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Meditate on the Heart
Adapted from The Path to Love, by Deepak Chopra (Three Rivers Press, 1997).
The purpose of this exercise is to give you the experience of making your heart pure enough to witness spirit. Pure here doesn’t mean good and virtuous; it means free from impurity, with no value judgment intended. In the words of William Blake, we are cleansing the doors of perception.
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Sit comfortably in a quiet room by yourself, choosing a time when you feel settled and unhurried. Early morning is best, since your mind will be alert and fresh. Close your eyes and focus your attention on the middle of your chest, where your heart is. (Your spiritual heart lies directly behind your breastbone.)
Be aware of your heart as a space. Don’t try to hear your heartbeat or any other sound you think a heart makes as it pumps blood. The heart center you want to find is a point of awareness where feelings enter. In its pure form it is empty, pervaded by weightlessness, absence of care, peace, and a subtle light. This light may appear as white, gold, pale pink, or blue. But again, don’t strain to find a light of any kind. You are not trying to sense the purity of the heart center right now; all you need to feel is whatever is there.
Letting your attention rest easily there, breathe gently and sense your breath going into your heart center. Here you may want to visualize a soft pastel light, or a coolness pervading the chest. Let the breath go in and out, and as it does, ask your heart to speak to you. Don’t phrase this as an order; just have the faint intention that you want your heart to express itself.
For the next five or 10 minutes, sit and listen. Your heart will begin to release emotions, memories, wishes, fears, and dreams long stored there, and as it does, you will find yourself paying attention.
Paying attention to your heart is the object of this meditation.
You will notice as you continue this exercise that three things are naturally coming together: Meditation, purification and attention. You are learning to be with your heart in order to heed its spiritual meaning—this is meditation. You are letting repressed material come up to be released—this is purification. You are listening to your heart without judgment or manipulation—this is attention.
Ready for more? Try Deepak’s Advanced Heart Meditation.
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add your comment »What comes from the heart, all the feelings...
so i feel that caring is the closest from the heart which brings us healing.
caring is curing. it is like water that lets you float inside and out.
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Deepak,
I very much wanted to do this, but have a hard time relaxing...I tried but I just seem to tremble with little sense of calm...I am not going to stop trying to do this exercise and think that as long as I keep trying I will be able to master its process.
thankyou for your insperation and for your guidence and wisdom
you are truely a master
always,
Helen
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I just tried this meditation for the first time and it was amazing. I felt this big white light burst from inside my chest and I saw what looked like a door just fly outward with it. Then I saw faces of people who in the past and who I have been working on forgiving just stream past inside the light. That was freaky. I'm going to keep doing this one! Thanks Deepak!
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This phrase works! Just saying for 1 min 'In the name of
Jesus i will think positive' repeatedly will bring a
calm state of mind even if u don't believe Jesus Christ, it is scientifically proven. Please don't underestimate the power of this statement. Thanks for reading this by the way.
ADD more positivity to the phrase like 'In the name of Jesus, I hate fear' etc! Just make sure to add the positive ('i love to love') after you saY the negative ('i hate fear') so that the devil will not influence you to replace your thought with a negative again because you already replaced it with a positive one. That gives you the full benefit.
Say for longer times if u want; say in your head all through out the day !
Please send this to more than 10 ppl that u care about their well-being or !
God Bless! and if u don't believe in God then admit you might be wrong
about that, or else prove your claim, repent or else burn in hell for a li'l bit
then be erased from existence
PLEASE don't think this is a threat because the truth is that it's just a warning. Thanks for those considerations.
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I haven't tried this yet, but it sounds wonderful. I am bookmarking this series
so I can work with my heart in the ways
Deepak suggest. Thank you, Deepak Chopra.
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I had visions of being safe in a car with a competent driver at the wheel..going down the road watching the mesmerizing snow.
I also had visions of picking garden vegetables for my Grandma and Grandpa and a monkey that reminded me of a childhood stuffed toy I used to love.
It was a path of remembering serenity..
I also remembered holding my husband's hand (we're recently separated and it's heart-wrenching cause we're such dear friends) and yet I realized in my heart center that the holding hands and looking at each other with a smile of reassurance will always be there between us. We can't lose that connection...no matter what comes for us in this life. That sweet connection's been built and nurtured far too long. It was a serene and beautiful heart journey! Thanks for the wisdom!
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This is perfect, and I will be trying it.
I took an Essential Oils/Sea salt bath the other day and noticed that I had welts around my heart area in the center of my chest after the bath.
Dabbing on some of that Bach's Rescue Remedy ointment made them go away, but that bath really soothed me so I wasnt' concerned.
Later I read in this book I just purchased called, "The Healing Bath" that sometimes rashes and welts are common after Detox baths, because they are evidence of deep emotional issues and hurts rising up to the surface as the essential oils begin healing one's energy field.
It doesnt surprise me because every time I get a Reiki treatment, I am told I have strong heart chakra issues that need to be addressed.
This meditation sounds awesome and I'm trying both this one and the advanced.
Thanks Deepak!
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oh,,this is beautiful, I did, I felt a huge peace inside of me around me...Thank you so much D Ch.. Universal love ..
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This meditation I learned a bit ago. It has carried me to the outreaches of the universe. it has drawn spirit guides to me who speak to me about life and where relatives are now. It is such a peaceful experience.
Thank you, my teacher for all you so selflessly give. I am glad to receive messages again from you.
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It's wonderful, I'm going to do it.
All the best
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