The five points of the heart

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On the way with Theophile the Elder 
– Today, we are going to take a closer look to the heart region, the region for manifestation. According to my spiritual guide, the five chakras (or knots, granthis) of the human body are set there, at the level of your breast. They have been given numbers, for the sake of convenience. Their successive illumination will help your soul achieve its journey to the Centre. Other points exist, as we shall see later.
The five elements we have studied earlier are closely related to the heart region.
I'm going to have you experiment travelling through these points.

Then, Theophil the Elder touches his young friend's heart at the level of point 2.
– This chakra is the one my spiritual guide Ram Chandra calls the chakra of the soul.

The five points of the heart.

Theophil the Younger feels as if a divine breath is carrying him away. An unrelenting stream of grace seems to flow in successive waves from the Elder's heart within his own heart. After half an hour, the young man opens his eyes.

– It was pretty short, as it seems, as if time was pendent. I've never felt so intensely my own self as I do now, as if I really existed, but I can't explain ...

For want of words that would describe what he has lived, he keeps quiet. A long silent dialogue takes place, as usually happens when he is with the Elder. The latter firmly nods to signify his approval. He smiles kindly, his eyes sparkling with a glimmer of mischief.

A few moments later, Theophil the Younger breaks the silence and exclaims.
– That is exactly what I want. I have been looking for it for ages, for this extraordinary feeling, for that inner life!"

– This is the beginning and the end of the soul's journey, its achievement. Before you can fully access it, you'll have to cross the spheres of the five elements and integrate them into the Earth of the heart. The spheres represent the different dimensions of the heart.
I'm going to transmit to you the way you'll have to follow.
Gently close your eyes. You know the heartfulness relaxation, don't you? It will help you feel good and relax.

Now Theophil the Younger is ready. The Elder touches again the chakra of the soul. Then his young friend is overwhelmed by a surge of love and a profound peace gently settles in him.

Theophil the Elder then deals with point 3, the chakra of fire, and the young man can feel his mind open up: the light of knowledge is within reach now, and he feels he is now totally clear-sighted. It seems the observer is born in him. He can understand what discrimination means. It all seems clear, simple, rich of that original simplicity Babuji, the Elder's spiritual guide, would often refer to.

Then comes point 4, the chakra of water.  Free from all sort of fear, Theophil the Younger plunges into the abysses of his heart, gets in touch with the essence of his being, of the comforting quietness that abides there.

When the Elder touches the next point the young man feels he is bathing in an infinite space just as if his whole being was surpassingly expanding.

Lastly, in a profoundly sacred gesture, Theophil the Elder lays his left hand on the young man's head while his right hand is keeping in touch with the Earth of the heart.
Theophil the Younger can feel he is ... One.
He understands the meaning of the 'Unity' religions and spiritual paths speak about. At long last he can feel he is himself.  He becomes conscious of the Divine in all its purity, in all its simplicity.
He is That.

After a long moment spent appreciating such a condition, he opens his eyes and gently asks.
– So this is it? Is that all? Is it the end?

Theophil the Elder looks at him quietly.
– No, it's only the beginning. You are only at the beginning of the path. You will have to practice meditation and cross again each one of these points so that they may be purified and illuminated one after the other.
Once your second chakra, the chakra of love, is realized, your whole being will be all softness. Developing knowledge will let you also develop a natural humility.
By going through the chakra related to water, your inner silence will be past speaking, your faith will be pure.
When the time comes, you will be connected to the divine will and its creative power. That will of yours will fade away and make room for the divine will. Then your soul will be liberated from all need to manifest itself and it will enter God's cosmic kingdom. Only then will the Earth of the heart be accomplished: it will have integrated all the qualities and dimensions inherent to each of its constituent elements. That is the very moment you become your true self, in harmony with your soul's destiny.

– When can I begin?, asks Theophil the Younger.

– It all started a long time ago, the Elder sighed.

He knows in his heart that beginning and end are one and the same thing. He knows that all is completed. He is totally immersed into the motionless waves of the infinite Ocean, where space and time are merging.

Theophil the Elder 

An excerpt from "Dialogues with Theophil the Elder"

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