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In Dzogchen (a Tibetan school of Buddhism), the ground or base is the primordial state. … Knowledge of this ground<\/em>\u00a0is called\u00a0rigpa<\/em>.<\/p>\n (Wikipedia, \u201cGround [Dzogchen]\u201d)<\/p>\n “Dao Bums” member Bindi said:<\/p>\n Dzogchen texts… describe how rigpa is connected to the energy body. Dzogchen tantras explain that rigpa can be located in the center of the human body, in the heart centre. The Realms and Transformations of Sound Tantra<\/em>\u00a0states: “The jewel present within the heart in the center of one\u2019s body is great pristine consciousness.”<\/p>\n Furthermore, the\u00a0Self-Arisen Vidy\u0101 Tantra<\/em>\u00a0states:<\/p>\n The transcendent state of the perfect buddhas is supported. It is supported on the material aggregate, for example, like an eagle sleeping in its nest. It has a location. It is located in the heart, for example, like a figure in a vase.<\/p>\n (Wikipedia, \u201cRigpa\u201d)<\/p>\n I have the idea that what is important is centred within us, and that it is important to\u00a0establish\u00a0it first within as the source, before identifying with everything \u2018out there\u2019 and maybe missing what\u2019s \u2018in here\u2019.<\/p>\n I responded to Bindi:<\/p>\n It took me a long time to study anatomy seriously (I had to prove to myself it was necessary), and I’ll be the first to confess, the relationship between the presence of the heart-mind without abode and kinesthesiology is not straightforward.<\/p>\n Nevertheless.\u00a0 I\u00a0make use of the science that says\u00a0stretch in the ligaments that connect bone to bone can give rise to activity in the muscles of the body.\u00a0 That stretch of ligaments is subtle, for the most part, but there’s a tendency to reciprocating activity in agonist\/antagonist muscle groups as a result.\u00a0 I have to feel the stretch, to key appropriate relaxation, to feel the stretch.<\/p>\n I look for particulars at first, but I definitely have to work with the location of self-awareness in space to avoid strain.<\/p>\n \u00a0… like an eagle sleeping in its nest. It has a location.<\/p>\n Self-awareness has a location, but the location is unrestricted, it can move as though in open space (as when falling asleep).\u00a0 The stretch can be localized in the vicinity of self-awareness, or the stretch can be generalized, as the lack of restriction on the location of self-awareness is realized.<\/p>\n At some point, the lack of restriction on the location of self-awareness means things beyond the boundaries of the senses, seemingly outside the body, help to place awareness in space.<\/p>\n Bending the knees in kneeling, sitting cross-legged, or standing, seems to encourage particular locations of self-awareness.<\/p>\n The jewel present within the heart in the center of one\u2019s body is great pristine consciousness.<\/p>\n (Wikipedia, \u201cRigpa\u201d, ascribed to \u201cSelf-Arisen Vidy\u0101 Tantra\u201d)<\/p>\n <\/p>\n However, (Sri Ramana Maharshi) would also speak of the Heart as equivalent to the Self and remind (his disciples) that in truth it is not in the body at all, but is spaceless.<\/p>\n (\u201cSri Ramana Maharshi on Heart\u201d, indiaspirituality.blogspot.com, July 21, 2012)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" In Dzogchen (a Tibetan school of Buddhism), the ground or base is the primordial state. … Knowledge of this ground\u00a0is called\u00a0rigpa. (Wikipedia, \u201cGround [Dzogchen]\u201d) “Dao Bums” member Bindi said: Dzogchen texts… describe how rigpa is connected to the energy body. Dzogchen tantras explain that rigpa can be located in the center of the human body, … <\/p>\n