Some Vedic statements for deep contemplation

   "He divided Himself into three: the sun one-third and the air one-third. Thus Prana is divided into three. His head is the east and His arms are that (the north-east) and that (the south-east). His hinder part is the west and His two hip-bones are that (the north-west) and that (the south-west). His sides are the south and the north, His back is heaven, His belly is the intermediate region and His chest is the earth. Thus He stands firm on water. He who knows this stands firm wherever he goes." [Yajurveda, Brihadaranyaka Upanishad I, II-The Process of Creation, 3]

   "That body, in man, is again the heart within a man; for the pranas exist in it and do not go beyond. That Gayatri has four feet and is sixfold. The same is also declared by a Rik-verse: Such is its greatness (i.e. of Brahman as known through the symbol of the Gayatri). Greater than it is the Person (Brahman). One of Its feet covers all beings; the immortal three feet are in heaven (i.e. in Itself) The Brahman which has been thus described is the same as the physical akasa outside a person. The akasa which is outside a person is the same as that which is inside a person. The akasa which is inside a person is the akasa within the heart. The akasa which is within the heart is omnipresent and unchanging. He who knows this obtains full and unchanging prosperity." [Sama Veda, Chan. Upa., III, XII - Meditation on the Gayatri, 4-9]

    "Of that heart there are five doors controlled by the devas. That which is the eastern door is the prana-that is the eye, that is Aditya (the Sun). One should meditate on that as brightness and the source of food. He who knows this becomes bright and an eater of food." [Sama Veda, Chan. Upa., III, XIII - Meditation on the Door-Keepers, 1].

   "It is also the Brahmanaspati (lord of the Yajur-Veda). Speech is Brahman (Yajur), and the vital breath is its lord (pati). Therefore it is called Brahmanaspati Prana is Saman, too. Speech is, verily, sa and this (prana) is ama. Saman (the chant of the Sama-Veda) is known by that name because it is sa (speech) and ama (prana). Or because it (prana) is equal (sama) to a white ant, equal to a mosquito, equal to an elephant, equal to these three worlds, nay, equal to this universe; therefore it (prana) is indeed the Sama-Veda. He who knows this vital breath to be such attains union with it or lives in the same world with it." Yajur Veda, Brihadaranyaka Upanishad I, III-The Prana: Its Glories and Redeeming Power, 21-22].

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