12 Body Systems: Portals of Divine Intelligence
Part Four: The Respiratory System - The Spirit Gate
The breath doesn’t just fill the lungs—it fills your life. It moves through you before thought. Before language. Before choice.
It is the first sacred act you perform in this body. And it will be the last.
Your lungs do not ask for permission. They serve. Silently. Constantly. They rise and fall, expanding like wings, folding like prayer.
But in the chaos of modern life, we forget this miracle. We breathe on autopilot—fast, shallow, and distracted—until the body tightens, the mind races, and the spirit feels far away. We lose the bridge. We lose ourselves.
But we can find our way back.
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