ALERT AND SHARP

We live in a world full of opportunities for distraction
...many have been seeking them in the last 6 weeks


What have you been listening to lately?
Something like this:

or this:

We get caught in the whirling dervish of daily life, away from the practice of listening to our true voice, the voice of Spirit – the heart.


Funny, we spend so much time looking for distractions to escape the silence versus attracting the wisdom in the silence

In the silence there is peace,
In the silence there is unspoken joy
In the silence there's release
From a world full of chaos and noise.

Do you remember the first sounds you ever heard?  It was something like this: 

One of the first acoustic stimuli we are exposed to, in vitro at 15 weeks, is the sounds of our mother's heartbeat. As fetuses, we have a great capacity for auditory learning and memory. The heartbeat (voice of the heart) is a primal experience. The heart is the empowering center of the intuition fired in the belly; the center of the power of feeling, which is vital in manifestation! It is always speaking, guiding, imparting Itself to/through/and as us; and when we listen and pay attention to what the hear speaks, we can hear the call, wisdom and guidance of the Universe / Divine.

We believe in the direct revelation of truth through our intuitive and spiritual nature, and that anyone may become a revealer of truth who lives in close contact with the indwelling God.  ~Ernest Holmes, Declaration of Principles

The heart is our intuitive neuro-electro-bio-chemical-mechanical organ which communicates with brain & body in 4 ways:
Neurological - nervous system
Biochemical - hormones
Biophysical - pulse wave
Energetic - electromagnetic fields

The heart is the seat of wisdom for the Jews, the hub of the universe for Hindus, the throne of God for Sufis, a fundamental quality for Buddhists, the essence of being human for Confucians, and where the kingdom of God lives for Christians.

God speaks in the silence of the heart. 
Listening is the beginning of the prayer. ~Mother Teresa 

 The Upanishads speak of the hridaya guha, the cave of the heart, in which the Supreme Reality resides

Go into the cave and you find the treasures of heaven. The sun and the moon and the stars, the very space and the clouds and the lightning and the rains—all this miracle of creation is within the heart of man. When it rains outside, it rains inside also, and the stellar regions shine resplendently within the heart of man.  ~Chhandogya Upanishad, Chapter 8 

The heart is the where the purest form of our Divine Power resides. 

Now most have the brain/head thing down.....the intellect and logic. The synapses are firing, the electro-chemical workings of the brain are at work. We get the idea of  “I declare this in my life!” and “I reveal that in my life!”

Some have gut stuff down....the intuition / imagination flourishes. It begins from a direct infusion from the Creative Force. We know what the idea looks like, smells and tastes like, what it sounds like, what its texture is; and it informs and empowers our manifestations.

However, the heart is main connection, the one that matters most. It is where the feelings lie, the home of the 'as if,' the feeling of the experience of the manifestation, the emotion felt of the having it, and the gratitude because it manifested into our experience. The heart is the regulator of our perceptions, creating an energetic / magnetic field to tell our brains whether we feel safe or not. In the heart, there are over 40 thousand sensory neurites or cells firing off, independent of the brain's neurons. Amazing!

It's time to re-awaken our heart intelligence! Here's a spiritual practice you can do to re-awaken that intelligence. It only takes 5 minutes or so.

1) Close your eyes and brings your awareness within
2) Put your hand on your heart!
        Heart is at center of the body, center chakra. It is the gateway to an Intelligence, harmonious and holistic and the touch brings a powerful awareness to this gateway.
3) Now become aware of your breathing and allow it to slow down. Breathe in for five seconds in, and out for five seconds
        This signals the body your are safe, frees you from any stresses and opens the body to healing.
4) Think or imagine someone or something that you care about or Appreciate or have Gratitude or  Compassion for and allow yourself to feel that appreciation. It could be a person, this community,  something you received, an insight you had.

Care, Appreciation, Gratitude or Compassion!

Sweet song of the Silence, forever singing in my heart!
Words cannot express, the tongue cannot tell;
Only the heart knows the songs which were never sung, the music which was never written.
I have heard that great Harmony and felt that great Presence.
I have listened to the Silence; and in the deep places of Life, I have stood naked and receptive to Thy songs and they have entered my soul.
I am lost in the mighty depths of Thy inner calm and peace.    ~Science of Mind

Now take another deep breath, inhaling with “God Is” and exhaling with “I AM”

Repeat this another time or two, then

Open your eyes.

That ancient and primal practice is easy, yet powerful. It consciously connects all three brains - the imagination/intuition from the gut, the feelings and intelligence of the heart and the logic of the brain. Each harmonizing, inspiring optimal decision making, creative discovery, learning, transcending and manifesting. This simple practice gives one resilience in this every changing and too often chaotic world, inspires a transformed perception of the chaotic to that of the cosmos, the helter-skelter to the harmonious. It also releases 1300 bio-chemical reactions which promote immunity and anti-aging.

In Proverbs 23:7 and a book by James Allen:

As a man thinketh in his heart, so is he.

I invite you to find the still point, the sweet spot; quieting the mind and listening to the heart - that primal rhythm of life. It is the sweet song of the Universe, singing just for you and revealing Its Wisdom through and as you.

I want to thank all of those that gave birth to and/or nurtured another human life. I am grateful for the continuity and the rhythm of Life Itself – the Universal Mother. I am grateful for the Divine Wisdom ever-present and available from and through It and grateful for that creativity that illuminates through my imagination. And I am grateful for that Inner Voice that never leads us astray.

Still your mind and open your heart and listen to the Divine Universal Mother calling you from within
And wish It a happy Mother's Day!




Affirmation
I am nurtured with the deepest love of Divine Universal Mother
Through Her, I see the truest of myself reflected in all I think, feel and do.
I am guided by the Divine Mothers in all cultures and easily turn away from all conditions of hurt or fear,
My dreams are supported, my victories
hailed in pride, and my celebrations feasted.
I am held in the hands of grace, listening to the mother-load of the highest Self
speaking in my heart.