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The only safe breathing exercises to follow are given in the books. There are many other breathing exercises, but they are useless for the Western seeker and will positively NOT give him the higher consciousness he seeks. They will certainly produce queer effects, beautiful reveries, or refreshing deep sleep, but one can get the same results by using hashish or opium, and with less trouble. Neither Truth nor Peace can be got via the nose. There is only one way to arrive at the goal he seeks and that is by disciplining thought in meditation and concentration, and then using it for all it is worth in enquiry into the meaning of life.

-- Notebooks Category 5: The Body > Chapter 6 : Breathing Exercises > # 23