When I was a teenager, I spent a lot of time contemplating a loneliness that I felt inside of me and I frequently turned to the poetry in Kahlil Gibran’s The Prophet to try to make sense of the inner turmoil. While this chapter on Love, included below, is not the one that resonated with me the most at that …
How to Consciously Achieve Heart-Brain Coherence
Everyone achieves heart-brain coherence from time to time. What we need to ask is, how well we are doing it and how often are we in a state of coherence? Achieving this coherence is a three-part process, as studied and described by the HearthMath Institute. The first step is taking your awareness out of your mind and placing it in your heart center. Next, begin to slow your breathing, taking smooth …
The Role of the Brain When the Heart is Conducting the Orchestra
When we create that beautiful state of coherence between the heart and brain, we are allowing our heart to conduct the orchestra of our integrated being as described above. But what is the role of the brain? We have two hemispheres of our brain, commonly referred to …
A Closer Look at the Research: The Heart Guides the Mind, Body, and Spirit
Let us first begin with a deeper understanding of the heart. Nearly 30 years ago it was discovered that the human heart has 40,000 specialized cells called sensory neurites. These are a type of cell that is also found in our brain. Research has also shown that the heart has other types of neurons, neurotransmitters, and it’s own nervous system …
How Do We Get The Upper Hand On Negative Thoughts?
It is important to understand that making this type of shift in the quality of your thoughts is a process that must be undertaken consciously and gently, with an abundance of compassion for self. The first step one can take is bringing awareness to our negative/non-beneficial thoughts and changing them to something positive and beneficial, just like you are tuning in to a different radio station. By consciously noticing the thoughts you are having and changing them, you…
Why Every Thought Matters
The brain is our processing center. Each thought we have is processed by the brain and causes a release of brain chemicals and hormones that send messages throughout our body. The quality of these chemical and hormonal messages is determined by the thought, how it is processed, and the emotions that the thought evokes…
Meditating For Consciousness
Meditation is one tool for developing consciousness. As we turn our awareness from the outer world to the inner world, we begin to know ourselves. The more we know ourselves, the more our consciousness expands and we become the True Self. However, even with advanced meditation techniques, there is a multitude of unseen and unknown barriers to our development. Obstacles …
Developing Your Consciousness For Expansion: Becoming Your True Self
On January’s healing call, I spoke about consciousness, Ascension, and the Master Healing Angels’ role here on Earth. If you are not familiar with these calls, many very advanced blessings and healings are done to support you on your path of consciousness development. I would like to take this opportunity to not only recap what was shared, but expand upon …