The characters/ideograms mean "true feelings; root spirit; true heart; heart-mind; original mind." The first character means, "book; present; main; origin; true; real," the second character means, "heart; mind; spirit."
"The concept of honshin is that of one's true essence or heart of hearts; an internal moral compass, or something akin to a conscience. By heeding the honshin, one can find the way back to one's true moral and essential nature (by virtue of michi). The idea of connecting to one's true, inner self - the original mind, aligned with nature, unclouded by sensory misperceptions, calculations, or cognitive deliberations - is an old one in Japanese and Chinese thought. It is the concept that involves overcoming the clutter of false perception or dualistic interaction with the world, and discovering one's inborn essential character of harmony with the nature universe." - Linda Yiannakis, Classical Fighting Arts
Bibliography:
Yiannakis, Linda "Judo as Moral Education" Classical Fighting Arts. June 2013 (Vol. 2 No. 24 Issue #47): 60 to 65. Print.
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