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About Love & the Heart

Open Heart

We become aware of our future angelic self, which is an impossibly (but possible) beautiful future that is a flow between the present and perceived. Like strands of rainbow light, when we learn to tap into our heart space for guidance, the light guides us, illuminating our momentarily actions with insight.

As we learn to focus on the freedom that is a result of the nature of the true self, our patterns are washed away by the emotional substance of love. This love is found in the space of the heart; it is not without in the world, it is within. But through time, we perceive it without. We see it in the movement of the clouds, the voice of a child, the rustling of the green leaves of a tree.

Joy and love are created in the moment. Momentary pleasures, which are pure and childlike in their nature, increase daily. As the desire to experience “more” increases, the light of the Universe, which is shared as our birthright, increases. This feeling of being supported by the light is so encompassing that we bend, change, turn and finally flow into the light of Oneness. Then, we are part of the All.

Finding Joy
Take a few minutes to observe your breath. Let the breath flow in and out of the heart chakra, the area of a large circle between the rib cage and throat chakra. As the breath flows in and out, see if you can allow it to flow and out of the same area in the back and front of your chest simultaneously.

Your heart chakra should feel open and full of air. Take a few more breaths if needed. Imagine that a great light floods into your heart area. Feel the light.

Ask for your happiest memories, the most beautiful times of your life. This could be the color of a sky, a tiny flower, the feeling of a child’s hand or a simple delightful moment. Happiness is a moment.
Feel these memories. Let the feelings pour through your being as you focus on one or more of these moments. You are happy. This is the joyful awakening of your heart.

You can practice this exercise often. It is useful in awakening the memories that are stored in your heart. With practice, you will become the joy that is in your memories. You can project this joy into the future or into the space where you stand. You will know when it works because everyone and everything will change instantaneously. This is the power of the heart space!

Creating with Love in the Age of Aquarius

The glyph or symbol for the Age of Aquarius is the water bearer. The water-bearer is a man pouring water from a container into the air. The container is held above his head, indicating that the water comes from a celestial, rather than earthly source. The round open ended container represents 360 degrees, the measure of the circle. In metaphysics, the circle represents unity or higher consciousness.

Higher consciousness is found in the field. In alchemy, water represents the higher emotion of love, the love that results from a connection with the divine. The highest emanation of emotion (water) is love.

The present structure of the world is falling apart. There is no taping it together, glue or adhesive that is ever going to bring it back as it was. We, the light workers, are faced with creating a new reality that fulfills the paradigm of love.

Each day, the Universe is emitting this message, “Create with love.” And we are only beginning to understand what it means. Each of us, who have remained devoted to our lessons and inner work, have already found that the Universe will support us, regardless of what is happening in the world. We are seeing that miracles are real and come to our doorstep on a regular basis, if we remember to open the door and receive them.

The former structure was based on imbalanced masculine energies, and it became focused on power alone. It epitomized violence, competition, greed and lust. Power, alone or imbalanced, will never work, as it is a separating force that reinforces the selfish nature of the ego. Power tempered by love is wisdom. Both the masculine ray (power) and feminine ray (love) are anchored at this time which opens the doors to vast opportunity.

As we awaken by accepting more light into our lives through meditation and devotion, it is important that power is accompanied by love so that our quest leads to the wisdom of enlightenment.

Love is not simply giving everything away or a blind generosity; it is a balanced action of rightfully giving or not giving with awareness. (For example, a loving parent does not reward a child for poor behavior. The love stays but the reward is given for right behavior.) The form of the next societal creation rests with us, and it is our mission – if we accept it – to create anew under the auspices of love.

The rules are yet to be discovered, but there is a plumb-line, a centering edge, or ruler that can be applied. This is the heart, the heart chakra, the center of our beings that can be used to measure and weigh our actions for this is the center of our being, the part of the self that is aligned with love. When we feel with our hearts, we can discern if our thoughts and emotions stem from the ego or the true self. A thought or feeling from the heart chakra leads to the True Self, and, its inner awakening.

Intimacy

Intimacy in a relationship is what we all desire. If we open ourselves to love, then what might be the result? If we are in a true state of being, then our potential as creators is wildly expanded; the world suddenly opens, becoming beautiful.

Intimacy is also the state that is most feared by all of us because it is a reflection of our soul’s relationship with the Universe. Only the dissolution of the ego can lead us into a state of wholeness, yet we fear the loss of our individuality or our personality. We are afraid of feeling another person as much as we feel ourselves, and we fear letting go and moving into a state of greater happiness.

We are so afraid of happiness that we verbalize negativity most about those people we love the most because this sabotages the relationship, moving it into drama. We also save the very worst parts of ourselves (that we would never share with anyone else) for our loved ones in the hope that this person can love what we do not love about ourselves.

We are most critical of the same people, the ones we love most, because we don’t love ourselves enough. We should love them a great deal because the loved ones are volunteering to be a mirror of ourselves. The truth is that if we all loved ourselves enough, then we would be loved in all ways, always.

Our beliefs, limitations and fears about love will be revealed in a relationship. One rule of Tibetan Dream Yoga states that we will never fall in love with anyone who does not punch our buttons. Otherwise, we miss a tremendous learning experience, seeing ourselves in the mirror of someone else. This magical mirror can bring us into a state of true being if we learn how to use it.

THE DRAMA

Loving another human being is often associated with self-abandonment, loss and pain or another word: Drama. Many of us find it difficult to even contemplate love without pondering painful relationships or our childhoods. With these memories or holograms, we subconsciously recreate the dramas of our past by thinking that the other person does these things to us, thus enabling both our selves and the other person to move into drama or a victim role. No one is doing anything to you*. You are creating your experience all by yourself. The other actors have simply been pulled by the holograms or movies that play perpetually in your subconscious and are colored by your thoughts and feelings. The movie plays constantly because you replay the same thoughts and pictures in your mind continually.

There are three victim roles: the Victim, the Perpetrator, and the Hero. All three roles must be in any drama. The Victim is the person who is hurt. The Perpetrator inflicts the harm, and the Hero must save all. Recognizing how you play the roles is quite simple. When you are the Victim, you will tell the story of an injustice or what someone did to you. (If you believe that someone hurt you, then this is a victim role.) When you move into the role of Perpetrator, you will justify a harmful action toward another from your own victim perspective. (If you are justifying what you did to someone else, this is a perpetrator role.) When you are the Hero, you will fix everything, regardless of cost to self. (When you are exhausted, but everyone else benefits, then you are the Hero.)
You can create change by telling yourself, I am creating this. You can change your feelings by acknowledging your own wounded nature that has created unhappiness. By sending love and gratitude to this part of your self, it can actually be healed. A happy reality can be created by learning to move away from blame and the ego’s need for approval. You can also spend 5 minutes each day visualizing the relationship of your dreams (see relationship exercise http://www.onetrueself.com/tools.html).

*There are a few karmic exceptions. This explanation of drama is written as it applies to relationships in general.