Wisdom of the Higher Heart

There was a time in my life when I believed that to be intelligent, I had to be in my head.

In fact, the culture and school system I was raised in emphasized using one's mind and thinking to work things out, above all else, to the point where thoughts became a source of identity.

In contrast, to be heart-based just seemed sweet, soft, but irrational, over-emotional and not something that would help one get anywhere in life. In fact, it wasn't even something to be cultivated or acknowledged in the pursuit of education.

I prided myself on my intellectual abilities that scored me many straight A's grades and awards that carried on through my studies at both high school and university.

Then, at age 19, I experienced a life-changing car accident that basically shutdown the left (intellectual) side of my brain while the right (intuitive/artistic) side of my brain took over for a while.

It caused me to begin viewing the world and myself through a very different lens, igniting all sorts of questions such as "who am I?" and "what is the true purpose of this life?".

One of the first things that occurred to me was that although I was doing all the things our culture looks up to, I was actually simply living out a programming I did not consciously choose. That though things looked "perfect" from the outside, I felt like I didn't actually know who I was or what this life is really for - thought it became blatantly clear that it was not what I had unquestionably believed until then.

With everyone around me unconsciously following the same programming or caught-up in the myriad ego-allurements and distractions of modern culture, I turned to yoga, meditation, books and teachers on Eastern spirituality, theosophical societies, healers and Gurus, visited sacred sites around the world looking for answers.

Little by little, I came to discover that true intelligence comes not from being what's considered "smart", "clever", or any other way of being in one's head. Rather, true intelligence comes from being in one's open heart.

However, it is not the emotional, feminine human heart on the left, nor the masculine spiritual heart on the right, but our higher heart, which is located where the thyroid is in the center of the chest - also connected to our innate innocence and inner child.

Once open, this higher heart chakra is the gateway to higher mind intelligence, soul wisdom and much more. On another level, it blends the wisdom that comes from having an open mind and open heart, both in balance with one another.

How do we open our hearts? One way to do this is by setting the conscious intention and commit to do so and by placing our attention on this part of our body/soul throughout the day, to tune in as it were. I like placing my left hand over my higher heart (with my right hand either over my left hand or over my belly) and consciously connect with and breathe into this area, slowly breathing in love and breathing out love, or breathing out all that is ready to be released.

We can also call upon our higher selves, our guides, healing angels and any other beings of the light we personally acknowledge to help us open our hearts further and further...and to keep them open.

When you truly begin to open your heart and see through the eyes of love, your whole life will shift and transform ways unimaginable. Every person and every interaction becomes sacred. Loves surrounds and permeates you. You see the beauty in everyone and everything, not in a naive way, but in a way that sees beyond the surface of appearances. New doors open and you experience a bliss beyond words. You became Love....in fact, you begin to realise that you always have been Love, but just forgot while you instead mistook yourself to be a name and limited physical form.

I love you.

Thank you.