Bright Blessings to all!
I recently attended an IAM lecture in Bloomington, Indiana. I would first of all love to express my appreciate for the opportunity to attend. I was very glad that I went, as I feel I got a lot of really good information from it which I believe has already helped me with my meditations. A lot of what Susanna and Puran talked about was in very close harmony with what I have been doing myself as far as focusing on the spirit of oneness and the love in my heart which connects us all together.
I am very curious about something that was said that night. Puran was talking about working to learn to find your pulse somewhere in your body. I was very surprised, because as long as I can remember, I have felt my pulse coursing through my whole body with every heartbeat. I asked my therapist today if he feels that same thing, as he has studied and taught yoga and practiced meditation for much of his life, but he said that he didn’t. Although I have been extremely interested in meditation since I was very young, and feel that I have been given a wonderful gift of being able to meditate fairly easily, I am definitely not what I would consider to be a seasoned meditator. Does it seem odd that I can feel this pulse in my whole body? Can you advise me as to what this might possibly mean for me as far as my spiritual growth and learning to practice Heart Rhythm Meditation? I told my therapist that it really didn’t seem to mean much to me, as I don’t know how it may affect a person who practices HRM. I do know that I have been very interested lately in heart meditation, even before I learned about this institute and heard the lecture by Puran & Susanna. I prefer to focus on my heart and the spirit of love that connects every one of us together. I also have a very deep desire to help others in my life, as I am an adult abuse survivor and I know how badly abuse can damage your innate ability to trust and connect with others on many different levels if the survivor doesn’t have the tools that he/she needs.
Thank you so very much for reading my question(s), and I look forward to any/all responses and ideas that might be offered.
Take care & be well, all!
Sharon Brown

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Deepak Chopra has written a nice blog entry on Intent Blog on the idea that everything in a person’s life is reducible to the person’s genetic code.

It is a bit surprising that Dr. Chopra includes in his post a rather controversial idea (especially for one trained in Western medicine): “Genes are affected by the environment, including upbringing and behavior.”

In biology, the notion that non-genetic traits obtained through a given environment can be passed on is associated with Lamark, and is called ’soft inheritance’. It is a sort of heresy in biology. Here is an interesting article about a researcher who provides some evidence for soft inheritance.

Our interest is in the development of the heart. A wonderful quality of the heart is that it constantly seeks development, constantly longs to move forward, toward love, harmony, and beauty; toward the perfection of its qualities. And this is true regardless of what has been given by one’s genetic inheritance.