A Sufi poem written in 1317 says the human heart is the spiritual organ or the interface between the body and the ‘other world.'[1] The poem says it is through the special faculty of the heart that we may come to know hidden secrets.[2] The poem further explains when body and spirit strike together like flint and steel, light is created, illuminating the two worlds.
Our life’s experiences are like flint and steel, striking together in the form of our problems, worries, and everyday challenges. Tapping into the wisdom of the heart won’t make our problems go away, but the more we connect to the innate wisdom of our heart the more we can open our heart wide enough to accommodate all of life’s experiences more fully. The challenge is knowing how to recognize the intuition coming from the heart from the reaction coming from the mind and its societal conditioning. It requires that we listen less to the chatter of our own mind and its fears and negative conditioning. It takes practice, like everything else in which we want to excel.
The real challenge is how to uncover the subconscious behavior patterns lurking behind our reactions. Our childhood experiences tend to form our perceptions and conditions our responses in sometimes negative ways. This sets up a non-coherent neuron pattern that activates negative behavior responses in spite of our best intentions. Scalar Heart Connection is a method that helps us sort out these mind-conditioned reactions from heart-centered responses. The system provides insight into the nature of our mind’s reactions so we can gain mastery over our thoughts and destructive impulses. When we consciously tune in to heart-centeredness, we create a buffer around our heart that absorbs the negativity coming from others and the environment. The heart’s innate wisdom offers us positive and life-enhancing alternatives to unpleasant situations by ‘knowing’ the hearts of others and responding accordingly and compassionately.
It takes practice to stay present in the heart’s scalar field. Its harmonious vibrations are subtle and delicate. It requires that we re-tune ourselves to its presence and gentle guidance. One way to realign ourselves to our heart’s love field is through deep breathing. When we deep breathe, we are synchronizing our heart’s subtle rhythms to the vibration of the Universe. In time, we will distinguish the connection to the gentle whisper of heart-consciousness from the mechanical reactionary patterns coming from our head. At the point where we feel this connection, we can radiate this feeling throughout our body and then extend it to those around us and beyond.
2. Ibid p.89
