heart consciousness

lavina · 10-14-2007, 11:27 AM

" The majority of modern peoples, if asked to find the place within their body where the unique self resides, would say that it lives about an inch above their eyebrows and about two inches into the skull. but most indigenous and historical peoples would locate the self someplace else. They would gesture in the region of the heart..."

"...consciousness is highly mobile and is able to use a variety of locations in the body through which to process the information we receive from the world... Interestingly, as human consciousness orients itself in different locations in the body, its mode of cognition changes as well. The verbal/intellectual/analytic mode of cognition so common among scientists is the mode utilized by the brain. It is linear by nature. We have been so habituated to this mode that we often forget that there is another form of cognition. The secod mode is the holistic/intuitive/depth mode of cognition. And when the seat of consciousness is located not in the brain, but in the heart, it is the second more holistic mode that is activated."

KABIR: "Near your breastbone there is an open flower,
drink the honey that is all around that flower..."

From "The Secret Teachings of Plants" by Stephen Buhner, 2004, Vermont: Bear and Company.

Hubert · 10-15-2007, 05:46 AM

This heart place is dangerous. Once you taste it, you always want more of it, just to be there and never leave.

Fin · 10-18-2007, 10:20 AM

When all the clever talk of the mind is exhausted.
There is only the heart left where the joy of infinity is finally experienced...

Thank you lavina for posting this.
Love
Fin

Pandara · 10-18-2007, 10:30 PM

Hi Fin,

I love your quote as well, very wise indeed.

10-18-2007, 10:30 PM	#4
Pandara pañcashata Member Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Pretoria, South Africa Posts: 593	Hi Fin, I love your quote as well, very wise indeed. __________________ Blessings & Om's Pandara _____________________________________________ Serve, Love, Give, Purify, Meditate, Realise. - Swami Sivanada

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10-14-2007, 11:27 AM	#1
lavina Senior Member Join Date: May 2006 Posts: 228	" The majority of modern peoples, if asked to find the place within their body where the unique self resides, would say that it lives about an inch above their eyebrows and about two inches into the skull. but most indigenous and historical peoples would locate the self someplace else. They would gesture in the region of the heart..." "...consciousness is highly mobile and is able to use a variety of locations in the body through which to process the information we receive from the world... Interestingly, as human consciousness orients itself in different locations in the body, its mode of cognition changes as well. The verbal/intellectual/analytic mode of cognition so common among scientists is the mode utilized by the brain. It is linear by nature. We have been so habituated to this mode that we often forget that there is another form of cognition. The secod mode is the holistic/intuitive/depth mode of cognition. And when the seat of consciousness is located not in the brain, but in the heart, it is the second more holistic mode that is activated." KABIR: "Near your breastbone there is an open flower, drink the honey that is all around that flower..." From "The Secret Teachings of Plants" by Stephen Buhner, 2004, Vermont: Bear and Company.

10-15-2007, 05:46 AM	#2
Hubert saptashata Member Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Romania Posts: 739	This heart place is dangerous. Once you taste it, you always want more of it, just to be there and never leave.

10-18-2007, 10:20 AM	#3
Fin shatá Member Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: England UK Posts: 123	When all the clever talk of the mind is exhausted. There is only the heart left where the joy of infinity is finally experienced... Thank you lavina for posting this. Love Fin