EASTER: a celebration of unlimited Life. Intuition challenges us to consider the endless continuity and creative power of Life energy, much greater than our experience.
Life may not be as truncated as it seems. Will unlimited life come to our planet?
How eager are you to fast-track your evolution? How strongly is your intent focused on your wholeness and personal transformation?
The authority and health of the heart depend on health of the mind!
Do you devote more energy to talking or listening? How difficult are the pauses? Are there things that you know you would rather not hear?
Health of mind depends on openness to possibilities, alert listening, awareness and choice!
The heart is the place for Truth and timing. Non-truths that we hold to be true assault the heart, filtering and limiting essential life energy to the body.
The intuition speaks from the heart. Health of the body depends on the authority given the heart’s message of Truth and Timing!
THE HEART OF THE MATTER, EASTER, APRIL 9, 2023
KELLY RANDOLPH BENNETT, OPEN CIRCLE
EASTER 2023
A CHALLENGING ENCOUNTER WITH LIFE AS IT REALLY IS?
COULD EASTER BE A HARBINGER OF EARTH LIFE TO COME?
DR. THEODORE REIK (THE THIRD EAR)
SUBMISSIVE LISTENING VS. MEANING-ORIENTED LISTENING
(EXAMPLE) BOB SKORODINSKY AND THE VALUE OF PAUSES
MEDITATION 2002 AND BEYOND
SOURCE, CREATOR, CALLED LIFE, 24/7 WHOLE ENERGY RESUPPLY
LIFE, UNCONSCIOUS CONNECTION AT HEART, 24/7
ENERGY FIELD/BODY/BEING/AURA, PHYSICAL BODY, AND FILTERS
FILTERS FROM POOR QUALITY PERSPECTIVES ON LIFE, POOR ATTITUDE
AWARENESS, POSSIBILITIES, CHOICES DEFINE ATTITUDE QUALITY, FILTERS
HEART, SEAT OF SOUL’S DESIRES, CENTER OF MOTIVATIONS, INTUITION
INTUITION (TRUTH, TIMING) +IMAGINATION (POSSIBILITIES) TRANSFORM
KNOWING THE VOICE OF LIFE
UNIQUE ENERGY BEHIND IDEAS, VOICE CLEAR, POWERFUL
DISCRIMINATED THOUGHTS AND DOWNLOAD, KNOWING DEVELOPED
CONFIRMING FEELING/SIGNATURE, SENSE OF TRUTH, UNUSUAL CLARITY
INTELLECT (MIND) AND INTUITION (HEART), VITAL IDENTIFYING BLEND
THE HEART OF THE MATTER IS A MATTER OF THE HEART
(EXAMPLE) UNRAVELING OBSCURE MESSAGES, FACING THE UNEXPECTED
OPENNESS DEFINES LISTENER, REVEALS LANGUAGE OF THE HEART
HEART IS DISTRESSED BY NON-TRUTHS HELD TO BE TRUE
AUTHORITY GIVEN HEART DETERMINES HEART WELLNESS
HOLD QUESTIONABLE BELIEFS UP TO SCRUTINY OF HEART
IF IGNORED, HEART GOES MUTE, STRUGGLES WITH UNTRUE BELIEFS
PERSPECTIVES
(EXAMPLE) THE HEART’S RESPONSE TO RESENTMENT AND LOVE
BODY HEALTH RELIES ON HEART HEALTH, BOTH RELY ON MIND HEALTH
ALTER MIND HEALTH BY NEW INTENT, ATTITUDE, AWARENESS, CHOICES
NON-TRUTHS-AS-TRUE FILTER ESSENTIAL LIFE ENERGY AWAY FROM BODY
NEW GUIDANCE SYSTEM: INTENT, MIND, HEART, INTUITION, IMAGINATION
GOOD MORNING, AJIJIC
GOOD MORNING, AJIJIC! ANOTHER BEAUTIFUL DAY! ONE AMONG THE MANY! GLAD TO ENJOY IT WITH YOU.
THANK YOU, LAKE CHAPALA SOCIETY, OPEN CIRCLE, FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO SHARE THOUGHTS FROM SOME 50 YEARS IN THE PRACTICE OF CLINICAL PSYCHOLOGY, DEVELOPMENTAL PSYCHOLOGY, AND NEURO PSYCHOLOGY, BRAINWAVE OPTIMIZATION™, EMDR, MEDITATION, AND PRAYER, WITH FAMILIES AND BUSINESSES AROUND THE WORLD.
PLEASE PICK UP A LEARNING AIDS HANDOUT. IT WILL PROVIDE YOU WITH A GUIDE FOR TODAY’S TALK.
TODAY, I OFFER A FREE ONE-HOUR CONSULTATION TO ANYONE WHO WISHES TO CONTINUE DISCUSSING TODAY’S TOPIC! AT THE END OF THE TALK, PLEASE SIGN ON THIS SHEET. I WILL CONTACT YOU.
TODAY IS EASTER, ALSO CALLED PASCHA OR RESURRECTION SUNDAY, A MAJOR CHRISTIAN FESTIVAL AND CULTURAL CELEBRATION COMMEMORATING THE RESURRECTION OF JESUS FROM THE DEAD, AS REPORTED IN THE NEW TESTAMENT OF THE BIBLE, AND WHICH OCCURRED ON THE THIRD DAY OF HIS BURIAL FOLLOWING HIS CRUCIFIXION BY THE ROMANS AT CALVARY, CIRCA 30 AD.
IT HAS BEEN SAID THAT HUMAN EXPERIENCE IS A CONSTANT CLIMB TO A BETTER AND MORE COMPLETE PERSPECTIVE. EASTER DEFINITELY CHALLENGES OUR PERSPECTIVE ON THE POWER AND CONTINUITY OF UBIQUITOUS LIFE ENERGY.
I SEE EASTER AS A CELEBRATION OF THE ENDURANCE AND POWER OF UNLIMITED, UNIVERSAL, MULTIDIMENSIONAL LIFE ENERGY, WHICH IS NOT OBVIOUS TO EARTHLINGS. REMEMBER THAT EASTER, THE RESURRECTION OF JESUS, HAPPENED HERE, ON EARTH! THE PERFECT CONTRAST FOR SUCH A STARTLING STATEMENT!
WHAT WE COMMONLY EXPERIENCE ON EARTH, AND WHAT WE CALL OUR LIFE, IS LIMITED AND CYCLICAL, WITH A BEGINNING, A MIDDLE, AND AN END. BUT THE CELEBRATION OF EASTER WRITES LARGE ABOUT A GREATER REALITY, WHERE EARTH LIFE ENERGY IS MORE POWERFUL, MORE COMPLETE IN ITSELF, AND MAGNIFICENTLY SUSTAINBLE! THIS SUGGESTS THAT LIFE MAY NOT BE AS TRUNCATED AS IT SEEMS. COULD THE EASTER EVENT BE A HARBINGER OF A POTENTIAL CHANGE IN EARTH ENERGY? COULD UNLIMITED LIFE COME TO OUR PLANET?
AT THE VERY LEAST, THE EASTER MESSAGE SUGGESTS THAT HUMAN LIFE COULD CONTINUE BEYOND WHAT WE THOUGHT WERE LIMITS! DO WE DARE CONSIDER THAT THE HUMAN BODY COULD BE DESIGNED TO FUNCTION WITHOUT A USE-BY DATE, WHERE BIOLOGICAL DETERIORATION AND PHYSICAL DEATH ARE NO LONGER A REQUIREMENT, WHERE LIFE GOES ON? COULD THE ENERGY OF EARTH LIFE BE TRANSFORMED SUFFICIENTLY? ARE WE OPEN ENOUGH TO CONSIDER SUCH POSSIBILITIES? DO WE EVEN KNOW HOW TO LISTEN TO SUCH REMARKABLE IDEAS?
I GRADUATED FROM HIGH SCHOOL IN 1949. THAT SAME YEAR, A NOW-FAMOUS PSYCHOANALYST NAMED DR. THEODORE REIK PUBLISHED A CLASSIC WORK ON LISTENING, CALLED THE THIRD EAR.
DR. KYLE ARNOLD RECENTLY REVIEWED DR. REIK’S BOOK. SHE DESCRIBED HOW THROUGHOUT MUCH OF AMERICAN CULTURE, AND FROM OUR EARLIEST TRAINING, LISTENING HAS TAKEN ON A MEANING MORE RELATED TO HEEDING A WARNING, OR COMPLYING WITH A DIRECTIVE, RATHER THAN LISTENING TO ATTEND AND UNDERSTAND. OUR EARLY TRAINING IN LISTENING COMMONLY INVOLVES LEARNING TO CONFORM TO THE DEMANDS OF AUTHORITIES, WHICH TAKES ON AN ELEMENT OF EMOTIONAL SUPPRESSION ASSOCIATED WITH IT. WE COULD CALL THE EFFECTS OF SUCH EARLY TRAINING SUBMISSIVE LISTENING.
WITH SOME REINFORCEMENT, SUBMISSIVE LISTENING CAN EASILY TURN INTO NOT LISTENING AT ALL! THIS RESPONSE AVOIDS HEEDING WHAT SOUNDS LIKE ORDERS FROM A HIGHER RANK THAT WE JUST DO NOT WANT TO HEAR! I REMEMBER WATCHING MY FATHER TURN OFF BOTH OF HIS HEARING AIDS WHEN MY MOTHER SAID THINGS HE REALLY DIDN’T WANT TO HEAR.
BUT BE ENCOURAGED! SUBMISSIVE LISTENING CAN BE EXCHANGED WITH WHAT DR. REIK CALLED THE ART OF MEANING-ORIENTED LISTENING. THIS BETTER WAY OF LISTENING CAN TRANSFORM EVERYDAY RELATIONSHIPS. IT IS EMPOWERING BECAUSE IT IS CLARIFYING.
THE PREFERRED SKILL OF MEANING-ORIENTED LISTENING IS INTERTWINED WITH OUR ABILITY TO LISTEN TO OURSELVES! OUR MIND HAS THE NATURAL ABILITY TO DECIPHER DEEPER EMOTIONAL MEANINGS CONVEYED BY A SPEAKER, EVEN WHEN THEY ARE UNSTATED OR UNCLEAR. HE CALLED THIS NATURAL DEEP LISTENING ABILITY, THE THIRD EAR, AND SUGGESTED THAT MEANING-ORIENTED LISTENERS FOCUS ON THEIR OWN INTERNAL RESPONSES FIRST! THIS PROVIDES A MORE PENETRATING UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT A SPEAKER MEANS.
CONSIDER THAT A MEANING-ORIENTED LISTENER IS A PERSON WHO TAKES TIME TO LISTEN FOR NEW POSSIBILITIES, FEELINGS, THOUGHTS, IMPRESSIONS, EVEN UNEXPECTED PASSING COMMENTS BY OTHERS, WHILE STAYING ALERT TO ALTERNATIVE AVENUES OF COMMUNICATION.
SUBMISSIVE LISTENERS, WHILE LISTENING TO OTHERS, OFTEN DO NOT SLOW DOWN ENOUGH TO PAY ATTENTION TO HOW THEY FEEL. THEY TEND TO RESPOND RAPIDLY, BEFORE LETTING ANYTHING SINK IN. CONVERSATIONS BECOME MORE LIKE A SET OF TENNIS VOLLEYS, WHERE ANY STRAY SILENCE BECOMES UNNERVING. THERE IS AN INTERNAL ANXIETY ASSOCIATED WITH GETTING READY TO SAY SOMETHING AT THE NEXT PAUSE. THEIR STYLE BECOMES A DIRECT WAY TO CONTROL THE CONVERSATION, TO EASE THEIR OWN DISCOMFORT!
HOW WE FIRST LEARNED TO LISTEN AS A CHILD CAN EASILY BECOME AN AUTOMATIC RESPONDING PATTERN AS AN ADULT. BUT, WE CAN MOVE AWAY FROM SUCH AUTOMATIC PATTERNS, WHICH ARE LIKE BEING ASLEEP TO THE ENERGY WORLD AROUND US. WE CAN WAKE UP BY MOVING TOWARD A MORE CONSCIOUS, MEANING-ORIENTED LISTENING CHOICE.
A LONG TIME AGO, IN MY LATE 30’S, WHILE WRITING A DOCTORAL DISSERTATION AT UCLA, MANY HOURS WERE SPENT AT THE COMPUTING CENTER. THE MANAGER OF THE CENTER WAS RESPONSIBLE FOR HELPING STUDENTS USE THE COMPUTERS. HIS NAME WAS BOB SKORODINSKY, A PLEASANT AND EASY-GOING FELLOW WITH A LOT OF PATIENCE. I HAD NO IDEA WHAT I WAS DOING WITH THOSE PUNCHED CARDS AND THOSE SCARY COMPUTERS! BOB NEEDED A LOT OF PATIENCE WITH ME.
HE HAD A STRANGE CHARACTERISTIC! WHENEVER I ASKED ONE OF MY MANY QUESTIONS, HE WOULD LOOK AT ME DIRECTLY WHILE I SPOKE, THEN THERE WAS A 5-10-SECOND PAUSE BEFORE HE RESPONDED…
AT FIRST, I THOUGHT HE WAS ESSENTIALLY DEAF. BUT THEN I REALIZED HIS ATTENTION WAS COMPLETELY FOCUSED ON ME. IT BECAME CLEAR THAT HE WAS INTERNALLY ABSORBING MY REMARKS AND PREPARING AN APPROPRIATE RESPONSE TO EVERY QUESTION. HE TOOK EACH ONE SERIOUSLY!
IT TOOK A WHILE, BUT BOB’S ODD STYLE TAUGHT ME A VALUABLE LESSON IN LISTENING. HE WAS SOMEONE I CLEARLY REMEMBER, ESPECIALLY HIS ENERGY, TO THIS DAY, SOME 60 YEARS ON, WITH A GREAT DEBT OF GRATITUDE.
THE NEXT TIME YOU BECOME THREATENED, CONFUSED OR JUST CONCERNED WITH A PERSONAL INTERACTION, DO NOT RESPOND IMMEDIATELY. FIRST THINK OF BOB, TAKE PAUSE, LISTEN TO THE FEELINGS FROM YOUR HEART.
YOU MAY FIND THAT DOING THIS IS INITIALLY UNCOMFORTABLE, WITH SOME AWKWARD MEMORIES, UNEXPECTED EMOTIONS, OR STRANGE ASSOCIATIONS THAT MAY ARISE. BUT, PURSUED PATIENTLY, THESE UNFAMILIAR INNER EXPERIENCES TEND TO AWAKEN A DEEP UNDERSTANDING WITHIN, AND LEAD TO FREER, FULLER COMMUNICATION.
MEDITATION, WITH ITS MYSTICAL CONNECTIONS, PROVIDES A GREAT OPPORTUNITY FOR PRACTICING MEANING-ORIENTED LISTENING. IT WAS 2017, AFTER 15 YEARS OF DAILY INTERACTIVE MEDITATION, INVOLVING SEVERAL THOUSAND HOURS OF MEANING-ORIENTED LISTENING, WHEN MY WIFE AND I COMPILED AND PUBLISHED FOUR BOOKS (SEE YOUR HANDOUT). DURING THOSE MEDITATIONS, OUR INSPIRING PRIMARY CONNECTION AND SOURCE, WAS SELF-DESCRIBED AS LIFE ITSELF, CREATOR OF EVERYTHING, AND GOD WHO SPEAKS WITH MULTIPLE VOICES, WHOM WE, FOR SIMPLICITY, CALLED LIFE!
I WAS SHOWN HOW THE ENERGY OF LIFE (THE WHOLE, COMPLETE, CREATIVE, AND AWARE ENERGY) IS AN ESSENTIAL ELEMENT IN THE SUPPORT OF ALL LIVING THINGS, INCLUDING YOU AND ME. I WITNESSED HOW, THROUGH A SOUL CONNECTION AT THE HEART, EVERY HUMAN BEING IS LOVINGLY, CONTINUOUSLY, AND UNCONSCIOUSLY RESUPPLIED WITH LIFE’S ENERGY, 24/7. IT IS THE VERY REASON FOR THE EXISTENCE OF EVERYTHING ALIVE.
ENERGY RESUPPLY FOLLOWS A SEQUENCE. THE FIRST LEVEL OF RESUPPLY IS TO OUR ENERGY FIELD, (ALSO CALLED ENERGY BODY/BEING/AURA), WHICH THEN SUPPLIES LIFE-GIVING ENERGY TO OUR PHYSICAL BODY, NOURISHING THE HEALTH AND FUNCTION OF OUR ENTIRE SELF. IT IS ONLY WHEN THIS RESUPPLY ENERGY BECOMES FILTERED THAT DISEASE CAN EXIST IN OUR BODY!
THE OUTLINE OF OUR PHYSICAL BODY DOES NOT DEFINE THE EXTENT OF OUR ENERGY FIELD. OUR ENERGY FIELD EXTENDS FAR BEYOND OUR PHYSICAL SHAPE. IN BETWEEN OUR ENERGY BODY AND OUR PHYSICAL BODY IS WHERE A MULTITUDE OF FILTERS CAN EXIST THAT DOWNGRADE ENERGY WHOLENESS. THIS LEAVES THE BODY SUBJECT TO DIMINISHED ENERGY FROM THAT RADIATED TO THE PHYSICAL BODY BY THE ENERGY FIELD. ENERGY FILTERS LARGELY RESULT FROM (1) AN INADEQUATE PERSPECTIVE ON LIFE (AN INSUFFICIENT FRAME OF REFERENCE, OR CRITERIA, FROM WHICH JUDGMENTS OR MEASUREMENTS ARE MADE), AND THUS (2) A POOR-QUALITY ATTITUDE.
I WAS SHOWN HOW THE INFINITE CREATION IS CHARACTERIZED BY CHOICE AND THE ENERGIES OF ALL POSSIBILITIES. FOR ALL POSSIBILITIES TO EXIST, BOTH BENEFICIAL POSSIBILITIES AS WELL AS DETRIMENTAL POSSIBILITIES MUST BE AVAILABLE. THE ENERGIES YOU AND I ALIGN WITH IS A MATTER OF OUR AWARENESS AND CHOICE, OR ATTITUDE. DETRIMENTAL ATTITUDES ATTRACT DETRIMENTAL ENERGIES. BENEFICIAL ATTITUDES ATTRACT BENEFICIAL ENERGIES. IT IS AS SIMPLE AS THAT. ATTITUDES ARE BRIDGES TO THE QUALITY OF ENERGY SUPPORT THAT WE RECEIVE FROM THE ENERGIES OF ALL POSSIBILITIES.
I LEARNED HOW OUR BELIEFS, VALUES, ATTITUDES, AND BEHAVIOR ALL FLOW FROM OUR PERSPECTIVE ON LIFE. WHAT WE HOLD TO BE TRUE AND REAL IS A MAJOR SOURCE OF MOTIVATION FOR HUMANS. CHANGE THE PERSPECTIVE ON LIFE AND THE WHOLE BEING CHANGES!
TO FOCUS ON UPGRADING OUR PERSPECTIVE ON LIFE CAN IMPROVE THE QUALITY OF ENERGY WHOLENESS (HEALTH) THAT OUR PHYSICAL BODY EXPERIENCES. THE AIM IS TO ELIMINATE ALL FILTERS SO THAT THERE IS AN UNFILTERED UNITY BETWEEN RESUPPLIED LIFE ENERGY AND OUR WHOLE BEING.
IT WAS ALSO DURING MEDITATION THAT I LEARNED HOW LIFE IS UNCONSCIOUSLY CONNECTED WITH US, NOT AT THE MIND, BUT AT THE HEART, AT THE VERY EPICENTER OF OUR BEING! WHAT A SURPRISE!
SO, WHAT REALLY COUNTS IN THIS LIFE IS OUR INTENT, OUR MOTIVATION, NOT OUR EVERY THOUGHT! I ALSO LEARNED THAT EVERYONE COULD CREATE THEIR OWN TRUE CHANNEL OF COMMUNICATION WITH THEIR HIGHER POWER, DIRECT AND FREE OF MISLEADING DISTORTIONS.
FAMILIARITY WITH LIFE’S VOICE FROM WITHIN THE HEART OF US CAN BE AN INDISPENSABLE SKILL FOR ALL TO DEVELOP! CONSIDER IF LIFE HEARS ALL OF OUR YEARNINGS AND RESPONDS ACCORDINGLY, THEN ISN’T OUR CONSCIOUS LISTENING FOR LIFE’S OFFERINGS EQUALLY AS IMPORTANT?
BUT YOU MIGHT ASK, HOW WOULD I KNOW THE VOICE OF MY HIGHER POWER?
WELL, CONSIDER MY EXPERIENCE.
I RECEIVE LOTS OF ASSISTANCE IN MEDITATION. WHEN OPENING, TUNING, AND SCANNING I EXPERIENCE A UNIQUENESS IN THE LUCID QUALITY OF VOICE ENERGY THAT COMES. THERE IS AN IDENTIFIABLE, UNIQUE ENERGY, AS WELL AS A CONFIRMING FEELING, ASSOCIATED WITH EVERY WORD, A DISTINCTIVE SIGNATURE WHICH IDENTIFIES LIFE’S VOICE.
THE FEELING OF DISTINCTIVE ENERGY MAKES IT POSSIBLE TO DISCRIMINATE BETWEEN WHAT I AM THINKING AT THE TIME AND WHAT IS BEING DOWNLOADED. THE ROBUST ENERGY PRESENT CONTRIBUTES TO AN ACCURATE, SMOOTH, AND FAST RECORDING OF THE MESSAGE.
LIFE USES MANY VOICES, AS MANY AS REQUIRED TO COMMUNICATE THE MESSAGE. THESE VOICES EACH WEAR A NAMETAG DIFFERENTIATING THEM FROM ALL OTHERS. I LEARNED TO FOCUS ON THE ENERGY BEHIND THE IDEAS RATHER THAN ON THE IDEAS THEMSELVES. THIS WAY THOUGHTS OF MY OWN DID NOT MISLEAD ME.
BECOMING MORE CERTAIN ABOUT LIFE’S VOICE DEVELOPED OVER TIME FROM A “KNOWING” THAT EMERGED. THIS KNOWING SEEMED TO ARISE FROM THE HEART. IT IS REALLY A NEW PERSPECTIVE, MUCH MORE THAN A SKILL.
SO, THE HEART OF THE MATTER IS A MATTER OF THE HEART! WE CAN BENEFIT ENORMOUSLY FROM STAYING ALERT TO UNEXPECTED COMMUNICATIONS FROM THE HEART. OUR LEARNING TO LISTEN IN EVERY WAY POSSIBLE, EVEN TO SEEMINGLY UNRELATED PASSING COMMENTS BY OTHERS, COULD BECOME SURPRISINGLY SIGNIFICANT TO US.
AN EXAMPLE OF HEARING THE UNEXPECTED HAPPENED TO ME IN MY LATE 20’S. IT WAS 1959. NOT LONG AFTER SPUTNIK WENT INTO ORBIT, I WAS WORKING AS A DEEPLY-INVOLVED, WELL-TRAVELED SPACE SYSTEMS PROJECT ENGINEER. ONE DAY A COWORKER RAISED A QUESTION-IN-PASSING. “WHY ARE PEOPLE GOING IN AND OUT OF YOUR PROJECT OFFICE ALL OF THE TIME? IT’S LIKE THE SWINGING DOOR OF AN OLD SALOON!”
BEWILDERED BY HIS QUESTION AND ITS SARCASM, I BEGAN TO WATCH THE TRAFFIC IN AND OUT OF MY OFFICE, AS WELL AS WHAT WE DID WHEN VISITORS WERE THERE.
AS EXPECTED, THE ENGINEERS WORKING ON OUR CURRENT PROJECT CAME IN TO ASK QUESTIONS ABOUT THEIR WORK. BUT, SOON AFTERWARD, THEY BEGAN DISCUSSING PERSONAL MATTERS OF CONCERN TO THEM. BUT I FOUND THAT ACTUALLY MORE OF MY TIME WAS SPENT LISTENING TO PERSONAL ISSUES THAN DISCUSSING PROJECT-RELATED QUESTIONS!
WHILE CONSIDERING THE IMPLICATIONS OF THIS SURPRISING AWARENESS, I WAS REMINDED HOW SOME YEARS EARLIER, AT UNIVERSITY, I HAD COMPLETED A BATTERY OF PSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS THAT SHOWED MY INTERESTS TO BE APPRECIABLY STRONGER IN THE SOCIAL SCIENCES THAN IN THE PHYSICAL SCIENCES! BEING A NOT-THAT-WISE, BUT SERIOUS ENGINEERING STUDENT, I SHRUGGED OFF THIS VERY OBVIOUS, TANGENTIAL REVELATION SAYING TO MYSELF, “I LOVE MATH AND THE OBJECTIVITY OF THE PHYSICAL SCIENCES! WHAT DO PSYCHOLOGISTS KNOW ANYWAY?”
HOWEVER, AS I STRUGGLED FURTHER WITH THESE REVELATIONS, I HAD TO ADMIT THAT I WAS MUCH MORE INTERESTED IN THE COMPLEX DYNAMICS OF PEOPLE THAN OF THINGS!
WOW! AS I PONDERED THAT AMAZING ADMISSION, I CAME TO ANOTHER REALIZATION: MAYBE I AM IN THE WRONG PROFESSION!! NOW, WHAT DO I DO?
WELL, I COULD GET EVEN BUSIER, BECOME CONSUMED WITH MY JOB, AND TRY TO FORGET THIS WHOLE MATTER. THEN FAMILY, FRIENDS, AND ASSOCIATES COULD SETTLE DOWN. BUT THE IMPLICATIONS OF THESE DISCOVERIES WOULDN’T LEAVE ME ALONE. I FELT COMPELLED TO KNOW THE TRUTH, TO FOLLOW THE SEARCH TO ITS END.
IMPLICATIONS COULD MEAN TURNING MY BACK ON RICH PROFESSIONAL OPPORTUNITIES JUST UNFOLDING, ON LEAVING BEHIND MY VALUED ENGINEERING CAREER, ABANDONING ONGOING GRADUATE STUDY, EVEN SACRIFICING FAMILY, PERSONAL, AND BUSINESS RELATIONSHIPS. IT COULD MEAN STARTING ALL OVER AGAIN IN A BRAND-NEW FIELD OF PSYCHOLOGY. ALL OF THIS IN ORDER TO SATISFY A DIFFERING INTEREST?
BUT WHAT IF THE DISCOVERIES REVEAL A BIGGER, BROADER, MORE ESOTERIC PURPOSE? SOMETHING TO DO WITH MY REASON FOR BEING ON EARTH? NOW A SERIOUS CHOICE MUST BE MADE! EVEN THOUGH A DECISION TO SWITCH CAREERS COULD LEAD TO A COMPLETE UPSET AND REORGANIZATION OF MY LIFE FOR THE NEXT 12 YEARS! IN THE FACE OF THAT REALITY, JUST HOW SERIOUS AM I ABOUT BEING TRUTHFUL, BEING HONEST WITH MYSELF, AND PRESERVING MY PERSONAL INTEGRITY? FOR WEEKS I SPENT COUNTLESS HOURS ASKING PEERS AND MENTORS ALIKE WHAT THIS STRANGE EXPERIENCE MEANT!
IN REFLECTION, I DO NOT EVEN REMEMBER WHICH COWORKER WAS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE FATEFUL QUESTION ASKED ME. BUT, I AM MOST GRATEFUL FOR THE SELF-RESPECT THAT WAS SUMMONED DIRECTING ME TO PAY ATTENTION TO MY HEART’S VOICE AND ITS STARTLING RESULT. I AM ESPECIALLY PLEASED THAT AT THE FINAL MOMENT, I HONORED MY HEART’S INNER VOICE OF TRUTH, GIVING IT CREDIBILITY AND AUTHORITY!
UNFORTUNATELY, NOT EVERYONE CLOSE TO ME WAS THAT PLEASED! COWORKERS CALLED ME COURAGEOUS! BUT I DIDN’T KNOW WHAT THEY WERE TALKING ABOUT! I COULD NOT HAVE DONE ANYTHING ELSE WHILE STILL ADMITTING THE TRUTH!
I LEARNED A VALUABLE LESSON FROM CHOOSING TO LISTEN TO MY INTUITION RATHER THAN IGNORING THOSE FEELINGS. IT CAN HELP ME MAKE BETTER CHOICES! I ALSO REALIZED THAT I COULD CHOOSE TO GO AGAINST THAT VOICE. BUT, LET ME CAUTION YOU FROM MY LIFE EXPERIENCE, IGNORING THAT VOICE CAN BE AT OUR GREAT PERIL!
LOOKING BACK, I SEE THAT LENGTHY EXPERIENCE AS BEING RESPONSIBLE FOR THE HARDEST, MAYBE THE MOST IMPORTANT, AND CERTAINLY THE MOST REWARDING DECISION OF MY LIFE. IT LED TO A FULFILLING GIFT THAT LEAVES ME STANDING HERE TODAY WITH YOU!
NOW, IF WE ARE NOT REALLY LISTENING, HOW CAN WE CONSCIOUSLY RECEIVE LIFE’S OFFERINGS …? ASK YOURSELF HOW MUCH OPEN LISTENING TO YOUR HEART PLAYS A ROLE IN YOUR CONTEMPLATIONS AND PRAYERS?
WE GAIN GREATER CONFIDENCE IN TAKING A DIRECTION OR IN PERFORMING AN ACTION BY HAVING A DEEP AWARENESS OF THE HEART AS THE CENTER OF OUR MOTIVATIONS, THE SEAT OF OUR SOUL’S INTENT, AND THE HOME OF OUR INTUITION (TRUTH AND TIMING).
FEELING WITH THE HEART (INTUITION) AND THINKING WITH THE MIND (INTELLECT), THOUGH DIFFERENT SOURCES OF INFORMATION, ARE TOGETHER IMPORTANT FOR OUR WHOLENESS, AND TO INTERPRET THE ELOQUENT ENERGY THAT COMES WITH THE HEART’S VOICE.
TOGETHER THE HEART AND ITS INTUITION ACT AS A QUALITY BAROMETER OF CIRCUMSTANCES WITHIN AND AROUND US. WHEN WE CONSCIOUSLY EMPHASIZE FEELINGS FROM THE HEART, WE GAIN BALANCE AND DIRECTION. IF WE DO NOT LISTEN WHEN THE INTUITION SPEAKS, THE VOICE OF THE HEART BECOMES MUTED BY OUR LACK OF INTEREST.
HAD WE BEEN ENCOURAGED TO LISTEN TO OUR HEARTS FROM BIRTH, WE COULD HAVE EXPERIENCED FULFILLMENT FROM THE BEGINNING. BUT IT IS NEVER TOO LATE! BY OPENING NOW, WE CAN STILL EXPERIENCE A CONSCIOUS, JOYOUS, COMPLETE PARTNERSHIP WITH LIFE.
OUR SOUL’S INTENT IS BEST HELD AT THE FOREFRONT OF ANY ACTION! BUT KEEPING THE INTENTIONS OF OUR HEART FOREMOST IN OUR MIND MAY BE A NEW SKILL. A STRONG INTENT HELPS US BECOME THE VERY REASON THAT MOTIVATES OUR BEHAVIOR. OUTCOME PROBABILITIES WITHIN THE SITUATION BECOME SORTED AND RANKED IN OUR FAVOR BY A CLEAR INTENT! CLEAR INTENT PROVIDES POWER AFFECTING LIFE’S CREATIVE ENERGY TO ACCOMPLISH A PREFERRED END. LET NOTHING QUIET YOUR CLEAR INTENT, WHILE TRUSTING BENEFIT FROM WHATEVER RESULTS AN EXPERIENCE OFFERS.
KEEP AN ALLIANCE WITH TRUTH AND TIMING FOREMOST AS YOUR INTENT. WITH FOCUSED INTENT AND WILLING ATTITUDE, WE CAN LEARN THE LANGUAGE OF THE HEART. BY SEEKING TRUTH AND PERSONAL INTEGRITY, AN INTENT TO DEFER TO THE HEART WILL EXPAND AND TAKE PROMINENCE AND AUTHORITY.
BE SURE TO SUSPEND INTELLECTUAL BELIEFS WHILE LISTENING TO YOUR HEART, AND OPEN TO AN INTUITIVE AWARENESS. WHERE TRUTH AND TIMING PREVAIL, PERSONAL EVOLUTION GOES ONTO A FASTER TRACK. FALSE BELIEFS CAN DISSOLVE IN THE VERACITY OF THE INTUITION, ELIMINATING HARMFUL ENERGY FILTERS!
OUR HEART STRAINS AGAINST FALSE CONVICTIONS TO WHICH WE ATTRIBUTE WORTH AND AUTHORITY. IT STRUGGLES TO RELATE WHAT IS TRUE FOR US! ACCUMULATED FALSE BELIEFS STRESS THE HEART SERIOUSLY! STRUGGLES OF THE HEART WEAR IT DOWN.
WHEN ASKED TO HELP OUR PHYSICAL HEART WE WOULD PROBABLY CHOOSE TO EXERCISE OUR BODY OR CHANGE OUR DIET! CONSIDER ALSO THAT THE AUTHORITY WE ATTRIBUTE TO THE HEART AND ITS TRUTH HELPS HEAL IT!
(EXAMPLE) I HAVE BEEN A CAREGIVER TO MY WIFE FOR 5 YEARS. THRU THIS INTENSE EXPERIENCE I HAVE LEARNED MANY THINGS, INCLUDING SOME THINGS ABOUT MY HEART. OVER TIME MY ABILITY TO CARE HAS BROADENED AND DEEPENED, BUT RESENTMENT ALSO GREW!
HER CAPACITY FOR INDEPENDENCE DECLINED FASTER THAN I COULD ACCOMMODATE. ACCEPTING THE LOSS OF HUMAN FUNCTIONS, ONE BY ONE, WAS VERY DIFFICULT TO WATCH HELPLESSLY. SUBLIMINALLY, RESENTMENT GREW! HER CONTINUING LOSSES WITH MY INABILITY TO STALL THEM OVERLOADED MY HEART. I COULD FEEL THE HEAVINESS IN MY CHEST. THE DOCTOR NOTICED A MURMUR. NO ONE HAD NOTICED A MURMUR BEFORE!
WHILE REFLECTING ON THE MURMUR, I CAME TO REALIZE A SYMPTOM OF TRUTH I HAD IGNORED! I WAS RESENTFUL! AND I WAS LOSING SLEEP OVER IT! THEN FEELINGS FROM MY HEART SUGGESTED A WAY TO ACCEPT THE REALITY OF MY SITUATION AND ITS SIMPLE TRUTH. THE FEELINGS REMINDED ME HOW WE ARE INTENDED TO GROW MORE LOVING! OUR HEARTS TEACH US HOW TO LOVE, AND IN THE LOVING, TRANSFORM US. TRANSFORMATION DERIVES FROM LOVING! IN LOVING WE BECOME EQUALS. THERE IS NO HIERARCHY IN LOVE.
SO, IF I REALLY WANT TO HELP MY LOVE, I MUST BECOME MORE LOVING, MORE EMOTIONALLY OPEN, AND MORE AVAILABLE TO HER. I MUST REDIRECT MY FOCUS AWAY FROM MANAGE AND CONTROL, FROM FIXING HER, THE ACTIONS OF AN ENGINEER, ONTO A DEEPER LOVING PERSPECTIVE.
WELL, IT HAS TAKEN SOME TIME. BUT ACCEPTING THAT CHOICE MADE A NOTICEABLE DIFFERENCE! THE MORE I ACCEPTED THAT CHOICE THE MORE MY HEART HEAVINESS SUBSIDED. IT WAS A NEW AWARENESS AND A CHOICE! IT WAS A CHOICE! AND, I HAD TO COME DOWN ON ONE SIDE OR THE OTHER! I HAD TO LEARN A NEW WAY OF BEING WITH HER!
AS THAT DECISION SETTLED AND BECAME A NEW INTENT, MY HEART BURDEN LIGHTENED UP. I EXPERIENCED MORE APPRECIATION OF OUR RELATIONSHIP AND THE JOY OF OUR PRECIOUS TIME TOGETHER. MY HEART MURMUR DIMINISHED BY THIS NEW AWARENESS AND MY OPENNESS TO TRUTH. MY STATE OF MIND WAS RENEWED.
UNDERSTANDING THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN STATE OF MIND AND HEART HEALTH HAS ROOTS IN DECADES OF RESEARCH WITH A CONDITION KNOWN AS ‘BROKEN-HEART SYNDROME’. THAT IS WHERE A STRESSFUL EVENT INVOLVING STRONG REACTIONS OF GRIEF, FEAR, SADNESS GENERATE THE SYMPTOMS OF A HEART ATTACK, AND, THOUGH RARE, CAN EVEN BE FATAL. SCIENTIFIC STUDIES HAVE ALSO FOUND THAT A MORE POSITIVE (OR MORE LOVING) STATE OF MIND LEADS TO HEALTHIER OUTCOMES, EVEN FOR THOSE WITH CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE.
SO, THE HEART OF THE MATTER IS THAT THE HEALTH OF THE BODY DEPENDS ON THE HEALTH OF THE HEART! THE HEALTH OF THE HEART DEPENDS ON THE HEALTH OF THE MIND. HEALTH OF THE MIND INVOLVES OUR BASIC INTENT WITH ITS MANY CONNECTIONS TO OUR BELIEFS, VALUES, ATTITUDES, AND BEHAVIORS. IT IS WHERE THE AUTHORITY RESIDES WHICH OUR HEART CAN EXPERIENCE!
SO, ON THIS BEAUTIFUL EASTER MORNING IN 2023, YOU MAY HAVE FOUND SOME IDEAS FROM THIS TALK TO BE QUITE NEW, OR BOLD, EVEN BEYOND ANYTHING YOU COULD PERMIT YOURSELF TO CONSIDER BEFORE! MAYBE FAULTY LISTENING TO YOURSELF PREVENTED YOU FROM BEING REMINDED ABOUT THIS KNOWLEDGE, EXCEPT ON SPARSE OCCASIONS. YET DEEP INSIDE, YOU MAY HAVE KNOWN ALL THE TIME THAT THE HEART OF THE MATTER IS A MATTER OF THE HEART!
BE SURE TO SIGN UP FOR THE FREE HOUR…THANK YOU!