Practice of Five Magnetisms
SEMINAR II
Practices for Directing the Breath for Healing
Practices for Rhythm in the Breath
Chakras: Systems and Correspondences
This practice is to develop magnetism at each of the five levels of our being, and to sensitize us to the reality of subtle energy. We come to be aware of both our own and the life fields of those who ask us for healing. The practice should be done with the feet flat on the floor, either standing or sitting. Breathe through the nose. You may use your imagination to assist you in directing the breath. The regular daily practice is to take five breaths at each of the five levels, but you may sometimes extend the length of the practice, eg to 10 breaths per level. You may like to read Hazrat Inayat Khan’s teaching on Magnetism in Volume XI, Part II Psychology, chapters 9‑14.
Focus on your physical body. Inhale and exhale experiencing its life force and the vibrancy of its cells. As you inhale, the magnetism of the universe ‑ the solar system, stars and galaxies ‑ converges as your body. On the exhale, your body is en‑livened, vibrant with life, and that life force resonates with the physical life all around.
Focus on your mind, and experience or imagine how its mental activity is creating a field around your physical body. Inhale and exhale, attuning to this level of your life field. Experience it as finer than your physical body and reaching out beyond it. Connect with the thought fields of all beings.
‘...A living mind will show its life by its creative and perceptive quality... The pleasure that a man derives from a clear mind and a living mentality is a pleasure that cannot be compared with the pleasures that belong to this earth. A brilliant intellectuality imparts the pleasure of flying in the air, it lifts one above the earth. The thinker is like a bird that flies in the air compared with the man who is like an animal that stands on its four legs...’
Source
Hazrat Inayat Khan ‑ Volume XI ‑ Philosophy, Psychology and Mysticism Part II: Psychology, Chapter XII, The Magnetism of the Mind
Focus on your heart, and feel how its magnetism comes from the depths of your being, and touches the depths of other beings. Inhale sensing the deepening of your heart with its many qualities including compassion, mercy and beauty. Exhale, sensing how the subtle field of your heart extends beyond your physical and mental fields, is so fine that it is able to touch all beings. Without making an effort to develop this magnetism, allow its natural presence to live. Sense the magnetism of your heart, the field of your living heart.
‘...It is not only that the awakened heart draws man nearer, but a living heart also draws God closer...’
Source
Hazrat Inayat Khan ‑ Volume XI ‑ Philosophy, Psychology and Mysticism Part II: Psychology, Chapter XII, The Magnetism of the Heart
Inhale and exhale attuning with the soft, subtle light of your soul. As you inhale, realize peace throughout your being, from your very core. As you exhale, feel the radiance of peace, innocence, harmony, wholeness, at‑one‑ness. With each breath, surrender more and more into the life at your soul level; experience the all‑pervading field of peace, of love, harmony and beauty.
‘The soul has the greatest magnetism compared with the power of mind and the physical magnetism...’
Source
Hazrat Inayat Khan ‑ Volume XI ‑ Philosophy, Psychology and Mysticism Part II: Psychology, Chapter XIII, The Magnetism of the Soul
‘...The soul that is born again, the soul that has begun to live, the soul that has opened its eyes to the world, that soul not only attracts the wise and the virtuous, but also those who are devoid of wisdom and who lack virtue... It draws people walking on the earth and it draws souls that are not on the earth. It not only draws the living beings, the lower creation, but also the trees and plants are drawn to it. The atmosphere that an awakened soul produces lives for centuries in this world, unbroken and unpolluted...’
Source
Hazrat Inayat Khan ‑ Volume XI ‑ Philosophy, Psychology and Mysticism Part II: Psychology, Chapter IX, Magnetism
Attune to the pure life of spirit, to the life field which is being quickened with the ray of the divine sun. Inhale receiving the transmission of the ray of divine life as breath, being catalysed, transfigured, in the life of divine spirit. Exhale, allowing the spirit to shine out and spread its light and heat as a flame does. Let the field of spirit unveil your being, beyond the capacity of body or mind to define it. With each exhale, surrender into light.
‘Spiritual magnetism is the best and the most dependable magnetism. Its character is healing and very powerful. This magnetism appears with the unfoldment of the soul... Then the soul begins to shine out as a flame does through the lantern, which spreads its light and radiates its heat so that everyone around can feel it... When Jesus Christ bade us to drink his blood and eat his flesh, he meant that the spiritual magnetism which is given by spiritual personalities in the form of blessing, in the form of prayer, by their presence, in their atmosphere, should be our sustenance, should be the food for our soul. The spiritual path is a living path, because the magnetism of the spiritual path is living.’
Source
Hazrat Inayat Khan ‑ Volume XI ‑ Philosophy, Psychology and Mysticism Part II: Psychology, Chapter XIV, Spiritual Magnetism
At the end: remain quietly for two or three minutes in spiritual repose, receptive, open, peaceful.
SEMINAR II
Practices for Directing the Breath for Healing
Practices for Rhythm in the Breath
Chakras: Systems and Correspondences
Tools for Living Well
This practice is to develop magnetism at each of the five levels of our being, and to sensitize us to the reality of subtle energy. We come to be aware of both our own and the life fields of those who ask us for healing. The practice should be done with the feet flat on the floor, either standing or sitting. Breathe through the nose. You may use your imagination to assist you in directing the breath. The regular daily practice is to take five breaths at each of the five levels, but you may sometimes extend the length of the practice, eg to 10 breaths per level. You may like to read Hazrat Inayat Khan’s teaching on Magnetism in Volume XI, Part II Psychology, chapters 9‑14.
Focus on your physical body. Inhale and exhale experiencing its life force and the vibrancy of its cells. As you inhale, the magnetism of the universe ‑ the solar system, stars and galaxies ‑ converges as your body. On the exhale, your body is en‑livened, vibrant with life, and that life force resonates with the physical life all around.
Focus on your mind, and experience or imagine how its mental activity is creating a field around your physical body. Inhale and exhale, attuning to this level of your life field. Experience it as finer than your physical body and reaching out beyond it. Connect with the thought fields of all beings.
‘...A living mind will show its life by its creative and perceptive quality... The pleasure that a man derives from a clear mind and a living mentality is a pleasure that cannot be compared with the pleasures that belong to this earth. A brilliant intellectuality imparts the pleasure of flying in the air, it lifts one above the earth. The thinker is like a bird that flies in the air compared with the man who is like an animal that stands on its four legs...’
Source
Hazrat Inayat Khan ‑ Volume XI ‑ Philosophy, Psychology and Mysticism Part II: Psychology, Chapter XII, The Magnetism of the Mind
Focus on your heart, and feel how its magnetism comes from the depths of your being, and touches the depths of other beings. Inhale sensing the deepening of your heart with its many qualities including compassion, mercy and beauty. Exhale, sensing how the subtle field of your heart extends beyond your physical and mental fields, is so fine that it is able to touch all beings. Without making an effort to develop this magnetism, allow its natural presence to live. Sense the magnetism of your heart, the field of your living heart.
‘...It is not only that the awakened heart draws man nearer, but a living heart also draws God closer...’
Source
Hazrat Inayat Khan ‑ Volume XI ‑ Philosophy, Psychology and Mysticism Part II: Psychology, Chapter XII, The Magnetism of the Heart
Inhale and exhale attuning with the soft, subtle light of your soul. As you inhale, realize peace throughout your being, from your very core. As you exhale, feel the radiance of peace, innocence, harmony, wholeness, at‑one‑ness. With each breath, surrender more and more into the life at your soul level; experience the all‑pervading field of peace, of love, harmony and beauty.
‘The soul has the greatest magnetism compared with the power of mind and the physical magnetism...’
Source
Hazrat Inayat Khan ‑ Volume XI ‑ Philosophy, Psychology and Mysticism Part II: Psychology, Chapter XIII, The Magnetism of the Soul
‘...The soul that is born again, the soul that has begun to live, the soul that has opened its eyes to the world, that soul not only attracts the wise and the virtuous, but also those who are devoid of wisdom and who lack virtue... It draws people walking on the earth and it draws souls that are not on the earth. It not only draws the living beings, the lower creation, but also the trees and plants are drawn to it. The atmosphere that an awakened soul produces lives for centuries in this world, unbroken and unpolluted...’
Source
Hazrat Inayat Khan ‑ Volume XI ‑ Philosophy, Psychology and Mysticism Part II: Psychology, Chapter IX, Magnetism
Attune to the pure life of spirit, to the life field which is being quickened with the ray of the divine sun. Inhale receiving the transmission of the ray of divine life as breath, being catalysed, transfigured, in the life of divine spirit. Exhale, allowing the spirit to shine out and spread its light and heat as a flame does. Let the field of spirit unveil your being, beyond the capacity of body or mind to define it. With each exhale, surrender into light.
‘Spiritual magnetism is the best and the most dependable magnetism. Its character is healing and very powerful. This magnetism appears with the unfoldment of the soul... Then the soul begins to shine out as a flame does through the lantern, which spreads its light and radiates its heat so that everyone around can feel it... When Jesus Christ bade us to drink his blood and eat his flesh, he meant that the spiritual magnetism which is given by spiritual personalities in the form of blessing, in the form of prayer, by their presence, in their atmosphere, should be our sustenance, should be the food for our soul. The spiritual path is a living path, because the magnetism of the spiritual path is living.’
Source
Hazrat Inayat Khan ‑ Volume XI ‑ Philosophy, Psychology and Mysticism Part II: Psychology, Chapter XIV, Spiritual Magnetism
At the end: remain quietly for two or three minutes in spiritual repose, receptive, open, peaceful.