Thursday, August 5, 2010

Pathway to the Heart Within

As I continue with my transition from my job in a healthcare setting to being on my own, I am aware that there is an ongoing need for a fresh perspective. Who am I now that I do not occupy a position and identify with a career role? What will be the driving force or motivation, in the use of my time? Am I to consider myself an entrepreneur, and if so, what services or products will I promote? How will I determine what is authentically mine to offer the world?

A dear friend of mine is grappling with similar questions, as she strives to offer her services in such a way as to meet changing needs (those of herself and others). One thing we discussed was the guidance offered by the heart, and the importance of tuning into this intelligence.  After we discussed this I wrote the following:

Pathway to the Heart Within

There are many more ways of living our lives
Than those to which we are accustomed
One involves a connection to the heart
In a manner fraught with wisdom.

This journey inside is an unusual one
For it requires a letting go
A stepping off a mind controlled path
To embrace another way of being in the know.

It is as if deep within us
There is a secret chamber
Which hold the keys to deepest mysteries
Allowing us to stop living as Earth's stranger.

How is it possible to connect to this reservoir
Drinking deeply from refreshing waters
In such as way that we experience renewal
And a connection to our fore fathers.


Two ingredients of this "recipe"
Readily come to mind
The first is loving acceptance of oneself
Respect of the greatest kind!

The second aspect is a powerful one too
For it involves creative endeavours
Giving expression to what truly makes you, You
Instead of Helen's or Don's or Heather's!

Loving yourself and giving free reign
To yourself to be who you are
Connects you with joy and inspiration
The Life Force in the reservoir!

This connection uniquely your own
Is available to one and all
Once it is made it can open the gates
The horse is out of the stall!


How then does this possibly change
The way we relate to the world?
The way we understand ourselves and others
And circumstances into which we are hurled?

There is a distinct letting go
As we embrace our inner power
A leaving aside of conventional norms
So all aspects of ourselves can flower.

There is a release of typical expectations
Of the way things ought to be
In favour of following a deeper rhythm
Which may at times seem surreal.

This can result if a sense of flow
Unlike any we may ever have known
Relating to the rest of the world
From the comfort of you "home".

Feeling then that you have a place
One which is valid indeed
Originating from your heart's loving intelligence
To connect with, trust, and find real.

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