In the language of the Navajo Indians, the word “Nilch’l” translated into the English language simply means “wind, air or the sky”. Of course, no English translation will ever truly be able to express the depths of Navajo philosophy. For the Navajo, “Nilch’I” represents a god, the Supreme Creator, an infinite, boundless force that communicates between all elements of the natural world. It is the Holy Wind that brings movement, energy, sound and love to all things that have found life in this world. According to Navajo creation myths, the wind circulated through the desolate land of dark mists and formed the mountains, the trees, the water and the clouds above — it was nature’s first source of nourishment.
In India, the winds that circulate through our bodies are called pranas, and the most familiar of these pranas are those that control our inhalation and exhalation, whereby vital substances are carried into our bodies and destructive substances are pushed away. This is nature of the world itself — a cyclical stream of death and rebirth, giving and receiving and creation and destruction. The pranas direct vital elements upwards toward the higher chakras of our heart and crown, a cycle involving aspiration and inspiration: aspiration meaning “to breathe toward spirit, to ascend, to soar”, and inspiration, “to draw in, being infilled with spirit, divinely inspired”. These vital powers bring life and excite our impulses, emotions and desires.
In the Book of Genesis, it reads:
“And the Lord God formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living soul.”
[For more on this story by Harry J. Stead, go to https://medium.com/@harrystead...ur-life-28705d09feb0]
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