Fw: The Heart - 4

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There are a couple more parts to this series on the heart,

you can find them in the archives near these dates,

if interested in all 6 of them. -G.

- Viorica Weissman

RamanaMaharshi

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Sunday, August 12, 2001 11:52 PM

The Heart - 4

Q: You say the 'I'-thought rises from the Heart-centre.

Should we seek its source there?

A: I ask you to see where the 'I' arises in your body, but it is

really not quite correct to say that the ‘I’ rises from and merges

in the Heart in the right side of the chest. The Heart is another

name for the reality and it is neither inside nor outside the body.

There can be no in or out for it, since it alone is.

Q: Should I meditate on the right chest in order to meditate on the Heart?

A: The Heart is not physical. Meditation should not be on the right

or the left. Meditation should be on the Self. Everyone knows 'I am'.

Who is the 'I'? It will be neither within nor without, neither on the right

nor on the left. 'I am'- that is all. Leave alone the idea of right and left.

They pertain to the body. The Heart is the Self. Realise it and then

you will see for yourself. There is no need to know where and what

the Heart is. It will do its work if you engage in the quest for the Self.

Q: What is the Heart referred to in the verse of Upadesa Saram where

it is said, 'Abiding in the Heart is the best Karma, Yoga, Bhakti

[devotion] and Jnana [knowledge]?

A: That which is the source of all, that in which all live, and that

into which all finally merge, is the Heart referred to.

Q: How can we conceive of such a Heart?

A: Why should you conceive of anything? You have only to see from

where the 'I' springs. That from which all thoughts of embodied beings

issue forth is called the Heart. All descriptions of it are only mental

concepts.

Sri Ramana Maharshi - from Be As You Are

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All paths go

somewhere. No path goes nowhere. Paths, places, sights, perceptions,

and indeed all experiences arise from and exist in and subside back

into the Space of Awareness. Like waves rising are not different than

the ocean, all things arising from Awareness are of the nature of

Awareness. Awareness does not come and go but is always Present. It

is Home. Home is where the Heart Is. Jnanis know the Heart to be the

Finality of Eternal Being. A true devotee relishes in the Truth of

Self-Knowledge, spontaneously arising from within into It Self.

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