Follow The Heart

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This post is inspired the wonderfully written post by:

GoldenInsights

Your heart is the key to your dreams

Below, I take it further into the deepest aspects of

Non Theological Common Sense

Spirituality

People often have a deep, intrinsic understanding of

their true desires and aspirations.

Ignoring these inner feelings can lead to feelings of unfulfillment

and disconnection from oneself.

Recognizing and expressing these desires

can lead to greater satisfaction and alignment with one’s

true self.

The heart may reveal wants that are not immediately obvious

or that seem contradictory to surface-level beliefs.

These hidden desires can be surprising,

as they might not align with our logical expectations

or what we think we should want.

However,

they often stem from our deepest passions and true nature,

which are sometimes obscured by societal expectations, fear,

or self-doubt.

Listening to and acting on one’s inner voice

can foster a sense of purpose and inner peace.

Expressing true desires requires courage

and can lead to unexpected opportunities and personal growth.

Trusting in one’s inner voice helps create a life that is in harmony

with one’s true passions and potential.

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Here:

I take it further into the deepest aspects of

Spiritualit.

I agree that it is important to find

Conventional meaning to this life…

All but the fully enlightened,

need to be able to find a way to

fulfill their ego-mind-body’s creative being…

But,

On a deeper spiritual Path…

One needs to determine, what is the ego’s needs

And

What is the True Path

To the wordless Wisdoms experienced in

the natural higher states of consciousness

through the depths of Insight meditation.

I have found that,

the highest goal of Enlightenment

is the goal a truly inspired aspirant

needs to be concerned with.

All else is… trivial.

Like the identity that we mistake our selves to be

These egoic passions will not bear the fruit of our highest passions.

Along our Path…

We can learn to discriminate.

Knowing that:

All beings created in this life

Will inherently face … a lifetime of challenges.

How one suffers or is effected by them is a measure of

how well we can perceive it all

in the non dual perspective of

allowing boundless space

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Each of these challenges has a degree of severity

based on how profoundly it effects one’s ability

to live a reasonable life.

Just starting a journey to discover the wordless Wisdoms of…

just knowing…

Achieved by a process of

thinning out the mind’s distractions long enough

to the point that

When enough of the mind’s many sub groups,

inspired by the various physical senses

and

the countless spin offs of the mind’s sub consciousness sub groups

The more of these mental sub sets…

that become aligned with one’s conscious intention

Likely,

the breath

Then,

A deeper level of ‘awareness becomes a natural option

Only requires continuing the effort of focus-concentration

Long enough for the effortless part to take over.

This is the spiritual aspect of what GoldenInsights

Presents in a conventional ego-mind-body perspective:

âYour heart is the key to your dreams

In the very deep end of a true

non-theological common sense Spiritual Path

There is a phase or stage in which one drops

the tangle form of a meditational object

Typically the breath

And transcends to direct Awareness to

the formless or objectless meditation focus.

When this process begins

One’s meditation profoundly moves towards a

peaceful, easy, joyful, happy flow.

The body becomes pacified…

it no longer offers up any distractions of un-comfort.

The mind becomes all that joy…

It feels like love.

To fall in love with this new flow state…

Is to Follow the Heart.

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Sri Ramana MaharshiSri Ramana Maharshi Follow the Heart

This becomes,

the beginning of entering

the highest states of human consciousness.

To get to a point that these higher Jhana states can be

approachable

One has to be in a place in life

or,

at a very deep nature that

distractions can be as they are and moved on quickly…

And,

Maintain the highest form of Equanimity.

This is the highest goal of any Path.

However

In the meantime

Golden Insights statements are very important in the

conventional‘ aspect of our ‘human nature..

as opposed to the absolute ‘True Nature’ of our ‘higher Self.

Fulfilling one’s creative being, is perhaps

the most important pursuit one should be true too.

To be True to one’s Self…

is to at least acknowledge that a

personal inquiry into one’s True Self

is the inspiration required to put in the Right Effort

to more understand the big picture.

But

often to get there.,.

Life goes on

Challenges

will often derail our attempts at understanding

and

Equanimity.

Our limited wee brain systems looses

it’s depth of focus for Insight meditation…

But,

All other aspects of our Practice

can be done with our ‘conventional minds.

Cover of 'The Mind Illuminated' book with a golden abstract design.

John Yates, AKA Culadasa…

was a neuro scientist, psychologist, and

a lifelong meditation mentor points out

how the mind systems work

It proves that:

We… are not in charge

and certainly not in control.

What we thought about the Me

within this ego-mind-body

This test has been repeated countless times

While hooked up in an MRI…

They compared the timing to when event or

a question is presented

and

when the part of the brain registers a response.

They compare that time with when the subject

presses a button when they consciously know the answer.

Each time,

The decision has been ‘sub’ consciously made,

long before the conscious part of awareness can start to observe

delayed by the time it takes for each mental senses

and such to create a response agenda.

Knowing that,

by the time we are consciously aware of something

Our sub consciousness mind has already determined a response.

Much like when

If we reach out to pick up a water pot

we thought was not hot … but,

it it is boiling hot…

Wedrop if faster than

we even knew what was going on.

It is these sub minds,

built by the aspects of the mind

Are what that Inner voice comes from and or speaks to.

Once one’s life is in harmony with their passions

the potential is always limitless.

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Once one finds that harmony…

The True Path and journey can begin.

Then,

Our highest desires and passions are…

the Path.

Self-inquiry

The potentials limitless.

With this volition…

Our highest passions can be naturally fulfilled.

When our Inner voice speaks

The evolved mind can ask:

Are these ego driven suggestions

Or

inspirations that lead to deeper Insights.

This small act of discrimination

Leads to the ultimate Fruition of…

Liberation.

Namaste,

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