The Universal Importance of the Life Force (Prana):
The sages have defined religion as:"(That which sustains life is regarded as religion and the religion sustains people)".
If we accept this definition the same can be further extended and applied to the Life Force because of its function. The existence of the body, mind and intellect totally depend upon the Life Force (Prana) and without it their existence is not possible. Without the Life Force, the Spirit (Chaitanya), the functions of sense organs like hearing, speaking, touching, seeing and smelling as well as tasting are not possible. It can be easily understood that the Life Force (i.e. Spirit - (Chaitanya) which is all-pervading primal force is the basic religion of the universe. The Life Force - Spirit is the only religion (God) of the whole universe.
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