A forcible
expiration is always the sure and certain sign of approaching
dissolution or death. Both these words soham and hanysha cause the
waste of the animal economy, as they permit the oxygen of the inspired
air to enter the lungs where the pulmonary changes of the blood occur.
According to Lavoissier, an adult Frenchman inhales daily 15,661 grains
of oxygen from the atmosphere, at the rate of 10.87 grains nearly per
minute.
The word Om is pronounced by the inspiration of air through the mouth
and the expiration of the same by the nostrils.
When a man inspires through the mouth and expires through the nostrils,
the oxygen of the inspired air does not enter the lungs where the
pulmonary changes of the blood take place. The monosyllable Om thus
acts as a substitute for the suspension of the breath.
The waste of the body is proportionate to the quantity of oxygen taken
into the system by the respiration. The waste of a man who breathes
quickly is greater than that of one who breathes slowly. While
tranquillity of mind produces slow breathing, and causes the retardation
of the bodily waste, the tranquil respiration has a tendency to produce
calmness of mind.
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