18:02 where does metta fit into all this? Do you think there is some importance to having that open heart for awakening maybe as a mechanism to keep one from clinging or aversion?
14:20 the heart is like a point or area from which the feeling radiates from be it sadness or love, it does seem to have a central source which for me seems to be the chest however I feel like that radiation can expand and possibly encompass the whole body or even further
18:02 where does metta fit into all this? Do you think there is some importance to having that open heart for awakening maybe as a mechanism to keep one from clinging or aversion?
In Mahayana Buddhism including Zen, Compassion and Wisdom are universally considered the Two Wings of Liberation.
14:20 the heart is like a point or area from which the feeling radiates from be it sadness or love, it does seem to have a central source which for me seems to be the chest however I feel like that radiation can expand and possibly encompass the whole body or even further
1:19 would you describe it as awe maybe?
No. Awe is something the mind might feel.