Heart, was Shabda and Jnana

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Hi Harsha,

> Sri Ramana used the term Heart to denote the Self, Jnana, The All.

>Heart in

>Sanskrit comes from Hridayam. Hridayam means the Center. "Here is the

>Center."

 

Very interesting! I wonder if "hrit" and "heart" go back to a common

Indo-European root - certainly looks like it. Does anyone have an

etymological dictionary?

>Heart refers to Pure Being. Pure Awareness. The ancients called it

>Sat-Chit-Ananda.

>

> Those who know the Heart, know that all methods and techniques

>disappear

>Here. All experiences of heavens and hells, and different lokas and super

>conscious states meet their end in the Heart. Light and Sound and Space and

>Time and the Mind itself cannot escape the pull of the Heart and become prey

>to it. It is like a huge magnet. It is Grace that allows for the mind to

>merge in Heart and for the total immediacy of Being to become Self-Evident.

>The Heart is beyond all super conscious states. It is the core and the

>foundation and the Reality from which the consciousness springs forth as

>Shakti.

>

> Sages who know the Heart really do not know anything else. Their

>mind does

>not easily go into any other direction. Of course, all directions are good.

>All meditative techniques produce some result and take one to some

>destination. One who knows the Heart has no destination. He Is the Heart.

>This is why when Sri Ramana was dying and people were asking him not to

>leave, the Sage simply said, "Where am I going to go. I am Here."

 

Utterly beautiful! Thank you.

 

Love,

Dharma