Head to Heart ~ beautiful experience by Visvanathan

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THIS IS VISVANATHAN'S POST FROM FREE SPEECH; i liked it so much

wanted this group to see; amma bless, amarnath

 

Om Amrtesvaryai Namah!!

 

Namaskarams dear brothers and sisters!

 

what you described,  about the mind descending from the head

to the heart, and being lost in that Love, that happened to me too

about 11 years ago...i was studying some of Paul Brunton's teachings,

especially where he was writing about an exercise wherein one should

deliberately try to experience moving the mind from head to

heart...he

suggested that one should try to FEEL that mind moving down and

imagining (or feeling) that one is in the heart mind...looking at the

world through the heart, rather than head...he said that one would

feel a definite "catching" feeling (kind of like a velcro catching

feeling), as the mind was caught in the heart... one should do this

over and over....to experience this new way of perceiving and feeling

the "proper" placement of mind...

 

i was meditating upon Meeramma's portrait while doing this exercise,

and suddenly something happened...the mind as you described descended

into the heart, and i WAS LOVE...nothing but PURE DIVINE LOVE...

 

everywhere i looked was nothing BUT this Love, everyone i would meet

was LOVE only...it all seemed SO SIMPLE...i remember being SO

intoxicated with that Divine Love...that i wanted to share it with

everyone, and tried to convince them that it was true, and show them

HOW to do this

 

that exalted feeling of Divine Love lasted a little longer than two

weeks and then faded away (a kind of love satori i suppose tom would

suggest)...anyways a few months later...Amma arrived in my life, and

i

   spent some time with Her that June in the Seattle area...Her

Darshan

gave me that exact same feeling of DIVINE love...and it seemed to me

that She was permanently living in that Divine Love (millions of time

more intense than my poor little candle flame however)...

 

when i came back home, that same feeling of Divine Love persisted for

about two weeks again, and it was easy to slip intensely into it

without even meditating...one had merely to think of Divine

subjects...or to remember Amma's Grace, and Her Love, and one would

be

vibrating instantly in that Love space...

 

this has continued to happen every year after i would spend some time

with Amma, excepting that the feeling of Divine Love has become much

easier to cultivate over time than it used to be...just to look at

Amma's picture or praying to Her...or seeing a wonderfully beautiful

landscape scene, or being touched by some other human or animal being

in that deep way all these will bring that Love..

 

i see that my ordinary mind generally gets in the way of all

that...it

is too busy calculating, criticising, and desiring...one has to

redirect that mind into some Sacred contemplation be it never so

humble...and then all that chatter, and mind noise will temporarily

die away and i experience that this heart is Nothing BUT Divine

Love..

 

When we behave lovingly and kindly with other folks, even when they

are unkind, or rushed or preoccupied...if we DO NOT get taken in by

negative reactive thoughts about their behaviour, but rather see that

innocent being within, and behave lovingly and supportively towards

them, then that Divine Love is spontaneously reborn, and not only do

THEY feel better that someone cares, but we TOO feel so much better

that we were able to scatter a few rays of Divine Light and Love

through this apparently dark world of misery and selfishness...

 

every time that i put myself out that extra few metres...that extra

bit of a smile and a kind word, i see that following Amma's advice is

the ONLY way to go...be kind and loving and suddenly light is dawning

in this dark world...and not only do we feel connected lovingly with

that person, (whom we may have seen as a problem just a few minutes

earlier), but we also feel so much more lovingly connected to our

Amma, Whose entire life is committed to just such loving deeds.

 

in that case whether we are aware of it or not, we are moving our

minds down from the head mind to the heart mind....the heart mind

stitches everything together into a Sacred oneness...and the head

mind

chops it all up into separate and painful parts.

 

anyways, thank you for sharing your experience with us...it

reminded me of my own smallish one so many years ago.

 

in Amma's Divine Love,

and in Her Service,

as ever,

 

visvanathan

 

 

 

 

 

Aum Amriteswarayai Namaha!

 

 

 

 

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you are beautiful my dear beloved and darling child of AMMA.

 

 

>"amarnath" <anatol_zinc >

>Ammachi

>Ammachi

> Head to Heart ~ beautiful experience by Visvanathan

>Mon, 15 May 2006 21:55:35 -0000

>

>THIS IS VISVANATHAN'S POST FROM FREE SPEECH; i liked it so much

>wanted this group to see; amma bless, amarnath

>

>Om Amrtesvaryai Namah!!

>

>Namaskarams dear brothers and sisters!

>

>what you described,  about the mind descending from the head

>to the heart, and being lost in that Love, that happened to me too

>about 11 years ago...i was studying some of Paul Brunton's teachings,

>especially where he was writing about an exercise wherein one should

>deliberately try to experience moving the mind from head to

>heart...he

>suggested that one should try to FEEL that mind moving down and

>imagining (or feeling) that one is in the heart mind...looking at the

>world through the heart, rather than head...he said that one would

>feel a definite "catching" feeling (kind of like a velcro catching

>feeling), as the mind was caught in the heart... one should do this

>over and over....to experience this new way of perceiving and feeling

>the "proper" placement of mind...

>

>i was meditating upon Meeramma's portrait while doing this exercise,

>and suddenly something happened...the mind as you described descended

>into the heart, and i WAS LOVE...nothing but PURE DIVINE LOVE...

>

>everywhere i looked was nothing BUT this Love, everyone i would meet

>was LOVE only...it all seemed SO SIMPLE...i remember being SO

>intoxicated with that Divine Love...that i wanted to share it with

>everyone, and tried to convince them that it was true, and show them

>HOW to do this

>

>that exalted feeling of Divine Love lasted a little longer than two

>weeks and then faded away (a kind of love satori i suppose tom would

>suggest)...anyways a few months later...Amma arrived in my life, and

>i

>    spent some time with Her that June in the Seattle area...Her

>Darshan

>gave me that exact same feeling of DIVINE love...and it seemed to me

>that She was permanently living in that Divine Love (millions of time

>more intense than my poor little candle flame however)...

>

>when i came back home, that same feeling of Divine Love persisted for

>about two weeks again, and it was easy to slip intensely into it

>without even meditating...one had merely to think of Divine

>subjects...or to remember Amma's Grace, and Her Love, and one would

>be

>vibrating instantly in that Love space...

>

>this has continued to happen every year after i would spend some time

>with Amma, excepting that the feeling of Divine Love has become much

>easier to cultivate over time than it used to be...just to look at

>Amma's picture or praying to Her...or seeing a wonderfully beautiful

>landscape scene, or being touched by some other human or animal being

>in that deep way all these will bring that Love..

>

>i see that my ordinary mind generally gets in the way of all

>that...it

>is too busy calculating, criticising, and desiring...one has to

>redirect that mind into some Sacred contemplation be it never so

>humble...and then all that chatter, and mind noise will temporarily

>die away and i experience that this heart is Nothing BUT Divine

>Love..

>

>When we behave lovingly and kindly with other folks, even when they

>are unkind, or rushed or preoccupied...if we DO NOT get taken in by

>negative reactive thoughts about their behaviour, but rather see that

>innocent being within, and behave lovingly and supportively towards

>them, then that Divine Love is spontaneously reborn, and not only do

>THEY feel better that someone cares, but we TOO feel so much better

>that we were able to scatter a few rays of Divine Light and Love

>through this apparently dark world of misery and selfishness...

>

>every time that i put myself out that extra few metres...that extra

>bit of a smile and a kind word, i see that following Amma's advice is

>the ONLY way to go...be kind and loving and suddenly light is dawning

>in this dark world...and not only do we feel connected lovingly with

>that person, (whom we may have seen as a problem just a few minutes

>earlier), but we also feel so much more lovingly connected to our

>Amma, Whose entire life is committed to just such loving deeds.

>

>in that case whether we are aware of it or not, we are moving our

>minds down from the head mind to the heart mind....the heart mind

>stitches everything together into a Sacred oneness...and the head

>mind

>chops it all up into separate and painful parts.

>

>anyways, thank you for sharing your experience with us...it

>reminded me of my own smallish one so many years ago.

>

>in Amma's Divine Love,

>and in Her Service,

>as ever,

>

>visvanathan

>

>

>

>

 

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