Living in the Heart

Living in the Heart - It's a phrase we often hear and use but, what does it really mean?

In many ways it's difficult to describe as it's a statement based in sensations and feelings rather than a concept, but let's try....

First of all bring your awareness to your Heart area. This is centred in the chest area around the sternum, named as the Heart Chakra. Close your eyes, and take a breath into this area. Be aware of how it feels, tight open, painful....nothing?! All good. As you continue breathing here be open to any sensations, a slight vibration, buzzing, or nothing....all good! And so let's take another breath and call in the presence of the dolphins and whales. Call the dolphins and whales to be with you. As you sense their presence around you, allow your heart to open, or be open to that possibility. As you do so feel your energy expand outwards into the space around you. Take it further...let it travel through the room, through the building and into the whole area.

Can you feel here in this place that the mind has stopped it's chattering. There is a greater sense of peace, and well being. As you soften into the heart are you aware of how everything around you begins to soften. Feel how your body is lighter, less dense.

Living in the Heart enables you to bypass the mind chatter. It allows you to move beyond the ego into the place of pure consciousness, love. At it's core each an everyone of us is love, and our hearts are the pathway home. Of course the mind is still important, we need to function in a body, however, when we view life through the lens of the heart, rather than the mind, life takes on more ease and grace.

The challenge of course is to remain in this place when presented with difficulties and intense situations. It's not easy. Faced with difficulties the body naturally contracts and the heart closes. I invite you when a challenge arises to stop and breathe, stay present in your heart and bring your awareness completely into every cell your body. If the situation involves a person remember they too are a spark of the divine, look into their eyes connect with their presence. Watch how the levels and layers dissolve.

Living in the Heart is our fastest route to manifestation. We have been taught to focus with the mind on what we truly desire, to visualise the object or situation repeatedly. In my experience this hasn't worked so well. Our desires are limited to our ego's wants and desires. When we can open our hearts to receive whatever is truly in our highest and best interests, miracles abound. Our hearts when open are like magnets, we attract everything that we need in any given moment. This takes no work, it is just a matter of staying open.