What better way to escape the doubting, halting, vacillating mind than to feel that you do not have a mind! Hard to do? Yes, but not impossible if we can go beyond the mind and utilise the sweet, tranquil and vast spiritual heart. Do we become mindless morons – no more than robotic? Not at all!

When we learn to dwell more in the heart and less in the mind, we become calmer, sweeter and more spontaneous. We become more receptive to our inner propensities – simplicity, sincerity, purity, humility and so forth. In the process of learning how to live in the sunlight of the spiritual heart, our minds are cleansed of all negativity – transformed into pure vessels that serve the higher purpose and meaning of life.

In this weeks meditation exercise, Sri Chinmoy offers a simple visualisation to help us feel that we are only the childlike, spontaneous heart.

Try to feel that all your strength, all your determination and willpower is in one particular place, here inside your heart. Feel that you don't exist at all except in this tiny place. You don't have eyes, you don't have a nose, you don't have anything. Intensity will come only when you feel that your entire existence is concentrated at one particular place and not scattered. (Source)

Only in the heart,
And not in the mind,
Can I enjoy the Fragrance-Delight
Of God's Heart.
– Sri Chinmoy