The beginning and end of all spiritual practice is to rest in the heart.
If we want sanity in the coming generation, if we want peace on earth, let us teach our children to rest the mind in the heart. Then the work of love will flow from their hands.
The mind cannot find rest in the brain. The mind can only rest in the heart.
Our minds are weary. And when our minds are weary, we get confused, angry, depressed. Schools and colleges teach our minds to stay in the brain, but never to rest in the heart.
A cerebral cortex is a useful tool. But after I use a tool, I hang it up over the workbench. If my mind keeps hammering away at the brain, I create a hundred new problems for every one I solve.
Resting the mind in the heart allows destiny to unfold without confusion, like a petal from the center of God's flower. This is called Grace.
"Let the mind descend into the heart." (Philocalia, the Orthodox Christian classic on prayer)
"Set the mind in the heart." (Vijnana Bhairava)
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