Thank you JMJM for your response and support. Although I'm not into the form of Chan as a vehicle to the heart, I can both appreciate and understand your dharma here. It sounds very simple and wise. I copy and paste below the essentials of the heart beyond any spiritual tradition only with the purpose of giving a sense of space and freedom from any spiritual tradition form bondage. There has been many people who awakened in the heart and they didn't use the form of chakra ways. "Heart carries no memory, no knowledge nor does it analyze. heart makes no judgment and accept all phenomena as is. Heart is the direct connection to every moment. Heart could not function if otherwise. Heart is our Grand Central station as per Daniel. Throughout this journey, there is no need for the mind to appear. There is no need for thinking, understanding, debating, arguing. Just sense and feel with the "heart"
Mayka --- On Thu, 21/4/11, Jue Miao Jing Ming - 覺妙精明 <[email protected]> wrote: From: Jue Miao Jing Ming - 覺妙精明 <[email protected]> Subject: [Zen] Heart To: [email protected] Date: Thursday, 21 April, 2011, 18:19 Hi Maria, It seems that you are now the only one mentioning "heart". Please let me support by making a few statements for those "heart-less" sentient beings in the forum. hahaha. :-) just having some fun. Heart in our school carries two meanings. It is a label indicating a location in the middle of our chest to let our Self Nature unfold or to reach Kensho. It is where we will be in sync with the Nature of the Universe(satori). Heart in our school also means the essence of all phenomena visible and invisible. Hence the heart(the spirit or essence) within us is not difference from the heart of the universe.(the spirit or essence). They are one of the same. Therefore we call our "Heart Chan Practice" a pure spiritual practice. Heart carries no memory, no knowledge nor does it analyze. Heart is pure chi, compassion and wisdom. Hence, heart makes no judgment and accept all phenomena as is. Heart is the direct connection to every moment. Heart could not function if otherwise. Heart is our Grand Central station as per Daniel. As we integrate all chakras in our body into one, all chi channels into one. Our entire being integrates one. We become one heart or one spirit or one essence. (Actually it is rather abstract. Sorry.) Then we are able to sync with the heart of the universe. It is a gradual process and increases in frequency. Then suddenly our "heart", or "essence of our being" is completely in sync from the location of our heart to the "essence of the universe". Throughout this journey, there is no need for the mind to appear. There is no need for thinking, understanding, debating, arguing. Just sit, as always emphasized by Bill. Just sense and feel with the "heart". More often than not, once that occurs, the first reaction is usually tears. We call that, "you found home." :-) JM Be Enlightened In This Life - We ALL Can http://chanjmjm.blogspot.com http://www.heartchan.org On 4/21/2011 8:01 AM, Maria Lopez wrote: Correction: Oops, I clicked the wrong word over the spellcheker in previous post. I meant: "No one can steal the heart as we all have it in us. We can only be awakened in the heart". Mayka
