Guest guest Posted September 1, 2003 Report Share Posted September 1, 2003 > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > > THE SECRET LOCUS OF THE SELF > (Cont'd) > > QUESTIONER: In no book have I found it stated that it is there. > > SRI BHAGAVAN: Long after I came here, I chanced upon a verse in the > Malayalam version of Ashtanga Hridayam, the standard work on Ayurveda (an > ancient healing method), wherein the heart-center is mentioned as located > in the right side of the chest, called the seat of consciousness. But I > know of no other work, which refers to it as being located there. > > QUESTIONER: Can I be sure that the ancients meant this center the term > "Heart?" > > SRI BHAGAVAN: Yes, that is so. But you should try to HAVE, rather than to > locate the experience. A man need not go to find out where his eyes are > situated when he wants to see. The Heart is there, ever open to you if you > care to enter it, ever supporting all your movements even when you are > unaware. It is perhaps more proper to say that the Self is the Heart > itself than to say that it is in the Heart. Really, the Self is the center > itself. It is everywhere, aware of itself as "Heart," the Self-awareness. > Hence I have said, "Heart is Thy name." ______________________ Want to chat instantly with your online friends? Get the FREE Messenger http://uk.messenger./ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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