Here's what I have found on the Internet concerning the heart:
Definitions of heart on the Web:
* the locus of feelings and intuitions; "in your heart you know it is
true"; "her story would melt your bosom" * the hollow muscular organ
located behind the sternum and between the lungs; its rhythmic
contractions move the blood through the body; "he stood still, his heart
thumping wildly" * the courage to carry on; "he kept fighting on
pure spunk"; "you haven't got the heart for baseball" * center: an
area that is approximately central within some larger region; "it is in
the center of town"; "they ran forward into the heart of the struggle";
"they were in the eye of the storm" * kernel: the choicest or most
essential or most vital part of some idea or experience; "the gist of
the prosecutor's argument"; "the heart and soul of the Republican
Party"; "the nub of the story" * an inclination or tendency of a
certain kind; "he had a change of heart" * a plane figure with
rounded sides curving inward at the top and intersecting at the bottom;
conventionally used on playing cards and valentines; "he drew a heart
and called it a valentine" * a firm rather dry variety meat (usually
beef or veal); "a five-pound beef heart will serve six" * affection:
a positive feeling of liking; "he had trouble expressing the affection
he felt"; "the child won everyone's heart"; "the warmness of his welcome
made us feel right at home" * a playing card in the major suit that
has one or more red hearts on it; "he led the queen of hearts"; "hearts
were trumps"
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The heart has long been used as a symbol to refer to the spiritual,
emotional, moral, and in the past also intellectual core of a human
being. ...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heart_(symbol)
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--- In [email protected], "ED" <seacrofter001@...> wrote:
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Bill and All,
Consider the two statements in Mayka's message below. There are dozens
of question I ask *myself* about them, the first of which might be:
I understand the heart as an organ that pumps blood. I understand that
the limbic system, which is the seat of feelings and emotion in the
brain, could be referred to as the heart.
What other meanings have been ascribed to the heart?
I would appreciate it if anybody who knows of another publiclicly known
meaning for 'the heart', point it out to us on the Internet.
--ED
--- In [email protected], Maria Lopez <flordeloto@...> wrote:
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> "No one can steal the heart as we all have it in us. We can only be
awakened in the heart".
>
> Mayka
