It is this center in us that is called the Hridaya, the seat of Pure Consciousness, realized as Existence, Knowledge and Bliss.
This center in the human body is in no way different from the cosmic center. Just as there is a cosmic center from which the whole universe arises and has its being and functions with the power or the directing energy emanating therefrom, so also is there a center within the frame of the physical body wherein we have our being. The yogi Bhagavan wrote once to explain this spiritual heart in more detail: It will not veer away from your highest self, always taking in a 360-degree (and beyond) view of any situation you could possibly face. Thus, the spiritual heart always brings you to your center. The word comes from the Sanskrit language, and the closest meaning to English would be something like this: It contains the intelligence of God or the transcendental mind. This is not just the physical heart, but the spiritual heart. Hridaya, is the energy which is contained within the heart chakra. There is an ancient term that does not have a direct English translation that describes this intelligence of the heart. You can think of it like a close friend who has your best interest at heart, and who does not care about making themselves look good in your eyes.
What lessons will you learn if you follow your heart? Image: Farid Askerov The heart simply speaks from a completely neutral place. Its intelligence does not care about your egoic constructs. The heart knows your past, your present, and your future. The heart does not send information through an egoic filter. It might seem ignorant or even haphazard to ask the heart questions like these, but it has wisdom that the intellect cannot match. Why ask the heart whether to stay in a relationship that is challenging, or even if you should go through with a medical procedure? What we’ve learned about the heart’s wisdom, however, in the past several years through the Heart Math Institute and through the research of psychologists, neurobiologists, and resurfaced wisdom teachings from our ancient past, should inspire everyone to look at the heart in a completely new way.įor those who are not used to using their innate intelligence–that is their intuition-tuning into the heart for answers to the most profound and difficult questions they could possibly drum up might seem ridiculous. The heart’s intelligence has been ignored for far too long. Gregg Braden’s latest research elaborates on the ancient technique of using the heart as an intelligent organ.
The heart’s physical importance is not to be underestimated, it supports life, sending the blood of life to the tree-like limbs of our vascular system–but this is an overly simplistic view of what the heart is capable of. For far too long, but particularly in the modern Western world, we have thought of the heart as simply a pumping mechanism responsible for bringing blood to our organs.
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