The mind can often perceive a problem through a much different lens than the heart because the mind has limited information. This can cause conflicting messages and your decisions will often hold you back from doing what you know is right in your heart. Fear is a contributing factor, however, fear is only the absence of love. How can you set yourself free from fear and inner conflict? Learning to understand the difference between using your mind and listening to your heart can make all the difference on your perceptions and the outcome. Since thoughts influence emotion, let's explore the heart of the matter! What is your heart telling you and how does it influence your mind?
First, it's important to know what it means when I say "heart." In this context, I am not referring to the physical heart, although it is connected, but, I'm referring to the human energetic field of which the body is an extension. Our energetic lines are part of an energetic information field which connects the human form and the human energetic field to other levels of reality which I refer to as vortexes. Within the human energy field are many lines of energy flow. There are seven main lines through the field. In the East, this is referred to as chakras or wheels of light. The balance point of all these chakras is the heart chakra or heart vortex which is in the center of your chest. This is the heart I'm referring to and it's what's referred to when we say, "the power of the heart, or what is your heart telling you?"
The way our head or mind processes everything vs the way our heart does are very different. The heart knows because it's connecting you to levels of awareness outside of the perceptually manipulated or influenced world of humanity to higher-levels of consciousness that actually do know. The mind wants to reason and needs explanation. It starts with a list of reasons why what you know to do shouldn't or can't happen because its sense of reality has limited perceptions based on human society; largely through what I call false belief systems that we've learned through experiences. It's come through what we've been taught and what we've come to fear. The heart doesn't reason in this way; it just knows and doesn't need to work it out. When you start to go with your intuitive knowing and let the head become the servant of the heart instead of the other, then your life changes dramatically. Because, you're being guided by a level of awareness that is able to see from a perspective beyond the limited world perceptions. The simplest way to understand this is to say, the head or the mind is in the world and it's of the world. Ancient texts tell us to be in the word, and not of the world.
To understand how the heart can influence the mind is to have a better understanding of how the mind works. The head, or mind is giving its perceptions from the world as we know it. What you perceive is what you believe and what you believe becomes your truth. Your thoughts, words and intentions are so important because of the influence-they-have on your reality. Imagination is also important as it plays a huge role in the reality you create.
Here's a simple explanation of how the mind works: There are two hemispheres of the brain. You have the right side and the left side and they differ in the way they process information. The left side perceives everything to be apart from everything else. Events can become random and unconnected in and of themselves whereas the right side of the brain is much more connected to the invitation of the heart and is better able at connecting dots. Overall, this gives us the idea we are whole in our thinking. However, it's possible to open the right side of the brain so that it perceives reality in a much more expanded way, where the imagination exists. Remember,
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