Choosing the Way of the Heart

“When we return to the heart, what seemed complicated often becomes beautifully simple.” — Sage

Dear Ones,

We truly live in interesting times, to say the least. Our increasingly complex world could easily make us feel overwhelmed by the many choices we have. So it is good to actually remember that our power lies in our power to choose. Our ability to make choices is a great blessing and not a curse. It is an expression of the gift of free will, the gift which was granted to all of us.

Everything starts with ourselves. So before we enter the field of infinite possibilities, it’s good to ground ourselves in self-love and self-worth. When we truly love ourselves and know our innate value, this already gives us a beautiful grounding. As we are grounded in our hearts, the navigation of the choices presented to us becomes more natural and effortless.

When we are lost in thoughts, in the mind, the many choices can make us feel nearly dizzy. This is a challenge many of us have to learn to navigate in this lifetime. As current Western society puts the mind on a pedestal, conditioning has led us to be predominantly in the mind and the realm of thinking rather than in the heart and the body. For many of us, this has become our second or even our first nature, to the degree that we might not even notice when we are totally identified with thoughts running through our heads.

Our mind is certainly a beautiful tool, but when we try to live our life from there, we can easily lose our inner balance and natural harmony and get lost in the labyrinth of the mind, as some of its pathways lead nowhere. The manifestation of this imbalance can show as a disconnection from our authentic self and life itself.

I sense that future generations will live grounded in the heart, as our deepest heart naturally knows the way forward and intelligently simplifies the mind’s complexity. The good news is that we don’t have to wait for that future moment. In fact, we are the bridging generations which are called to step more fully in that direction now. And so the most important question is: how do we do that? How can we be consistently grounded in the heart and live from there?

In many ways, this is about self-care. When we love ourselves and value ourselves, we take the actions which support us. We create everyday loving structures which help us to thrive – whether it means daily meditation, exercise, enough sleep, being in nature or eating healthy, nourishing food.

There is a big difference between imposing these supportive habits on ourselves from fear of what happens if we don’t follow them and coming from deep love for ourselves and simply giving ourselves what we know deep in our hearts would benefit us and support us. The place we are coming from is everything. So this is a gentle invitation to choose from the heart. When we create these supportive daily habits, we are grounding our true nature here on planet Earth.

From the place of inner equilibrium, we then allow the heart to lead us. No longer being lost in the mind, we become more easily aware of what makes our heart sing, what feels expansive, joyful and inspiring, what ignites our creativity, what brings us more freedom and what expands our capacity to love. Once we start truly listening to ourselves and accepting the invitations of our heart, it will become easier and easier to keep going in the direction of our true north, in the direction of our heart. And so the choices won’t feel like dramatic choices between yes and no anymore, but will more and more feel like a continuous joyful yes, yes, yes.

Are you ready, dearest One?

I look forward to meditating with you.

Lots of love,
Jana