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Our First Teacher Is Our Own Heart

1/23/2018

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Do you live and make decisions from your head or from your heart? We can feel the difference right? Decisions from the heart feel warm and fuzzy and full of love. Decisions from the head usually feel steeped in logical thinking and can at times be devoid of compassion. Decisions from the heart seem risky and vulnerable, while decisions from our heads feel safe, cautious and reasonable.

​What would the world look like and feel like if we ventured down that long 12-18 inch space from our head to our heart? Making decisions and choices guided by our heart.

​Why is it that leading with our heart feels so vulnerable and  risky? Why is it that we feel a need to protect ourselves and put up walls? The need to protect our power, our privilege, our dreams, our money. We are cultured to believe that leading from our heart would not be beneficial, that it would be irresponsible and even stupid.

How many times have we received advice or given advice based on sheer logic and intellect with a disregard for the teachings of the heart? 


I'm not suggesting that we be reckless and dangerous, but I am suggesting that we allow ourselves to be guided by our heart. That we listen to our heart and the wisdom that is has to offer and is teaching us. That we be guided by compassion, forgiveness, love and grace, instead of fear.

I like how authors Ed and Deb Shapiro explain it, "The heart has been described as the king, with the mind as the king's adviser. When faced with a decision, the king may ask his advisers for advice, may even send them out into the world to gather information, but ultimately it is the king that makes the final decision. Even though the advisers do not always agree with the king's decision, the king is invariably right, because the king's view not only sees the bigger picture but is also aware of the needs of others."

They go on to explain, "In the same way, when faced with a decision or conflict, your mind may come up with numerous, different and quite logical reasons why you should act as it advises, but if you listen to and trust your heart—however illogical or irrational it may seem—it is usually right and you are happier as a result."

​Your heart is where your intuition resides. If we get still and listen, it is full of wisdom. The heart and its powerful energy is what I believe our world needs more than anything our minds can conjure up. When we tap into the wisdom of our heart we are in alignment with the truth of our being. The essence of who we are, our higher self. 
There is so much value to listening to our heart as it is the essence of our spiritual being.

Before you make that decision or choice, take time to pause, be still and listen to the guidance of your heart. Ask yourself what you value and what is in alignment with the truth of your being. Will your decision support these values, will it be in alignment?


I invite you to practice letting go of your fear and your need to control, and to listen more to the wisdom of your heart. Let it guide you while your mind advises you.

​Next week's post will include a process for making decisions that are led by the heart. Typically, these are decisions that will help to support your overall happiness.
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6/29/2018 11:39:06 pm

I have to agree with you. We may have our teachers who can teach us everything we need to know for us to be educated, and our parents for the life lessons we need to learn. But our own heart will teach us everything we need to know, especially to ourselves. Since we are living our own lives, all decisions are up for us. When we follow our heart, there's a high possibility that you're making a right decision!

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Maria Hart
5/28/2019 05:57:23 pm

We don't need to follow our hearts. Jeremiah 17:9 says, "The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately wicked: who can know it?" In Matthew 15:19 Jesus says, "For out of the heart proceed evil thoughts, murders, adulteries, fornicantions, thefts, false witness, blasphemies:" He then goes on to say these things defile a man. We need to listen to and believe in God. John 14:1 Jesus says, "Let not your heart be troubled: ye believe in God, believe also in me." God is the only One Who can heal our hearts, so why not listen to Him? God knows what our future holds. He has great plans for us. Jeremiah 29:11 says, "For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, saith the LORD, thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to give you a future and a hope." We don't need to follow our heart. We need to follow the One that created it.:)

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