HEART CENTERED LIVING
About 10 years ago I had a vision for heart centered living, it may have been lofty at the time, it may have even been a pie in the sky idea. But I have tried to hold true to that vision from 8 years ago, no matter the twists, the turns, the disappointments, the bumps in the road and even the losses. The dream and vision still remains the same. To inspire, educate and empower individuals to live from the heart.
When I first envisioned the logo for Heart Centered Living I was laying on the floor, meditating in a tiny Buddhist temple in the little town of Gilbertsville (that actually looked more like a psychedelic ashram) First I saw the red and white heart shaped like a yin/yang, then I saw four hands of four different colors facing the heart (1 on the top, 1 on the bottom, 1 on the right, 1 on the left). I really did not know what all of that meant, I just knew that I had to “Capture” the logo and then figure out the essence of what it meant. I’m an artist, so when I put color, or an image down onto paper there is usually some kind of significance and this time was no exception.
I remember sitting out in our sun porch on one cold night thinking (About the concept of Heart Centered Living) that if I could just get everyone to understand their connection with everything, (each other, the plants, the animals, THE EARTH) then surely that would be Heart Centered Living would it not? I looked at the logo with the yin/yang heart that was so special and dear to me (reminding me that for every action there is no action, without night, there would be no day, without man, there would be no woman, without giving, there would be no receiving). The total balance, the total acceptance of how the universe works and how BOTH the yin and the yang are needed for ALL SYSTEMS to work.
FOR ALL SYSTEMS TO WORK…Has a nice ring to it does it not? So where did we go wrong? When did we stop caring? Or start caring TOO much? Where did we miss the boat to the Utopian island where all sentient beings can live life freely, fairly and at peace? How did we lose sight of what was near and dear to us right before our very eyes.
Maybe it never really existed in the first place and it was just waiting to be created……….
I may still hold a pie in the sky idea of what Heart Centered Living is, I may wish for grandiose dreams of peace, and harmony and healthy play among all beings seen and unseen, and I may wish to wave my magic wand over a person, place or thing and watch it transform before my very eyes into something beautiful and magnificent and realize that really had nothing to do with me.
I will not stop BELIEVING that we are better than this, that we deserve better than this and that OUR PLANET DESERVES BETTER FROM US and yes we will do what it takes to get ourselves there but boy do we have our work cut out for us. And we WILL get there, brick by brick, step by step, hand in hand, eventually, as we plug away at it. As we persevere with blood, sweat and tears. We will get there, maybe not in our life time, but hopefully in our children’s children’s lifetime.
So what do we do now? How do we pick up the pieces and move on now as a country? I honestly don’t know but for me-I am going to keep LIVING from my Heart Center.
*I am going to continue to inspire, empower and educate from my heart to others.
*I am going to find ways to “bring love, light and peace” to people, places and things that need it the most,
*I am going to remember to take care of myself when I’m feeling tired, or worn out from the “collective consciousness” energy and say NO when I need to and YES when it feels right.
*I am going to look for more ways to disengage the fear, the anger, and the chaotic energies that are swirling around and trying to cripple us all right now
*I am going to journal or write down my feelings when they start to get the best of me
*I am going to have a constructive compassionate conversation with those I don’t see eye to eye with that have a “DIRECT” impact on my life
*I am going to ignore, send energy and/or disengage those negative people, places or things that do not have a “DIRECT” impact on my life .
*I am going to create more beauty through art, music and song in my immediate environment
*I am going to hug trees more
*I am going to spread loving kindness more.
*AND I AM GOING TO BE STILL MORE so I can listen to the small quiet voice within that has the answers that I am looking for to BUILD ANEW and keep keeping on.
My list could go on and on, and as you can see there are many many many ways for Heart Centered Living to work for us ALL to create a more peaceful, more heart centered living world for all relations.
What is yours?
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