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Self-inquiry becomes meditation

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Something interesting happened during my self-inquiry session two days ago. When I asked the question ‘is it true’ (for some particular thought), instead of asking the mind, which I usually did, I decided to ask the heart instead. I call it the heart, but what it is is some sort of empty space within you where your mind doesn’t operate in. So when I asked the question there, I went into a meditation on that space, and I felt a clear ‘no’. And that ‘no’ was very transformative. It changed the way I felt about that situation, and it really took a big stab at my identity. True self-inquiry happens when ‘the heart’ answers the question. The mind can’t answer the question that it itself is asking. 


"Not believing your own thoughts, you’re free from the primal desire: the thought that reality should be different than it is. You realise the wordless, the unthinkable. You understand that any mystery is only what you yourself have created. In fact, there’s no mystery. Everything is as clear as day. It’s simple, because there really isn’t anything. There’s only the story appearing now. And not even that.” — Byron Katie

 

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Very nice. ?
That ,is the silence that speaks. What Rumi was referring to when he said "Silence is the language of God".
It is the space of infinite wisdom and intelligence. The Inner Guru. And the "gate-less gate", to ultimate Truth.
The Heart space,is Home. ❤️

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@Nahm Please elaborate.


"Not believing your own thoughts, you’re free from the primal desire: the thought that reality should be different than it is. You realise the wordless, the unthinkable. You understand that any mystery is only what you yourself have created. In fact, there’s no mystery. Everything is as clear as day. It’s simple, because there really isn’t anything. There’s only the story appearing now. And not even that.” — Byron Katie

 

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