Verse 17 of "Forty Verses" and "Hridaya".

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17. To those who have not realised the Self, as well as to those who have,

the 'I' refers to the body but with this difference that for those who have

not realised, the 'I' is confined to the body; whereas for those who have

realised the Self within the body the 'I' shines as the limitless Self.

("Forty Verses on Reality.")

 

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In Talks 403 we find the following explanation of Heart (Hridaya):

 

D.: The Heart is said to be on the right, on the left or in the

centre. With such differences of opinion how are we to meditate on Hridaya?

 

M.: You ARE and it is a fact. Dhyana is by you, of you, and in you.

It must go on where you are. It cannot be outside you. So you are the

centre of Dhyana and that is the Heart.

A location is however given it with reference to the body. You know

that you ARE. Where are you? You are in the body and not out of it. Yet

not the whole body. Though you pervade the whole body still you admit of a

centre where from all your thoughts start and wherein they subside. Even

when the limbs are amputated you are there but with defective senses. So a

centre must be admitted. That is called the Heart. The Heart is not merely

the centre but the Self. Heart is only another name for the Self.

Doubts arise only when you identify it with something tangible and

physical. The scriptures no doubt describe it as the source of 101 nadis,

etc. In Yoga Vasistha Chudala says that kundalini is composed of 101 nadis,

thus identifying one with the other.

Heart is no conception, no object for meditation. But it is the seat

of meditation; the Self remains all alone. You see the body in the Heart,

the world in it. There is nothing separate from it. So all kinds of effort

are located there only.

 

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