Is our breathing is reason behind both our living and dying? The subject is that is our breathing the reason behind both our living and dying? It is true that we cannot live without breathing. But we all will die even if we breathe, is it true? I f we talk about the spiritual age. : - In which if attention is given to the routine of sages (rishi and muni), then they used to try to increase their conscious powers before increasing their physical powers. For which he used to meditate. Why was meditation done? What was the purpose behind meditation? (pinterest.com) The reason behind sage-munio's meditation was to control his breath. By applying meditation, the speed of our breath becomes very slow. The purpose of meditation is to listen to your breath and to listen to its slowest pace. There is a special thing to be seen in these meditative reactions and that is the slowing of the breath, so there is less intake of oxygen in the body. So by meditation our bo...