The True Man
Ye shall be known by your works
Kabbalistic Name: Hayoth Ha Kadosh
Christian Name: Seraphim
Buddhist: Dharmakayas
Hindu: Brahma (Male aspect) – Sarasvati (Female aspect)
Christian: The Father
The first triangle of the Tree of Life (the sephiroth Kether, Chokmah, and Binah) is ruled by the crown, Kether, related to our head, specifically, the two hemispheres of our brain and the pineal gland. The first triangle is controlled by the Father.
This is also related closely to a practice in the Buddhist and Hindu traditions called Anapanna. It is simply a practice of learning how to be mindful of the breath, all the time, to be watching the breath. We obviously need to breath to remain alive, but we do it mechanically. Most of the time we are not even aware of the process of breathing, and so we just go about our business not fully aware and cognizant that the breath is what keeps us alive. So by becoming conscious of that, and learning to maintain an awareness of the process of breathing, we start to become more conscious of ourselves and to work with the force of the consciousness.
In relation to the breath, this is very important, because when you are breathing you are drawing in Prana. Remember that all the air that is drawn in is then absorbed into the blood, which is cycled throughout the body to feed your organism, your physical body, and sustain it. So when you start to breathe consciously, you breathe in better and more pure elements. You start to bring in the influence of the consciousness, and the consciousness is a direct extension of God. So learning to be conscious of breath can begin a very incipient level of self-awareness.
This practice is very beautiful and simple. You lie down and relax. You can either lie straight with your arms and legs close together, or in the form of a star. You relax, close your eyes and begin to concentrate on the pulse, and on the movement of the blood through your body. Now believe it or not, you can actually sense that and feel that. This practice teaches how to move from point to point through the body. Working with the tips of the fingers, toes, and nose, to become very attuned to feeling the movement of the pulse and the cycle of the pulse. Little by little, the yogi that does this practice comes to the astonishing realization that you can control it. It is possible to consciously control your pulse. This has been scientifically demonstrated many times. A yogi or a meditator can consciously slow down the pulse, and can even stop the pulse. Why is this important? This is not just a carnival act. It is important because in the very nature of the pulse we find important elements related to the consciousness, but what you specifically observe is that the experience of Samadhi occurs when the pulse is very slow.
A simple pranayama for instance is just to sit down in a chair, relax the body and breathe slowly, imagining that at the moment that you breath the sexual force is going up to your brain and entering into your heart, through the spinal column, and when you exhale the air just pronounce the letter S. Sssssss. This is what is called the still, small sound. It is written that Elias heard the way in which the sound of the S transmutes the force.