Hara, Dan Tien, Opening & Connecting to the Original Life-force

     “By Hara … the Japanese understand an all-inclusive general attitude which enables a man to open himself to the power and wholeness of the original life-force and to testify to it by the fulfillment, the meaningfulness, and the mastery displayed in his own life. Knowledge of Hara is valid not only for the Japanese. It has universal human validity.

     Hara means nothing other than the physical embodiment of the original Life center in man.”

       Durckheim KG. “Hara – The vital center of man.” Inner Traditions, Rochester VT, 1975 (originally published 1956 - hence the masculine terminology). 

     See also: http://mindfulnessforeveryone.blogspot.ca/2013/05/326-classical-japanese-centeredness.html

Song of Eternity by Richard Kirsten Daiensai    http://www.kirstengallery.com