Most of us have been raised in cultures that value the head over the heart, logic over intuition and thought over inner knowing. As a result, we have lost touch with the inner voice that lets us know us who we are. We often listen to our mental dictates and beliefs instead of tuning in to the whisper of spirit through our heart. This physical habit can feel as ingrained as the way we breathe or walk. However, with effort and conscious awareness, we can shift our energy to our hearts, listening and responding from this much deeper, more resonant place.Our analytical brain gives us a limited perspective-from the past. Like a computer, it can … [Read more...]
Opening Our Heart Links Us to Our Being
"The best and most beautiful things in the world cannot be seen or touched. They must be felt with the heart." - Hellen KellerOpening our heart links us to our true being. When we open our hearts, light flows through us as pure love, allowing us to receive and transmit energy that is divinely sourced. With an open heart, we can channel spiritual information, bypassing the incessant chatter of the brain and experience new possibilities. We can tap into this energy to create inspired choices in our lives.In this state of open-heartedness, we feel relaxed and compassionate toward everyone and everything around us and experience a state of … [Read more...]
Cultivating a Healthy Partnership with Ourselves
To create a fulfilling life with amazing relationships, we have to first cultivate a healthy partnership with ourselves. Although this is the most important relationship we have in our lives, it can be the most difficult one to develop and sustain. Society places such emphasis on being in a romantic relationship, with the message that we are nobody unless we have somebody. So, we often set aside our own values, needs, and desires for those of another even when it comprises our very "being"-the essence of who we truly are. Until we cultivate a soul-hearted partnership with ourselves, however, we cannot possibly choose and develop healthy … [Read more...]
Soul-Hearted Partners: Soul Mates and More
People come into our lives for a reason, a season, or a lifetime. Soul mates appear in life for reasons that often have to do with the soul's purpose on earth and our spiritual progression. They enhance our lives by providing insights, unconditional love, and assistance with challenges.When soul mates appear in our life for a reason, it usually has to do with our spiritual progression. They meet a need or fulfill a desire that we have expressed and often, come to assist us through a difficult situation, providing us with guidance and support. Often, they appear serendipitously, as a godsend, arriving in response to the spiritual law of … [Read more...]
Soul-Hearted Partnership as a Transformative Path
The artist, Alex Grey suggests that "when two forces unite in love, a third power, a spiritual bridge, opens up to divine wisdom and guidance. He calls this power the Third Force, a potency that shifts a relationship into a transformative path." I refer to this energetic integration of two fully expressed beings, connected heart to heart and soul to soul as "soul-hearted." By being the collective conduit for this energy source, such a relationship can accomplish more than what would be achieved in isolation.Imagine a moment when you have experienced a combined surge of energy with a partner or friend. You may have been dancing, traveling or … [Read more...]
Opening to Deeper Levels of Intimacy
Most of us desire deeper, levels of intimacy with ourselves and our loved ones. Such meaningful relationships and intimate interactions begin with feeling "safe" enough to to freely and openly share our fears and insecurities. Opening up to another person and allowing ourselves to be vulnerable helps us establish the intimate connection we desire.We can let down our guard and the barriers that surround our hearts by establishing absolute trust in ourselves and our connection with source. This creates a foundation for an intimate relationship with another. Trust fosters full self-expression uninhibited by insecurity and opens us to heart to … [Read more...]
Building Intimacy and Connection in Our Relationships
Permission to break with tradition: Give each other permission to take time for yourselves and each other. Be open to creating new experiences and breaking the predictable patterns of what you've always done around the holidays. Take a short get-away, give each other massages, and spend more relaxed time together.Communicate your needs: Take turns sharing your vision of the holiday season. Listen to each other with non-judgment, acceptance and respect and without interruption. Create an atmosphere of safety where each of you are able to be vulnerable and speak from your heart what your needs and desires truly are at this time of year.Be … [Read more...]