Chapter 4: Learning to Live from the Heart.

If we fall, we don't need self-recrimination or blame or anger- we need a reawakening of our intention and willingness to re-commit to living wholeheartedly once again.- Sharon Salzberg

This blog is going to feel a bit odd to some of my friends. Especially those who are Christian who was taught that the heart is deceitful and wicked. I am going to tell you to live life from your heart. Let it guide you and let it become something powerful in your life.

I will tell you my story. I used to live from a caring and compassionate place, I had a passion for those around me and was the biggest lover and supporter with the biggest heart in the room. If you were my friend, you could have felt the love I had for you. Sometimes this would relax those in need or even put them at ease.

To fit in, I had hidden this away from the world, while simultaneously fearing people, as the world scared me. Connection to another person felt unsafe. I felt scared to connect as deeply with people as I once did. I stopped living from my heart.

From my personal experience as an empathic and profoundly feeling person. I can say getting back to living from such a beautiful place, is a painful process. When you live solely from the mind, caging the spirit, and heart, you lose your self.

So how do we get back there?

The tricky thing is each of us are different. For me, I had subconsciously in the past chose to unconditionally love others. I had to consciously decide the risk of showing my heart to others was worth the gain, in my life and theirs. I had decided to let this person in on a deep energetic and emotional level. While I used to fear to do this in the past, I can now say it is getting more accessible and more comfortable each day. This does not mean I give my compassion and aid to everyone I see. Instead, I chose to provide a part of my self to those in need.

Practicing this has allowed me to feel more connected with the center of who I am. Rediscovering who you are, and allowing you to be your self, is a big part of living from the heart. Realizing that my passion is for people, and even learning to be myself has allowed me to share my heart significantly with other people.

The heart is a muscle both physically and spiritually, besides the brain, it is the only organ to have its own EM field. When we close off our heart to the world, we also close off who we are. That field has been shown to dissipate. We lose the ability to feel emotions such as love and compassion. We miss the ability to send out its frequency. This is what allows us to truly connect with others, and be authentic. When we live from the heart, we can free our selves from fear., our own expectations and the ones placed upon us by others. This allows us to live as who we are, and show the world our true colors.

So go, do that thing that makes you happy and does that thing, that shows who you indeed are. Accept others, love those around you and speak and live from the heart. It may feel odd now but keep going at it.