The Cosmic Heart
There is a cosmic awakening of heart-centered consciousness that is taking place at the collective level. You are part of this awakening.
Artwork by Alex Grey
Place your attention directly on your heart.
Begin to breathe deep directly into your heart-space. Feel the oxygen, feel the blood flow, tune into the heart as it continually beats for you.
As we breathe deep into our heart, feel a sense of gratitude for the gift that the heart is. Everyday, our heart continues to beat and sustain us in this physical body, without us having to give it any attention. You did not have to do anything to earn this heart. You did not have to prove your worth. It was given to you. Something loved you enough to give you the gift of life, and as long as your heart beats, you have that gift. Keep breathing in this beautiful state of gratitude for the gift of your heart.
As we continue to breathe in awareness of your heart, bring to mind one moment in your life that makes you feel incredibly grateful. It can be any moment, whether it is from childhood, last week, or even today. Any moment you can reflect on for its beauty, divinity, and grace.
Just be with this beautiful moment of gratitude and feel as if it is here now.
Truly step into this memory for a moment. What were you hearing or seeing? How were you breathing? How does it feel to be in this moment? Sit with this memory for a few minutes, continuing to breathe in this beautiful state of gratitude, directly into your heart. Take as much time as you feel called to embrace this memory.
As you continue to breathe into the heart, release this memory and thank it for the gifts that it has brought you. Now, let’s use this sense of gratitude we just cultivated to solve the challenges of today.
Think of a situation in your life that is unfinished business. Maybe it something that has stressed you out in the past, or a challenge you have been avoiding looking at. Is there an area of life that you have been seeking answers to but you are unsure where to turn?
As we think about today’s challenge, keep breathing into your heart. Still feel this deep sense of love and gratitude. Right now, ask your heart for guidance. What direction do you need to move? What actions may be necessary? it knows the answer.
Allow yourself to continue to breathe deeply into the heart and let it reveal what it needs you to see. The answers you seek are already seeking you. Grant yourself permission to listen to the calls that live within the silence.
Now, allow yourself to return fully to your physical body and the environment around you. Be present, here and now. This love and gratitude that you just generated is available in every moment when we choose to connect with our heart’s guidance. Let this love that you generated be your anchor to carry you through the challenging days that may be ahead. Reflect on ways in which you can take time each day to tune into the guidance and unconditional love generated from your heart. What stops you from living in this state of loving awareness more consistently? What is your heart trying to tell you?
Just like you experienced in the activity, our heart has the answers to all of life’s challenges. Following the heart allows you to step into your authenticity and live in alignment with your own deeper purpose and sense of meaning. By taking actions that are in alignment with our heart, instead of seeking, we allow the answers we are looking for to flow to us naturally. Society has programmed the idea that we need to be engaged in an external chase. Whether it be love, opportunity, or the meaning of life, we are taught to work towards growth outside of ourself. This constant seeking disconnects us from our heart and creates an illusion that we somehow lack in love, abundance, or opportunity.
Imagine that in front of you there are 100 individual dominoes. Each one of these dominoes represents a different task that you feel you need to “do.” One by one, you chip away at these dominoes. Yet, as you knock one down, another one seems to appear. This cycle leaves us feeling as if we constantly need to be working away to complete all that is in front of us, only to find that it is infinite in its nature.
Imagine now, however, that there is one larger domino that stands behind all of them. When this one is knocked over, it creates the domino effect and causes all of the other little dominoes to fall down with it. All of these tasks that we feel we need to do, these little dominoes, will fall into place naturally when we place our focus around this much larger domino. The large domino is a representation of following the guidance of your heart.
When we are living by our purpose authentically from our heart-space, we live in a state of being. The actions that we take from this state are in alignment with our purpose, and in turn there is no element of needing to “do” anything. Our heart is what allows us to detach from the expectations and the need to “do”, while simultaneously putting us into a flow state of living our purpose and allowing abundance to come in naturally. Do you really need to “do” more? Or are you just discontented from not taking actions that align with your heart?
All of your creativity, imagination, and divine intelligence is unlocked when you connect to your heart. We’ve all heard somebody, and maybe even ourselves, say “I am not creative.” This is one of the most self-critical and untrue beliefs that we need to collectively let go of as we enter into the new paradigm. Creativity is a spectrum. We all have unique gifts and talents, many of them undiscovered, that are given to us to help fulfill our purpose. Due to the fact that society has been living out of alignment with unconditional love and interconnectivity, many individuals define themselves off of their perceived lack of creative talent. Saying “I am not creative” is another way of saying “I am not in alignment with who I am.”
You are uniquely creative, so much so that you could change the entire world if fear wasn’t blocking the way. As you connect with your heart and journey down this path of awakening, continue to explore ways that feel valid to your expression and contribute to your purpose. You will always gravitate towards specific ideas and outlets for a reason. If you have always wanted to play guitar, maybe that is a sign you are meant to learn it. If you have always been in awe of beautiful paintings, maybe that means you are meant to be the one creating that canvas. Heart-centered creativity gives us the opportunity to explore and find the deeper meaning of how to put our purpose into action. Become one with your unique expression, recognize its needs, and be willing to venture into the fear that has previously been stagnating your evolution. It is time to flow, so let yourself explore outside of your comfort zone.
Outside of establishing a routine to consistently engage in inner-work, there is no “to-do” list that you can make to outline exactly how this awakening process will look and feel. Your journey is uniquely your own. It can be easy to attach expectations on what we are supposed to feel or experience, yet doing so will only leave you wondering why certain expectations are not met. This creates unnecessary suffering and strife. Surrender your desire to know exactly how this process will play out. As long as you are doing the best you can each day and working to live in alignment with your purpose, you are on the right path.
There is a cosmic awakening of heart-centered consciousness that is taking place at the collective level. You are part of this awakening. This is a reunion, a homecoming to your authenticity and a remembrance of your own true nature. Societal conditioning and old belief systems have disconnected you from the essence of who you are. They served their purpose in bringing you to this moment, but now it is time to open your heart and come home to the truth.