A Magnetic Heart

Where your attention is, there flows a portion of your soul. And that which you place your attention upon is magnified.

In my earlier post I mentioned that when we place our attention completely upon the “Jewel in the Lotus” or flame of divinity within the heart chakra that this focus and ones soul “being there” causes a great change inside us. What I’ve noticed is a kind of swelling, giddy feeling and when I persist beyond this initial stage, it becomes a pronounced “magnetic” feeling in my chest cavity. This might strike you as odd that I would use an adjective like “magnetic” to describe sensations within myself. Well, I agree. But I can’t think of a more descriptive word.

So, what is useful or desirable about this “magnetic heart” state? Well, that radiance and magnetic feeling is literally God within you.  Not the “far-away God” as in, “Oh God, help me out of this mess!!” (a God separate from me). I’m talking about God which is one with all that He/She created. This “oneness with God and all of life” is something that many people have heard of and of which they have an intellectual understanding. But this burning, swelling, giddy, MAGNETIC feeling in our heart chakra is the very personal, empirical experience of that oneness between our soul and the higher self which is God.

When successful in this mediation, if you have some visual or clairvoyant sensitivity you will notice a great increase in the brightness of your aura, with the source of the light being this magnetic, bright light in your chest. You may have a sensation of spinning or pulsing in your chest area or you may notice a feeling of radiation emanating from your heart out to some distance significantly beyond your physical body. This increased spiritual light in your aura will almost certainly elevate your spiritual senses beyond what is normal for you. With practice and persistence you may develop the sense of “being everywhere” at once and feeling one with all aspects of life. Fear and worry are completely erased.

I have spoken to quite a number of people who have occasionally and spontaneously had this deep, powerful spiritual experience and it usually is considered a highlight in the life of that one. Many seek to recapture the experience by duplicating the circumstances which they think caused the experience. Others lament and wonder why it doesn’t “just happen” all the time. For my part, I believe that many true spiritual practices, when done with great devotion, can lead to this state. I personally have experienced this burning heart/expanded consciousness after long sessions of chanting mantras or singing Hindu bhajans or other spiritual music, after long periods of prayer or by meditating in nature or upon beautiful artwork. The great benefit of the particular Heart Meditation I’m advocating here though is that it is faster and more direct than any other way I’ve found to achieve this state. I simply don’t always have time to chant or sing for hours or to be in nature or whatever “circumstance” or method that people commonly mention as the way they’ve utilized to bring them to this Samadhi experience. It’s the dilemma of many people these days that live busy lives which include so many professional and family commitments.

With practice over time I’ve learned to enter into this Magnetic Heart, expanded aura, bright lights, Samadhi experience in just 5-10 minutes and it doesn’t matter where I am. All I require is the time and space to stop talking or thinking or “engaging” in the outer world for a short time. With practice you don’t even need quiet or a peaceful setting. The two keys to success in this meditation are:

1. Develop the ability to concentrate and exclude the flow of sensory and thought data from your waking attention.
2. Keep your attention upon the tactile feelings in your heart chakra, at the level of your sternum, and rhythmically see and feel the full power and presence of God there.

As I’ve mentioned, it can be useful to press your thumb and forefinger gently into your sternum at the beginning of this meditation in order to give you a tactile feeling to focus on. It can be done very discreetly and need not call attention to you.

Please don’t feel daunted if you don’t experience all of these things in your first attempts at this. There are a number of energy circuits in your subtle bodies which may require gradual modifications or there may be blockages which must be cleared in order to accommodate this greater light. If you persist in this meditation your higher self will bring about these changes in a safe and gentle way as a result of your choice and dedication to this practice.