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EternalCowabunga
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What is your key to opening the heart?
#7689172 - 11/28/07 03:43 AM (16 years, 2 months ago) |
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Is it not holding those people, places and things that you love in your heart?
Like those moments that you look back on and you become aware that the love that was present in those moments was so overwhelming and divine that it brings you to extacy. You think back and you might realize that every moment that really stands out in your memory, even the bad ones, were guided by love.
I thought I had more to write, but I guess that's all.  
"Once in a lifetime" by Talking Heads
And you may find yourself living in a shotgun shack And you may find yourself in another part of the world And you may find yourself behind the wheel of a large automobile And you may find yourself in a beautiful house, with a beautiful wife...
And you may ask yourself "Well, how did I get here?"
Letting the days go by / let the water hold me down Letting the days go by / water flowing underground Into the blue again / after the money's gone Once in a lifetime / water flowing underground.
And you may ask yourself "How do I work this?" And you may ask yourself "Where is that large automobile?" And you may tell yourself "This is not my beautiful house!" And you may tell yourself "This is not my beautiful wife!"
Same as it ever was... Same as it ever was... Same as it ever was... Same as it ever was... Same as it ever was... Same as it ever was... Same as it ever was... Same as it ever was...
Water dissolving, and water removing There is water at the bottom of the ocean Carry the water at the bottom of the ocean Remove the water at the bottom of the ocean!
And you may ask yourself "What is that beautiful house?" And you may ask yourself "Where does that highway go?" And you may ask yourself "Am I right? Am I wrong?" And you may tell yourself "MY GOD! WHAT HAVE I DONE?"
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Edited by EternalCowabunga (11/28/07 05:22 AM)
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MushroomTrip
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Re: What is the key to keeping the heart open? [Re: EternalCowabunga]
#7689183 - 11/28/07 04:03 AM (16 years, 2 months ago) |
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Is it not holding those people, places and things that you love in your heart?
Not really, I don't think so. "Holding" implies something more than the natural course that each and every situation might take. It means clinging onto those feelings. Those that you love are already there, in your heart, so why hold? Why not just let it flow, experience that love and connection at it's present moment, the way it evolves and becomes?
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Like those moments that you look back on and you become aware that the love that was present in those moments was so overwhelming and divine that it brings you to extacy. You think back and you might realize that every moment that really stands out in your memory, even the bad ones, were guided by love.
What exactly was guided by love? I think I understand what you're talking about, but I am not quite sure. What do you mean by "bad moments"? There are moments in which we are guided by fear for example, that can be considered bad, but I don't see how love is there too.  When we feel love, fear just goes away.  Also, why look in the past? This is the same thing as with holding. There's Love in the present. Sure, it might be good to be aware that you experienced love in the past, but what's most important in my opinion is to focus on the love that is in the present. Why wait for a few months or years so you can look and feel it from the future, when this moment becomes the past?
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   All this time I've loved you And never known your face All this time I've missed you And searched this human race Here is true peace Here my heart knows calm Safe in your soul Bathed in your sighs
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Huehuecoyotl
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Re: What is the key to keeping the heart open? [Re: EternalCowabunga]
#7689201 - 11/28/07 04:39 AM (16 years, 2 months ago) |
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"What is the key to keeping the heart open?"
An obsidian knife?
-------------------- "A warrior is a hunter. He calculates everything. That's control. Once his calculations are over, he acts. He lets go. That's abandon. A warrior is not a leaf at the mercy of the wind. No one can push him; no one can make him do things against himself or against his better judgment. A warrior is tuned to survive, and he survives in the best of all possible fashions." ― Carlos Castaneda
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EternalCowabunga
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Re: What is the key to keeping the heart open? [Re: MushroomTrip]
#7689223 - 11/28/07 05:20 AM (16 years, 2 months ago) |
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MushroomTrip said:
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Is it not holding those people, places and things that you love in your heart?
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Not really, I don't think so. "Holding" implies something more than the natural course that each and every situation might take. It means clinging onto those feelings. Those that you love are already there, in your heart, so why hold? Why not just let it flow, experience that love and connection at it's present moment, the way it evolves and becomes?
Maybe "hold" was the wrong word. Perhaps "acknowledge" fits better. However, the word "hold" brings a physical element to mind for me, whereas just saying "be grateful" does not point to the act itself so directly, IMO. Whenever people tell me to be grateful, I don't know what that even means. Say "Thank You" in my mind?
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Like those moments that you look back on and you become aware that the love that was present in those moments was so overwhelming and divine that it brings you to extacy. You think back and you might realize that every moment that really stands out in your memory, even the bad ones, were guided by love.
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What exactly was guided by love? I think I understand what you're talking about, but I am not quite sure. What do you mean by "bad moments"? There are moments in which we are guided by fear for example, that can be considered bad, but I don't see how love is there too.  When we feel love, fear just goes away.  Also, why look in the past? This is the same thing as with holding. There's Love in the present. Sure, it might be good to be aware that you experienced love in the past, but what's most important in my opinion is to focus on the love that is in the present. Why wait for a few months or years so you can look and feel it from the future, when this moment becomes the past?
Yes, by bad moments I meant ones in which we were controlled by our fear. I suppose not ALL moments in which you were in fear there was love present, but I guess more in the sense that the love was there, it was just being obstructed or unacknowledged.
I suggested looking in the past because when one can't find love in the present moment, all they have to do is remember how they got to the present moment and they would realize that they have been guided with much love along the way. The love then flows into the present, and this can be cultivated as you said with focus. I will rename the title of the thread to "What is the key to re-opening the heart" - this thread was intended to be just one suggestion. I keep forgetting that people can't read my mind when I make threads 
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Icelander
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: What is your key to opening the heart?
Two hits of Ecstasy in a warm, dark, womb like, room.
-------------------- "Don't believe everything you think". -Anom. " All that lives was born to die"-Anom. With much wisdom comes much sorrow, The more knowledge, the more grief. Ecclesiastes circa 350 BC
Edited by Icelander (11/28/07 10:10 AM)
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