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Get Out of Your Head and Into Your Heart

In Tibetan Buddhism, a Bodhisattva is anyone who is motivated by compassion and seeks enlightenment not only for him or herself but also for everyone they have a relationship with. The goal of a Bodhisattva is to reach the highest level of being, or enlightenment. At the center of these Buddhist teachings is the concept of helping others by pure compassion and love.

I belonged to a women’s wisdom group for several years. Once a week we would gather for a conference call, taking turns choosing and presenting a different topic. A sister on the call was studying meditation and Buddhism, using it in her daily life. After a week-long meditative retreat she shared with us the concept of:

I am sharing some of the tools we can use in modern life to reach our Christ Consciousness through practicing unconditional love.

Naturally, and more for her lifestyle than mine at that time, was to sit for a time of meditative focus of love and sharing. You may sit in formal meditation and as a part of your practice include Divine Love and the sharing of that love. More often for me personally, it was a matter of spending a few minutes at the end of my day sending love and compassion to those I had interacted with that day. Kind of like an “end of the day” review. I found that I focused less and less on the mental situations and more and more on the loving kindness I received and gave to others.

Another way of letting go with your mind is to repeat your intentions every morning. You’ll find this sets a positive and energetic tone for your day. Not only do you start off with your desires first in your mindset, your energy will flow from your heart to manifest more.

Never underestimate the power of your intention. In fact, I was going to write this week about what Intent really means, how it affects us and our lives. Then I found the topic of letting go with our minds and getting into our hearts. Briefly, intent is something planned, or the purpose that accompanies a plan.

As I am intending to let go with my mind and love with my heart, my plan includes this desire in all aspects of my life. Whether at work, school, home, meetings, groups or family time, as I begin to live and move within my heart, I find more depth, clarity, focus and intuitive guidance coming naturally to me. Every relationship we have is an opportunity to live as a Boddichita, one who awakens, opens the heart.

A genuine sadness of the heart can teach us great compassion.

Sometimes we experience horrible, sad crisis’s in our families. As we face these catastrophe’s often a deep understanding and connection comes with the situation. A diagnosis of an incurable disease, heart disease, cancer, paralysis, strokes often creates and opportunity for unconditional love. As the love and fear collide, we begin to let go of the fear and trust the foreverness of love. We then begin to embrace our relationships, having a clearer understanding of survival, and of Divine Love.

As you connect back to loving yourself, you will begin connecting your love deep within you. The stresses and demands of life as we live it in our western society seem to naturally lead to the living of life solely in the mind. It takes practice and commitment to live life from the heart.

Watch what happens when you begin to surrender with your mind and move into your heart. Your self love will expand; you cannot give love that you do not have first for yourself. Practice setting your ego aside and opening with your heart. When opening yourself to Divine Love, your gift to your self is peace.

“An old Cherokee is teaching his grandson about life.

"A fight is going on inside me," he said to the boy.

"It is a terrible fight and it is between two wolves.

One is evil - he is anger, envy, sorrow, regret, greed, arrogance, self-pity, guilt, resentment, inferiority, lies, false pride, superiority, and ego."

He continued, "The other is good - he is joy, peace, love, hope, serenity, humility, kindness, benevolence, empathy, generosity, truth, compassion, and faith. The same fight is going on inside you - and inside every other person, too."

The grandson thought about it for a minute and then asked his grandfather, "Which wolf will win?"

The old Cherokee simply replied, "The one you feed."

---A Cherokee Legend

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