The HEART CLOSING SOFTLY

I am fortunate to have a wonderful Guru. He is my zoom Guru as we are live several hours away. He has a little visualization he does every week with his students, a little slow breathing exercise. IN that exercise, he has us visualize a lotus softly opening and closing in the heart with the inhale and exhale of the breath. This is something you can tale a minute to try with your eyes closed. And it is worthy of reflection.

Our hearts have so much to do. They are the busiest parts of us, and yet since they don’t overwhelm us like our minds do, we just take them for granted. They just keep beating. And yet our emotional world is deeply tied to our hearts as we all know. Love passes through our hearts and sometimes it makes a home, while others, it just comes and goes. Our hearts go through states as which they can feel like they are flying open only to slam shut out of fear of pain. Sometimes it is like we have two steel doors closed over our hearts, sometimes our hearts feel like those revolving doors where everyone just seems to walk through them, and sometimes they feel like those images of the wrapped in barbed wire, a heart tortured by the pain of the past.

We forget to let our hearts breathe. And forget to allow our hearts to close. Not slam shut, but softly and wisely close. Not a permanent locking of two doors around our heart, nor a fear driven swift opening and closing reaction to the influences of life and love around us. The heart has in between states. It must adapt as much or more than any part of us to circumstances at hand not to mention the cycles of life.

In this, if we are struggling with our heart, we should practice this meditation to remind us of how our hearts should work. To help take the burden from our hearts of having to work so hard and spend so much energy on when to open or close. We give them a flow. Love needs to flow. When love comes our heart cannot remain wide open. It needs to open and close. But rather than freak out about it, we focus on the lotus. The lotus is the wisdom. The wisdom is what allows love to make a home. The wisdom is not the love. The wisdom is relaxing and trusting. It is not placing a burden on our hearts to open or close. It is letting them breathe. This teaches us how to manage love. And if we really focus on that calm lotus opening and closing it reminds us that love needs nothing other than for us to relax. What is outside is outside. It is the drama of life, the same drama it has always been. This is why the heart resides within us. It is only taken over by the drama if we allow it to be. We hold our hearts in our chest where they belong. What we share with people is love. It is energy. But our wisdom must stay anchored in our heart. Our hearts are ours. They are our gift and yes, sometimes they feel like our curse. But like all thing s in life, we must often turn things that seem like burdens into gifts. This is the path of the heart. Take 5 minutes a day to relax your heart. Put your hand on your heart and feel the warmth if you need a little help. Let that lotus open and close slowly and softly. And remind your self that your heart needs your help to prevail. It needs you to bring it the calm and respite it so much deserves.

THE HEART IS A DOORWAY OF SORTS. WE DO NOT HAVE TO SLAM DOORS NOR LOCK THEM. BUT THEY EXIST FOR A REASON. THEY OPEN AND CLOSE BY DESIGN.

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