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The Heart Zooming Out
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| Random Thoughts - August 2008 |
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INTRODUCTION
I am starting to get more and more fascinated by the abilities of what I would prefer to call 'heart consciousness'. This page deals with a few recent experiences of mine relating to the 'awakening' heart consciousness.
THE HEART ZOOMING OUT
It has taken some time for my 'translation center' (my conscious awareness) to open up to the possibility that he would have an equal partner in the heart region. I wouldn't be surprised if the heart chakra zone would provide much valuable information that my conscious awareness wouldn't be able to reach on his own.
Now it is beginning to get more interesting to tune into this heart consciousness, since it seems to have a lot to share. One of the things with heart consciousness seems to be the effect of 'zooming out'. What I mean with this is that whenever you focus on something and you ask your heart consciousness to add its ideas it often results in a widening perspective, just like a camera that is zooming out.
I can give you two examples of this phenomenon. First in the interpersonal physical arena: when you think about having sex you could focus on certain parts of your partner's body and then get sexually aroused. When you focus on that part and ask your heart to join in, I have found this 'outzooming' effect leading to actually experiencing the person as a whole, and not so much as a 'physical sexual desire arousing object'.
Another example of this was when I was thinking about certain examples from my childhood in which I tended to behave in a certain way. When I asked my heart consciousness to add its perspective the zooming out began and it seemed that these details that I was thinking about were really not that important. My heart consciousness seemed to say that the general trend was more valuable to recognize, and that everything could be changed if you started from the bigger perspective and not waste too much time and attention on minor details.
THE INTERPERSONALLY COMMUNICATING HEART
This morning I woke up with both my belly and my heart completely off-line. My breath was shallow and my energy was low. Since I didn't have to work early I decided to sit on my couch with the intent to recover my inner communication, especially in relation to the increased level of 'sensitivity' that I had intended only a day before (see article above).
So I sat there with a cat next to me, trying to retrieve the energy that I had apparently lost during the night (perhaps see Integrating Dreamtime Body). I moved up from the lowest chakra to the highest and by gently focusing on my breath, my heart and the thoughts on becoming more aware using heart consciousness I slowly regained my energy flow.
This was quite a joyful experience and I remember thinking that this is more valuable to me than owning a big house near a lake in the mountains. In this joyful mood I started to experiment with my heart consciousness. Would it be possible to imagine a thread of energy flowing from my heart to person A? I imagined this and I asked for an energy exchange. I then closed this connection and tuned into someone else.
I didn't really feel a lot until I tuned into a third person. As soon as I had opened this heart-communication line I turned cold from my neck to my belly and my armpits. This was sure a fascinating experience. No matter how I tried to ask my heart what this was all about I couldn't really figure it out. All I could conclude was that there was evidently a lot of cold somewhere on that line. Perhaps I could use that and see how it develops when I tune into that person some other time. There's no need to understand everything at once, some ideas need time to ripen.
CONCLUSION
Although I am still in the very beginning of getting to know 'heart consciousness' I already am very enthusiastic about it, and I believe my heart is as well. I like the idea of opening up to a new horizon of experiences that can only be felt and understood by using the heart center.
I would like to develop this ability to use my heart consciousness and see how I can learn to enjoy the beauty that seems to be part of it. I still like the idea that my 'translating center' works together with this heart consciousness in order to keep control and not be overwhelmed by a possible avalanche of heart-signals. I want to tune into my heart whenever I feel like it. I am fine with the idea of leaving my heart ajar with the possibility to ask for attention whenever it deems it necessary to tell me something.
This move towards heart consciousness feels like embracing an old friend whom you haven't seen in thirty years.
Please share your own experiences/thoughts on working with heart consciousness (click on mailbox below)
Gibbon
August 2008
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