Living from the Heart
Heart based decisions and actions are seated in love and compassion in step with the universe…
What are heart based decisions and why do we need to know what they are? Heart based decisions and actions are seated in love and compassion in step with the universe, they go with the flow, resulting in long term fulfillment. When we use our mind to make decisions, we seek protection in the old, known, patterns out of fear according to our programming. These decisions result in temporary solutions and relief. If the results are temporary, then why the hell do we keep acting out of fear?!! Our programming, deeply engrained and learned long ago, causes these reactions.
…I sometimes need time and reflection to get to the root of my reactions and feelings.
We can change our programming through practice and choose whether we live from a place of love or fear. Although for me the choice is not always like flipping a switch😊. When a thought causes me fear, I sometimes need time and reflection to get to the root of my reactions and feelings. For example, I recently had a job interview. I thought it went well, but not spectacularly, and I didn’t get the job. I was disappointed at first, with thoughts like “what if that is the only job available to me?” A decision I could have made from fear is, I need a job so I will take something unfulfilling to pay the bills. Instead, I remembered, with a tip of the hat and a hug to myself, I did my best at the time with what I knew. I released that experience and went with the flow, in trust that there is something else for me the universe is delivering.
Another way to change our programming is to cultivate seeing, hearing and feeling positive messages in the world around us. When I look and listen for the messages of the voice of God/Source/Universe, it becomes easier to live from love and go with the flow. I don’t hear a voice like the traditional booming white male voice out of Monty Python and the Holy Grail. The voice comes to me through reading, conversations, nature, and art like music. When I hear a song that is of such beauty that it fills me with love, I take that as a positive message. The feeling from the message can carry me, and it is easier to choose to act in love and compassion. I practice looking for and finding positive messages like this. This practice takes commitment, and the reward is swimming downstream rather than upstream.
When entering a decision, feeling into our heart for the positive energy of love can be our barometer.
When we make decisions and act, we are expressing (in love or in fear). We can find fulfillment and experience the love/energy of being in flow when we offer from the heart. As your physical or spiritual expression, as the artist of your life, what feels good to you, what do you want to intentionally deliver into this world?
As your physical or spiritual expression, as the artist of your life, what feels good to you, what do you want to intentionally deliver into this world?
When we express altruistically, without looking for a reward, we acknowledge the oneness of all, versus the concept of separation (every being for themselves.) We believe that positive thoughts and deeds impact all and come back to us. We feel this by looking for the good: the more you look, the more you see😉.
