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Unstoppably breathing for pleasure

      I'm playing the 1981 song "Just Can't Get Enough" by Depeche Mode. On YouTube I right-clicked and activated Loop so it plays endlessly.

     I am constantly exercising desire, and will continue to do so unstoppably into my karmic future until I finally arrive at the ultimate bliss.

     Desire is not something to exercise occasionally, running on automatic pilot the rest of the time. "Slave to the Rhythm" by Grace Jones says "Never stop the action. Keep it up, keep it up."

     Breath meditation is relishing what I've already been doing, even whilst asleep: wanting to enrich my blood with oxygen so I feel good. My lungs belong to me 24/7/365 so it's familiar territory. I am not a robot but one breathing male organism not separate from his limbs.

     Just like I eat food to assuage my hunger, I constantly breathe for pleasure. When the checkout person as the supermarket says "Enjoy your evening" they aren't denying the first noble truth of suffering because enjoyment can be this male organism's default mode as he takes care of his breathing happily.

     Life is a marathon not a sprint. When my mood is depressed I can simply remind myself that I still have a strong desire to breathe, and I've already had long periods of happy times in the past learning skills and attitudes of refreshing breathing.

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