center of being

Swaminathan Madhuresan smadhuresan at YAHOO.COM
Wed Mar 1 15:13:56 UTC 2000


Atleast in tamil, manasu/manam refers to residing in the heart exclusively.
I was indeed surprised when North Indian friends told that mAnas refers
to head.

--- Bob Peck <rpeck at NECA.COM> wrote:
> Any comments about a general observation that Indians identify their center
> of being as exisiting within their chest and their center of feelings as
> being in the lower abdomen; whereas Westerners identify their center as
> being in the head and their center of feelings in the chest?
> regards,
> Bob Peck
>
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