Never abandon your heart, there will always be another person to come along and give it new life.
Your heart represents your intuition, your inner knowing. It’s the leader of your feeling body, your emotional body. It can’t communicate with words so we can be frustrated when we can’t make sense of the messages being conveyed. With all the confusion it can be easier to abandon this part of us and rely mostly on our logical and rational mind. We were taught how to quantify, categorize and prioritize using this linear tool. It makes sense, we feel comfortable and we can avoid the headache of decoding the language of the emotional body.
We must try to overcome this tendency to run away from the uncomfortable, because this is where we learn and grow. Most of us were not taught the language of feelings and emotions. It is up to us now, to teach ourselves our own unique language. With practice, you will become more aware of your intuition guiding you through the day, making those little decisions, saying “I’m not exactly sure why but I think I need to do this or choose that.” Picking the paths that feel good, logic aside sometimes. The more we can choose from the heart the happier our overall self will be, because feelings aren’t always logical and happiness is a feeling. Therefore, to bring more joy into our lives it’s imperative we lead with the heart over the head.
Now, there comes a time when our feelings are overflowing with the less desirable emotions. We’re hurt, we’re low we feel a lot and it doesn’t feel good. We can certainly be drawn towards the seductive option of abandoning the heart and taking all our luggage on a trip straight to the brain. Lock the doors and throw away the key, the heart is closed for business. Hey, I’m guilty of this. The problem here is that by completely shutting down the heart, we can’t fully move through these lower vibe emotions and clear them out. We instead, ignore them and they linger and cling to places in which we do not wish for them to remain. By avoiding those feelings, we also close ourselves off to the high vibe emotions, living in this neutral impenetrable zone. This may seem like a safe and reasonable option but one day you will want to reopen that locked door to the heart and the mess will begin to spill out, just as you left it, maybe even more tangled and dusty.
What I’ve discovered is much easier and much more uplifting. Don’t ever abandon or banish your heart, because there will ALWAYS be another person who will come along and breathe new life back into it. You are not meant to suffer eternally. We feel the lows so we can feel the highs. If you’re heart feels broken, it’s bound to heal eventually with the help of friends, family and sometimes even strangers. So, let people in because they just may have the medicine you need in the moment you need it. We get answers in unexpected ways, things never work out exactly the way we plan them, so stop expecting they will. Leave room for magick and let people show you their medicine through connection. No problem is unfixable, there’s nothing on this earth that can’t be rejuvenated or born again. Some things must break or collapse in order for something new and better to be built. Allow the cycles of life to flow through you. The more you connect to Nature and your most natural self, the more you will begin to understand the interconnectedness of all living beings and the profound effect we can have on each other. Be the life force to uplift someone else’s heart today. Share your magick and have gratitude for this amazing, regenerative world. We still have much to learn from Mother Nature. She’s lived through a lot of shit and hey, she’s still standing! If she can do it, so can you.
Earth School Lesson #8: Pain