Listening to Your Heart

It seems that this should be such an easy task, to listen to our heart. If you listen to your heart, you know what brings you joy, peace, beauty, and love. So why wouldn't we want to do this? Most of us have been taught to distrust our heart. Our heart will lead us astray we have been told, and cause us pain. It is our mind, teachers have told us that must be developed and followed. Much of what we have been taught can be attributed to the patriarchal philosophy that has dominated our world thinking for the past 2000 years.The masculine orientation, historically, has honored intellect over emotions, observation and measurement, through use of our five senses, over intuition and knowing.

As a woman, who found it nearly impossible to ignore my emotions and intuition, and think in a rational linear manner, I often had a sense that I was inherently flawed.Try as I might I could not allow the rationalizing processes of my mind to be my final guiding force for my life. I tried to shut down the rich emotion that was being beamed from my heart.

Now as I look back, I realize that my heart was sending out energetic information to guide me.My heart always spoke to me and captured my attention helping me to follow my life's journey. This was often at the disappointment of my family and friends who wanted me to be more rational. The intellect must be used to inform us of our physical world's teachings and information, but it is our heart that must guide us, integrating the energy of our soul as superior to that of our personality/intellect. Our heart heals us and keeps us in communion with energy of our soul.

The heart is also our barometer for helping us know what is important to us from an emotional and spiritual perspective. If we do not listen to our heart, we deny ourselves valuable feedback and guidance. From an energetic perspective, the heart is the center of the human energy system.The new field of energetic cardiology is demonstrating that the heart is more than a pump. It has wisdom; it is the energetic center of love, and knowing.

How tragic, that our society has taught us to distrust the callings of our heart. We often work when we need to rest, eat when we are not hungry, and laugh when we want to cry, remain angry when we need to forgive. It is our intellect that drives us to prove ourselves when our heart may be broken, feels rejected or unworthy. The intellect/personality knows only fear and lack. The heart is love. If we listened to our heart, our world and ourselves would be much different. We are all so afraid, and all so much the same.

We are often afraid to trust, or believe in goodness and mercy, love and light, peace, joy and healing. In truth, this is why we have come to earth to overcome all fear and sense of lack in order that our soul could have that experience of overcoming. The physical body is the vehicle of experience. The third dimension or our physical world is the only dimension in which this can occur. If we suppress our heart's wisdom, we drive ourselves beyond our limits, often injuring our physical bodies and our mental and emotional well being.

We fail to forgive, and nurture and honor ourselves. We fail to live with an open heart. The wisdom of the heart is a gift from Spirit and our Higher Selves. Listen and develop the ability to discern and balance the intellect with heart wisdom. When we do this, we are moving into our Christed Consciousness. We are raising the frequency of our beings, the Planet, and ourselves. That is our work; that is our love made visible.

by Janny Adkins