{"id":7440,"date":"2015-12-28T08:16:59","date_gmt":"2015-12-28T16:16:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cciforum.dreamhosters.com\/?p=7440"},"modified":"2016-01-01T16:24:41","modified_gmt":"2016-01-02T00:24:41","slug":"glimpse-2-cave-of-the-heart","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cciforum.dreamhosters.com\/?p=7440","title":{"rendered":"Glimpse 2 \u00e2\u20ac\u201c Cave of the Heart"},"content":{"rendered":"

This is an interesting ‘Space’ practice I found in Lock Kelly’s book, ‘Shift Into Freedom<\/em>‘, as I continue with my personal TSK related explorations…<\/p>\n

On the left side of your chest is your biological heart. People feel that their emotional heart is at the top of their chests near their throats. The heart chakra\u00e2\u20ac\u201dor energy center\u00e2\u20ac\u201dhas been described as being in the lower middle part of the chest. On the right side of the chest is the cave of the heart\u00e2\u20ac\u201dthe safe space of the heart. It\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s where the physical heart would be if it were on the right side of your chest\u00e2\u20ac\u201dbut instead there is a space.<\/p>\n

In this exercise, you unhook local awareness from thought and drop it down to the safe, restful place that is the cave of the heart. It\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s a way of resting deeper than sleep, though you are wide awake. When your body rests deeply, the normal tendency is for our minds to fall asleep. Here, when you allow your body and brain to rest deeply, see if there\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s also an awareness that remains wide awake\u00e2\u20ac\u201da kind of black-velvet clarity, like the night sky. p. 217-8<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

(Chapter 11)
\nDavid\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Practice Notes: Glimpse 2 \u00e2\u20ac\u201c Cave of the Heart<\/strong> <\/p>\n

Eyes closed, I unhooked from thought, a little jerky at first, thought kept intruding, but I gradually calmed down and dropped awareness to rest in the right side of the chest. There was a wondering what was there, if this was the right spot in my chest, and I realized, I felt it, this not-knowing was the knowing spot, the empty cave, where the absence of content was, where mind and empty awareness merged. <\/p>\n

I rested there, but I may have overshot the \u00e2\u20ac\u02dcdazzling darkness\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 that Kelly describes, because after about 15 minutes I arose from nothing. It was as if I went too far, I was not asleep, but I was completely gone, I lost awareness of being aware. I know I did not fall asleep because I was in the same unmoved position that I started. But I DID feel rested. As if I had a quick nap. Interesting\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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