Guest guest Posted February 11, 2004 Report Share Posted February 11, 2004 Tremendous exercise.May I share it with my patients?Dr John D. Son , " yogiguruji " <yogiguruji@a...> wrote: > Good Morning! > > I want to thank Shirley Knapp and Nanette McLane for this wonderful > article. Make sure you visit their website - www.northwindsprod.com > > Hearts Made Strong > > The heart seems to be one of the most vulnerable in the > system because it is the one that has held the most fear, > the most old pain, perhaps, and repressed energy. It is the > one that is most afraid to open to pure unconditional love, > which is indeed where your power lies. > > So, in essence, when you open your heart and heal without > fear, you are opening to your own spiritual power. For many > who think that power is held in various vibrational waves, > we would correct this... > > The power is in the heart, in the love, in the truth, and > however challenging or difficult it may appear to be at > times, the power is still in the truth of Love. > > When you are on your journeys, in confusion, perhaps, afraid > to turn this way, turn that way, it is the confusion in the > heart that keeps you from walking forth in true connected > power. It is that smoke screen, if you will, of the > confusion of the heart - without setting the heart free to > clearly love, to support, to bring the truth of > unconditional love - that keeps you from stepping into truly > who you are. > > Now we know at this time, this may seem, a bit trite or > perhaps not as important as other things that seem to be > about you on the earth plane to care for. However, this is > one of the most important aspects of your journey - to > strengthen your heart into imitation of self-empowerment - > because you are indeed being initiated into your self- > empowerment. This is the first step toward true initiation: > the strengthening the heart, allowing the heart to feel, > waking the heart up. > > For many, the heart has been in a place of just existing but > not truly loving, being a bit numb, if you will, or > complacent, perhaps a bit stagnant - for without the heart > truly connecting with unconditional love, there is no true > connection to your own passion. There is no true connection > to your own creativity because you are not fully feeling > with emotion the love for yourself and then, of course, for > other. > > We will just give a few exercises at this time to help > strengthen the heart. The exercise that is required for > this particular time to strengthen the heart is to truly go > deeply into the heart on all levels -- feeling, connecting > to the pain, to the joy, to the confusion, to the openness, > to the expansion, to the Light, to the repression, to the > feeling of confused darkness - because as you go into that > place and hold it, and hold the energy of the heart open to > it instead of fleeing from it, you do strengthen the heart. > For many who run from the heart, sense of purpose, and > truth, and [from] knowledge only exhaust the body by > running, running, and running from that which you cannot run > from because, as you know, it is inside your being. You > cannot run from the heart. > > You must go into the heart because it is aligned with soul > and purpose. You can share and teach others how you > strengthened your own being, how you strengthened your > heart, how you strengthened your connection to soul-self. > > Be proud of your healing wherever it takes you. Do not be > ashamed. Do not feel fear. For those of you who find > strength in the body or strength in the mind, remember that > the only real strength to keep all of this going in a > balanced way is to come from the strength within the heart. > When your heart is not strong, the mind is fatigued because > it clearly depends on the heart and the emotional support > and the love to keep the mind refreshed and alive and in > motion. So, for those of you who are working around the > heart and fearing going into the heart, you are really > compromising your real strength on all levels. > > This is an important understanding, for in exchanging the > frequency shift to the next level (to vibrate with the next > frequency, to move forward in this time, if you will), you > will move further and more forward with the heart. The mind > - the rational mind - has really no clear sense of purpose > here, and the physical form of the body can only take you to > its own limitations. The heart and the soul, the > connections of these two, are what move you through time. > So, focus your healing and your opening on this area for > this is what will move you through this particular time in > freedom. > > Strengthening the Heart Exercise > > · Find a safe, quiet space in which to do this exercise. > When you are fully relaxed, travel into your heart. > > · > > · To strengthen the heart, allow yourself to go deeply into > the heart on all levels. Connect to everything: the pain, > the joy, the confusion, the darkness, the love, holding the > energy of the heart open to the experience instead of > backing away from it. > > · > > · Tune in to it and feel what energy is there. Is the > heart open or constricted? Is it warm or is it cool, or > cold, perhaps? > > · > > · When you are read, think about a person, situation, or > emotion and bring that energy directly into the heart. If > you feel yourself back off, continue to breathe into it. > Embrace it. Hold it. Breathe out. > > · > > · Then bring it in again, allowing your self to really > " feel " it, holding it a little longer, a little deeper, each > time. Stretch a little further. > > · > > · Keep opening the heart, stretching it, holding it open, > until that energy begins to feel a natural part of your > being. > > 1. What causes your heart to contract? What person(s) or > situation(s) does your heart back away from? > > 2. > > 3. How does it feel to open your heart fully to every > experience? > > EXERCISE: Do this with someone with whom you are trying to > experience more openness, more love, more joy. > > · Sit across from each other and place your right hands over > each other's heart. Breathe, letting the heart open > > · > > · > > Continue to let the energy open and hold it. Open and hold. > Let the energy cycle, opening each other's heart. > > · > > · Hold that energy as long as you can. > > 1. How did doing this exercise with another person change > how you feel about him or her? > > 2. > > 3. What fears, if any, did you experience? (fear of joy, > intimacy, trust, openness...) > > 4. > > 5. My fears:____ > > 6. > > 7. My partner's fears: _____________________________ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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