On mindfulness and heartfulness ~ Thomas Keating
TGI: What is the relationship between mindfulness and heartfulness?
TK: You might say they are not exclusive of each other. According to my understanding of
Hebrew religion and mindfulness, they are meant to include both mind and heart in the
deeper seat of human consciousness. The Hebrew Bible in certain passages clearly deals
with higher consciousness and contemplative states. Mindfulness also includes the
cultivation of the heart, the need for the heart and mind to work together, and even modern
science now supports this view.”
From an interview with Father Thomas Keating
