pass through neutral, engaged in nothing. At the breath’s turn you pass through neutral – neither body nor mind, neither physical nor mental. There you simply ARE: pure, unembodied existence.
- Breath and mind are coupled – stop the breath suddenly and the mind stops instantly. At the turn the breath is momentarily disjoined from body and mind; in that disjoined moment you can directly ask and know ‘Who is inside this house of the body?’
- The turn is very short – it needs minute, motionless observation. The obstacle is the jumping, verbalizing mind: remain WITH the turn, no word, no movement of mind (as you would stay completely with a flower for three minutes).