Guest guest Posted September 23, 2008 Report Share Posted September 23, 2008 This is creeping into my meditations quite a bit now. My center of visual processing and thought becomes my heart instead of my eyes, and my head loses its privileged status as seat of consciousness, feeling like just another extremity to wave around, no more or less important than a foot. When, out of habit, I turn my head in my mental environment to look at something, my perspective remains unchanged, yet still somehow my heart senses what I seek. Even if it's right off the side of my field of vision, the awareness is still there, and moving to track it feels irrelevant. The heart is where home is, so why move? Compared to head-based existence, centering in the heart feels incredibly stable and connected, like living as a landmass rather than as an island. Last night, this state made a major repressed forgiveness task automatic. Emotions radiate outwards from the heart, and when you're anchored there, they have no choice but to instantly separate from you, drifting away like noise or clouds. Heart consciousness brings effortless perception of the motivations of both sides, and with this bias-free empathy, unconditional acceptance is instantaneous, the slate is wiped clean...so far anyway, here's hoping it lasts! I wish my head could explain this perspective better! It's not as simple as the old adage that heart beats head at processing emotions, hearts are actually perfectly up to speed with thought processing too... Tom Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 23, 2008 Report Share Posted September 23, 2008 Hi Tom Thanks for shareing. all the best John , " etomireland " <singaporenoodles wrote: > > This is creeping into my meditations quite a bit now. My center of > visual processing and thought becomes my heart instead of my eyes, > and my head loses its privileged status as seat of consciousness, > feeling like just another extremity to wave around, no more or less > important than a foot. When, out of habit, I turn my head in my > mental environment to look at something, my perspective remains > unchanged, yet still somehow my heart senses what I seek. Even if > it's right off the side of my field of vision, the awareness is still > there, and moving to track it feels irrelevant. The heart is where > home is, so why move? Compared to head-based existence, centering in > the heart feels incredibly stable and connected, like living as a > landmass rather than as an island. > > Last night, this state made a major repressed forgiveness task > automatic. Emotions radiate outwards from the heart, and when you're > anchored there, they have no choice but to instantly separate from > you, drifting away like noise or clouds. Heart consciousness brings > effortless perception of the motivations of both sides, and with this > bias-free empathy, unconditional acceptance is instantaneous, the > slate is wiped clean...so far anyway, here's hoping it lasts! > > I wish my head could explain this perspective better! It's not as > simple as the old adage that heart beats head at processing emotions, > hearts are actually perfectly up to speed with thought processing > too... > Tom > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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