I’m queuing this up a week before the inauguration. Covid is raging like crazy in Arizona and people I know near D.C. say the Nation’s capitol looks like it is preparing for war. One of my friends is losing their long-term lease and fears being homeless. Another is sick. Family members are dealing with challenges. Clients are writing with serious problems, but in spite of it all I’m listening to my heart, keeping my vibe high, and doing my best to be a contribution rather than “peeing in the energetic pool” as one spirit from heaven recently (humorously) labeled an out-pouring of negative energy!
In the past I struggled with feelings of selfishness every time I had to turn someone else down in order to honor the truth within me. Now I make little apology for listening to my inner compass. I disappoint some and please others, but the reaction of anyone else, the angels constantly remind me, is none of my business. I remain faithful to the Divine within.
When covid first hit last year, I felt the heart’s impulse to cancel a trip I’d been looking forward to so I could gaze, pray, and send light to the world since that is my greatest desire to do so. I had to disappoint others, but as a result was able to be a light, create a video to help ease the fears, and soothe a great many people. Throughout the year, I spent less time on emails and more time in peaceful Presence and silence. I rearranged my schedule per the heart to connect more with family and friends. I unplugged and took a blissful trip in October and hiked in the beauty of nature unmasked in heaven after the thundering hoards that had flooded the trails earlier in the year left. I had a beautiful holiday while basically ignoring covid, other than masking and washing up. The heart steers us in grace. Only once was I told not to go somewhere to avoid germs. I listened. I was tired and open to negative energies at the time. The loving Divine wants us to be healthy, happy, peaceful, and exist in a state of grace.
There are a lot of opinions flying out there. If you listen to everyone else you could easily get lost in a tangled over-analysis of “shoulds.” Should you take the vaccine or not. Should you side with one group or not? Should you believe one news report or not? It goes on and on… and always will. Everyone has opinions. Everyone has perspectives. This is how we were designed. What matters most isn’t what everyone else thinks you should do, think, or believe, but rather what the loving voice of the Divine within suggests, given your soul’s desires, growth, and design.
In a space of listening to the heart’s guidance, you will easily and naturally know what you “should do” because it is what you truly, deeply, lovingly, want to do. In a happy, positive, loving vibration you will be easily and naturally steered to live the personal reality you wish to live – no matter what anyone else is doing.
So this year, be kind to yourself. Listen to your heart. Care more about your internal guidance than the external opinions of others. Tend to your energy more than stressing about your actions. Strive to connect to Love however, and whenever you can. In this reality we can be the loving energies and beacons that shine a bright, calm, hopeful, and peaceful light in our own lives, and therefore out into the world.
After all, “out there” starts “in here.”
Here are a few pointers how to help you pay attention to your own heart…
1. When the urge to over-analyze sets in, stop. Breathe peace.
When you catch yourself thinking, “What should I do? How should I handle this? What should I say? Should I do this or that? Should I believe this or that?” catch yourself. Stop.
Breathe deeply. As you breathe imagine a column of light coming up your spine and as you exhale imagine it cascading out of the top of your head all around your aura. Breathe in and up. Exhale and release. Do this “self cleaning breathing” for a few minutes until you feel peace.
When you feel peaceful, ask yourself, “What does my heart want to do in the here and now?” Trust the first thought or feeling you get.
2. Calibrate your energy to love
Set reminders on your phone throughout the day. When they go off, calibrate to love. Think of a few things or people you love. Look at happy photos on the phone. Appreciate something right in front of you. Do anything to shift your energy into a vibration of love.
Practice this often and it will become very easy. You know what love feels like when you flow it. Try to memorize the feeling and see if you can call it up at will. Then ask your heart, “What next?” Trust.
3. Engage in disciplines that help you feel wonderful
We hear our heart easily when we feel good, so do what it takes to feel good in a healthy way. Engage in routines or practices that uplift you. Read something inspiring. Subscribe to a positive blog. Do deep breathing. Engage in spiritual disciplines. Take a walk. Do anything you enjoy to uplift and inspire yourself into a space in which you’ll hear your heart more easily.
A wonderful, easy practice to help you get into the heart, both spiritually and biologically, is taught by the Heartmath Institute. They’ve done extensive scientific research that proves their simple method of getting the heart induces a biologically coherent state in which you will be less stressed, think more clearly, be healthier, happier, and, as the angels would say, more easily listen to the heart’s guidance.
They offer a free, easy, science based, online class called “The Heartmath Experience” here.
The reality behind all 3D appearances is nothing less than a field of love always ready to support us, and just waiting for us to allow it to rise up within. No matter what is going on externally, when you align with your heart, you will align with peace, love, clarity, and your own guidance. In this reality you not only live a kinder life; you also become a beacon of hope, inspiration, and peace, and one of the souls working to bring greater harmony to the planet.
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