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heartfulness

heartfulness noun: the state or quality of being heartful.

Noun

heartfulness (uncountable)

  1. The state or quality of being heartful.
    1. A form of meditation practice which features the use of pranahuti or yogic transmission and the cleaning of impressions (called samskaras).
      • In Heartfulness, however, because of the effectiveness of Pranahuti, Samadhi may be experienced by beginners, so the normal sequence does not necessarily apply. In fact, this is one of the important characteristics of Heartfulness.2022 May 9, Annelies van’t Westeinde, Kamlesh D. Patelcorresponding, “Heartfulness Meditation: A Yogic and Neuroscientific Perspective”, in Frontiers in Psychology, volume 13, →DOI

Origin of heartfulness

From heartful + -ness.

Questions about heartfulness

What does heartfulness mean?
Heartfulness means the state or quality of being heartful.
What part of speech is heartfulness?
Heartfulness is a noun.

Words near heartfulness in the dictionary

  1. heartfelt
  2. heartfeltly
  3. heartfeltness
  4. heartful
  5. heartfully
  6. heartfulness
  7. heartfuls
  8. heartgrief
  9. hearth
  10. hearth and home
  11. hearth board

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