About Heart Sessions

Hello all. This blog is intended to honor the group meditations initiated by Tom Sawyer, now carried on by friends of his since his passing. Being physically spread out as we are we have agreed to sit down in our own homes at the same clock time, 9pm EST on Sunday nights. We sit for at least 20 minutes, although sitting for longer periods is no problem if you so choose.


There is no specified technique for these meditations. Precisely prescribed actions sometimes become unauthentic and what is meaningful for one person may not be for another. So if you choose to assist you may use a favored technique or listen within, apply self-honesty, and allow growth. There is no political or economic agenda involved. There are no dues or dogma. The essential point is an honest willingness to help.


Each week there is a suggested focus as posted on this blog. We previously had been using an email list but now, through the kind assistance and generous guidance of Barbara Whitfield and Donald Brennan, we have the pleasure of this blog forum. Loving thanks to you both. Comments may be left by clicking the "Leave Comments Here" link below each post.

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Thursday, September 23

For Sunday, September 26th, 2010

Hello all, I shared this awhile ago but perhaps it's time to do so again. These are terms that Tom Sawyer foresaw as becoming prevalent, at some time yet to come, when these experiences of deep meditation become common enough for such language to be created and useful.

Unitive: One with all things, spiritual totality (no
 ego, no physical boundaries). Separateness is 
replaced with an identification of Spiritual
 Totality.


Signature Features: Aspects of the Unitive that are exceptionally remarkable and the same for everyone.

Dissociation: Once considered a mental illness, it is an escape mechanism that can be crafted and perfected; good for leaving everything to clear a pathway to the Unitive.

Numinous: Spiritual Domain where the "mystery of mysteries" resides.

Experiencing the Numinous: The arousal of spiritual ecstatic emotions that surpass and suppress anything previously felt.

Revelations of the Numinous: Are life changing.

Psychological Absorption: Mind-merge. Becoming "one with". A trait for some who frequently focus on a singular thing or a singularity and therefore accomplish eliminating all else.

Ku: "The spirit force of God awaits within each person" A very old Meso-American word.

Mindsight: A psychic state where one "sees" 360 degree viewing. Tom's concept of 'full clairvoyance' includes this anomaly, which can be achieved even by the blind.

My understanding is that throughout history each culture has had it's own form, it's own words, for describing a connection to God. These are scientific descriptions of the experience of being extremely close to God.

May we fervently sit for that connection this Sunday, and every time we sit.

Thank you,

Richard
http://heart-session.blogspot.com/
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