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Becoming Heart Centered Thinkers; Our Next Step In Maturity

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I believe humanity is awakening to the realization that we are essentially heart-centered beings. Did you know that we all start out life literally as a beating heart? Before there was any sign of a brain, the fetal zygote was being run by a thinking heart.

Isn't it interesting that we tend to value the brain above all other organs? We see it as being “king on the hill?” We hold it up as the main (if not only) control station, and we often think of it as the place where consciousness abides. But there has been no place in the brain that scientists can claim as the spot where consciousness originates.

But within the heart, there is a mystery … there in the deep recesses of the toroidal field created by the heart is a literal “tiny small, completely empty space.” Scientists have discovered that it is an actual void, a space of no-thing. (We, facilitators of Integrative or Holotropic Breathwork, describe a place that we may drop into that we call the “void.” In the void there is no time, no thought, nevertheless dramatic shifts and healing often occur there.)

Surrounding this tiny small space in the physical heart is a concentrated area made up of neural cells; about 40,000 brain cells, science reports, come together to create a “brain” of sorts IN the heart. How about that? Rather than starting life out with a brain that governs the budding life process, our early development lies instead under the guidance of a thinking heart. What might that suggest about the power of the heart?

It is perhaps helpful to realize that the brain (where victim consciousness predominates) was actually designed to protect us … the brain is a defense mechanism that is all about self-protection. Because of its focus on survival the brain constantly scans and analyzes what it sees in the world; it is constantly scouting for possible problems and analyzing data to decide how best to handle danger and/or potential threat. The brain is on hyper alert and fear is its warning signal; it is forever on the lookout for potential problems to eradicate, fix, or control for our safety and survival. And it is very GOOD at what it does – and absolutely essential for life. But perhaps it is not the ruling organ we think it to be. It is very limited when it comes to intuitive knowing, or to interpreting the vibrational reality in which we live.

The collective mindset on Earth is brain-centered victim consciousness. Victim consciousness describes a mindset that sees ourselves as being at the mercy of an unsafe world. It produces fear, and all sorts of resistant thought. Its primary characteristic is blame.

The only remedy for victim consciousness is to replace blame with gratitude. To move past victim consciousness requires that that we let go of accusation, blame, and negative judgment and instead cultivate a perception of life as being a highly individualized experiential path whose purpose is to expand the soul and prompt exponential growth in consciousness.

The challenge for humanity right now is one of learning how to surrender to, rather than to resist life; let-go is the only way to move past our intellectualized defenses and drop into the heart, the only place where acceptance, compassion, and forgiveness happen. We seek the void, as the grounding space that allows us to tap into the Intuitive heart where we can find understanding, inner knowing.

From the void in the heart comes Inner Wisdom of the sort that brings clarity and peaceful resolution, for the tiny void in the heart is the only place in all manifested reality, according to sacred geometry, where duality does not exist. It is therefore imperative that we discover how to go there if we are to experience the state of balance and non-duality for which our soul longs.

This consciousness shift, from the brain to the heart, is of utmost importance; it is essential for our evolution and it is critically needed. And I believe it is being offered as an option for those who choose it as a next step in the process of maturity on our way to becoming spiritual grown ups.

This shift occurs through an inner marriage required between the heart and the brain, this marriage of opposites, known as the “conjunctio” in alchemy,  (or the union of the masculine (brain) and the divine feminine (heart). Only in the joining of these two polarized opposites can we move past duality and polarity, to become a wholly integrated Self. This is the journey of the soul.

This Great Work (as it is called in Alchemy) is the work that we as servers to humanity are called to do. The Reality Formula uses tools such as the Guiding Principles, physical unwinding of core beliefs, guided imagery and breath/journey work to drop us into the hearling heart for the transformation we seek. When we align with the heart, we see the world through intuitive understanding that is outlined in the Guiding Principles. We begin to move with the natural flow and rhythym of life rather than from a place of resistance and fear. We are inspired and moved to act …  not from a place of obligation, duty, or manipulation , but from a spaciousness, and desure and inner nudges.

Find your heart space and move into it … live there more than not, and soon you will see and experience yourself having a kinder, more loving, desire-fueled, and joyful life experience. Isn't that what we really want anyway?

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The Problem With Looking For A Problem

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In victim consciousness there are three roles we play that all come from a perspective of blame (a primary characteristic of v.c.).

One of the roles is the Rescuer.

World Rescuers constantly look for problems that need to be fixed – without realizing the ”problem” they create (for themselves especially) when they give so much focus to problems. (what we focus innhets bigger)

We could train our focus on the other and equally valid side of any and every situation and see it as being FOR us – somehow – in some way- not necessarily to feel good – but to reflect for us that which we believe.

The world provides for us the same function that a mirror serves for a ballet dancer; It reflects to the dancer where the body is out of alignment.

In the same way the world, through our interaction with it, mirrors to us where our thoughts are out of alignment with the Reality of who we are.

Living Out Our Diagnosis …

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When we mentally attune our thoughts to the unhappy expectations of others, especially when those others are “experts” who base their words on “scientific proof,” or “medical evidence”  (which makes it sound so TRUE), we tend to fall under the spell of believing what we hear … and then we tend to live that diagnosis out in life. For truly I have found, that it is the amount of “faith” we put in what we hear, that seals the deal! If we believe it, it will be so; we will not settle for less  (or accept more, as the case may be).

We live up to the expectations of those to whom we give mental authority over us. But don't get me wrong! I am not saying they are responsible for our outcomes!

There is no blame. Even if others, through their limiting belief about our possibilities for recovery, do stir doubt in us with their words, it is up to us whether or not we take on those “seeds of doubt” as our own. We decide whether we will cultivate them and fertilize them into becoming the full grown beliefs that run our life  – and often ruin our health –  or  whether we will let them wilt from lack of attention and fade away.  We can instead consciously turn our attention and our focused intention away from the dire predictions and instead focus on the possibility of a better option.

The mind is a potent tool. We can burn ourselves with it, or we can learn how to use it's razor sharpness to work for us. We can aim the mind with thoughts filled with  terrifying “what if's” and manifest the life that goes with that vibrational frequency of thought, or we can choose instead to aim the mind's manifesting intensity on creating a better alternative.

It seems to me that the critical question we must ask ourselves is this: “How might the outcome be different (for us, for out clients and patients) were we, as professionals, to refuse to put our clients (family members, friends, or patients) into a box with a limited prognosis painted on the label?”

What would be different, if, instead of saying, “Here is the long list of worse case scenarios that you are most likely going to experience through this course of treatment,” we support them in envisioning better possibilities for themselves? What if we took time to hear what vision the individual holds for their outcome of treatment? What if we were to treat the mental image they hold of themselves as being just as critical to recovery as any physical treatment we, as specialists, might have to offer?  What if we worked with them to build mental immunity? Might we see better outcomes, more miracles in healing if that approach were incorporated into the treatment of every patient regardless of diagnosis?

I contend so … only because I've seen the difference it has made in my own health to hold a vision of health in alignment with reality (rather than my story ABOUT Reality), and because I've witnessed in others how transformative it is for them when they reframe their limiting vision of themselves, and build their mental immunity against the viral influence of negative images we pass on to one another thoughtlessly. We can learn how to encourage a vision of radiant health instead in one another that will act as a “placebo for the mind” that can heal even the most dire conditions.

But don't take my word for it… try it for yourself. 🙂

For more on this topic, see The Mind As Remedy

What We Focus On Is Reflected Back Through Immediate Life Experience …

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There seems to be quite a lot of mental confusion about what comes first: seeing or believing… Most of us tend to think that there must be visible evidence of something before we can believe in it as real, or possible. However, the opposite is true. We must first believe something is possible before we can see it in concrete form. The concrete manifestation of what we expect (and believe) happens as a result of our belief in it.

In other words, we can only see what we believe; we must believe it to be ABLE to see it. We see evidence for what we believe immediately upon believing it.

Here's an example: Take the thought, “I am exhausted,” When you think that thought, how does your body feel? Doen't it weigh you down immediately with a sense of physical exhaustion? These are the feelings that go along with the thought/belief “I am exhausted.”

We say, ”but it is true! I AM exhausted!” Yes, you are exhausted in response to believing that thought  … and remember … what we focus on amplifies. So if you regularly remind yourself of how tired you are, what feelings are growing? What would happen if you were to  shift your focus from “I am exhausted” to remembering other,  less focused upon, more positive thoughts, that are nonetheless also true, such as  “I feel fulfilled,” “satiated,”or “well-stretched, and useful …?” What feelings do those thoughts arouse?

An Important question to ask yourself: “Would I rather feel better or prove how exhausted I am? What do I have to do and feel to prove the thought, ‘I am exhausted?”Notice the difference in immediate results. Our shift in tone of thought automatically and instantly shifts our emotional tone to a higher note. Reactions come from feelings. Feelings follow thoughts.

Our emotional and physical body are obedient servants to the dictates of the mind; if the mind says, “I am exhausted,” the body will feel and act the part and we will feel immediately the harvest of “tired” that feeling and reacting from that thought brings.

To feel better, (isn't that what we really want?) we practice turning our focus away from the way things are now- and focusing instead on a “lighter” subject … we want to stop feeding the negative thought, “I am exhausted.” and  go in a new vibrational direction, by moving to a lighter, less heavy thought, such as:”This deep breath I am taking allows me the perfect space to appreciate how blessed I am to be living a full and creative life … a life that unfolds before me effortlessly …  Everything I need is provided, and sometimes it comes even before I ask for it. I am well nurtured and loved… I rest in that knowing…”

Practice… practice … practice consciously directing  your thoughts … this is the key to becoming a co-creative collaborator with the Universe in designing the life of your desires.

Even Betrayal Serves …

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We tend to beieve that if we are living “right” we will achieve “success” (as if such a thing exists … ).

But this is not what Jesus the Christ modelled through his life example. His life is one that thousands of years later is still extolled as the example of an Exalted Life. The story of Jesus is indeed a beautiful demonstration of Universal Design. There was nothing in that life drama that did not teach, show, and demonstrate the message Jesus came to share. And certainly not the painful parts … the life of Christ had to be exactly every bit as bitter sweet as it was … to achieve its purpose.

Jesus, like all of us, came to live out his story – a seemingly very painful story on so many levels – but unlike most of the rest of us, Jesus lived out his story with intention and purpose. He knew that his life was as it was orchestrated to be, and he pointed that out again and again to his disciples and followers – that he was here to bring salvation by demonstrating his own salvation from death.

He was not in resistance to the happenings of his life. He knew all along the road he was walking down and where it would lead … or so we are told – yet that did not stop him from loving Judas, the man who betrayed him – Where might the story of Christ be today, if over two thousand years ago, Judas had refused to play his part? A betrayer was necessary.

Think about it; what would be different about the quality of our own life, if we were able to accept, as Christ did, that the unruly people, the betrayers, usurpers and all of those people in our life that don't “act right” or “treat us right,” as those who love us by playing the painful roles in our unfolding drama of our life story?

Afterall, how can we play out the whole drama of our life story without these contrasting roles? Are they not as important as those who openly support and love us, in terms of how they “enlighten” us about what we DON'T want?! Doesn't the contrasting role these provocateurs play teach us more about what we DO want instead?

What would we know about resurrection and new life, if Judas had not played his part to set Jesus up for the crucifixion? For me, the revelation through Christ that rebirth/resurrection is on the other side of Death – was a big point that Christ came to demonstrate. He did not come to show us how to live according to the world's idea of a successful life. He came to demonstrate that life is story, and cannot destroy us at all!

Isn't it interesting that we, as Christians, have gotten more focused on what was done TO Jesus – i.e. the “betrayal,” rather than what He modeled FOR us about death and rebirth. Talk about demonstrating that Death does not exist! He did that! Why is it that we don't talk about THAT?

I like to practice seeing my life through a non-judgmental lens that focuses instead upon the purposeful teaching, and revelation that comes to me through things unfolding exactly the way they do in my life story. I like to see my life as happening exactly the way it needs to happen for me to attain the higher understanding of who I am above and beyond my limited story.

 

Let's practice together this opportunity to meet life with the question, “How does even this painful life event that I am experiencing in life be something that is FOR me, for my remembering to see the difference between what is real and what is not … Nothing is wasted … nothing … at all.

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