Inner Heart Meditation

Xan · #1 02-10-2010, 03:33 AM

INNER HEART MEDITATION

* First breathe down into your lower belly, below your navel, for several minutes, allowing and accepting whatever you feel.

* Next, as you breathe in your belly also breathe into your heart center in your chest, continuing to allow and accept whatever you feel.

Putting one palm on the center of your chest may help you become more aware in the heart.

If there is tension or discomfort just keep breathing, accepting and letting go and notice how it begins to soften and release.

* Now begin to breathe more deeply into your heart center inwardly toward your back.

(Again, if you feel any discomfort stay with it and breathe as you allow it to soften and release.)

* Imagine your heart center opening inwardly, beyond the physical dimension, into an open quiet space.

* The essence of opening the inner heart is feeling the wide open space there... and breathing deeply into it.

You might feel a warmth or vibration in the center of your chest as you begin to experience love with-no-object... love for-no-reason.

blessings
Xan

Xan · #2 02-10-2010, 03:35 AM

This is re-posted from arive nan, with her permission.

"I lie down and just focus on the emotion of love itself. I spend some time concentrating on that feeling and the effects it has on my heart rate and mood and the warmth I feel in my skin near my heart chakra.

"Then I let the energy gradually expand from that point to the rest of my body. I concentrate on feeling it spread and grow, radiating out from the heart chakra. Don't rush this part.

"You know where the energy has spread by the sensations in your body. I let it take as long as it takes to spread to my entire body until I can feel it even in my fingers and toes and it's buzzing in my head making me feel something similar to drunk.

"I concentrate on feeling it in my entire body for a while. I feel it penetrating my self.

"Then I tell myself that this energy is the essence of what everything in the universe is made of. Being in love is being aware of it. The energy is me. It is what I am made of. I meditate on that until it's not just a thought anymore and it becomes an experience.

"When the moment happens that I become fully aware that I am that energy, it is quite profound. All the sensations that I took effort to focus on earlier become so strong they can't be ignored. The feeling of love itself intensifies so much it's kind of overwhelming. But I sit with it and spend some in this state.

"Then I let energy and the awareness of being that energy expand beyond the body. Everything is made of this. Not just this body. I feel myself being this energy outside of my body, in everything, in every place in the universe. Then I stay in this state of awareness for as long as I can, because it's a lot of fun.

"After doing this I feel more alive, I can handle stress better and approach matters more calmly."

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Xan · #3 12-06-2011, 04:45 AM

bringing this up...

Spiritlite · #4 12-06-2011, 04:58 AM

Thankyou very beautiful and I'm hitting print now and will practice this.
Spiritlite.

Saggi · #5 12-06-2011, 07:24 AM

Thank you Xan, bringing this back up has helped me

Now I have a question:

What if what I thought was bothering me isn't what was bothering me?

What if I discovered a wide open space in my heart and felt a peace within, yet a mind full of other's problems which seem to add up to being mine?

Love and hugs

Jo

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Xan · #6 12-06-2011, 09:16 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Saggi

Now I have a question:

What if what I thought was bothering me isn't what was bothering me?

What if I discovered a wide open space in my heart and felt a peace within, yet a mind full of other's problems which seem to add up to being mine?

Saggi... What I've realized is, it doesn't matter if the problems in my mind are mine or someone else's. The response that's called for is the same... including it in the inner heart.

The Transforming Heart Meditation is helpful either way - http://www.spiritualforums.com/vb/showthread.php?t=3684

Xan