The Heart Speaks
I have written before of my 25 plus years doing the work of Heartmath. When I first found Heartmath, I somehow knew the Heart had intelligence that was greater and different than that of the computer we call our brains. I couldn’t wait to offer its many virtues to my clients and friends. More has been written about a broken heart, whether physically in our number one disease in America (heart disease) to the profound losses found in a broken heart over lost love, disasters or death.
The Spiritual Heart is spoken of in many traditions as that which holds the connection to all things Divine- the altar upon which we lay our deepest desires, our greatest joys and our monumental losses. It’s taken me some time to take note of how this great gift works and I don’t mean how many beats per minute is healthy in an adult. How the heart always wants to remain open – embracing life and keeping us in communion with the greater angels. Instead, we learned how to slam the door on our heart and put on that padlock – I won’t be hurt again – I will steel myself as the cultural roller coaster dips and turns in these next months – as someone special to me said recently …prepare for the worst and hope for the best.
Ah but the Heart has more to say and more to give – it actually speaks to us in the moments of fear – or self-doubt – it tells us this is the path to take – this is the person to know and to love – this is the place you can make a difference.
Then the intellect comes in with a very loud voice and says things like…”it won’t work out….you are too old, thin, fat, crazy and here comes the sound of the slam as the door closes on another idea, opportunity or precious moment.
Of late, I have been listening to the voice of my heart – getting to know it again after a period of high level protection and taking some risks I did not think I would ever do again (see the blog on nevers)- and my heart has been softly and sweetly encouraging me – answering me and of course telling me that Love is never wrong – never misplaced and constantly pulling for the ultimate joy.
Listen to your heart this week – become familiar with its voice – tune out the head for a bit (give it a rest) and see what it has to show you…I am sitting between two fires in my area – lots of fear about in California fire country – but when I checked in with my OPEN heart, I dropped into a huge pool of gratitude for fire fighters who slavishly serve my area – to save every home, person, dog , bird , bear you name it and once again my Heart was beating with Big Love.
Try it! And while you are at it- listen to a love song.
