Why It’s Important to Live from Your Heart
Our world is becoming increasingly violent and chaotic every day. This is a worldwide phenomenon, and not limited to any single area on the planet. It is time to discuss our evolution in a more advanced, mature light.
Occasionally I hear from people who say things like, “Well, obviously God and the angels aren’t helping us, or this place wouldn’t be such a mess.” Although I can sympathize with why they might feel this way, I think it illustrates the fact that we are not getting to the bottom line of what is really going on here.
In fact, in some ways, these people have a point — although it’s not the point they may think. Perhaps we need to take a different view and ask ourselves why it appears that the necessary help is not forthcoming. In fact, if our beliefs accurately illustrate how things are supposed to work out, then why have one more second of pain anywhere on this planet? After all, what is God waiting for, for heaven’s sake?
Clearly, there is something erroneous in our belief systems. So rather than persist in believing in a millennia-old reality that shows no evidence of being true — which is that our job is to wait around for God to rescue us — why don’t we recognize the gravity of our situation and begin to question what we might be missing in our perspective?
Earth is not the center of the Universe
Our first mistake is a false belief that our planet lies at the center of the universe. There is literally no evidence whatsoever to back this up. The fact that we continue to hold onto this primitive belief in spite of all evidence to the contrary, promotes a collective spiritual arrogance that undermines our ability to climb out of this strange situation and live from our hearts in a universe of love.
We cannot afford to continue acting as though we exist as the beginning and ending of all life. We are not the alpha and omega of the entire cosmos. This spiritual arrogance is so extreme that we behave as though the entire universe was created around us, and therefore we will not be allowed to perish.
We live as though our violent planet is an imperative and exists as some kind of spiritual, cosmic “school” designed to teach us how to move towards the light and climb the ladder of spiritual hierarchy.
Think about it, friends. Earth is inherently a beautiful, gorgeous paradise. Do you really believe that our divine creator would take such a place and decide that it would be a grand idea to turn it into a location of violence, pain, destruction, and suffering in order to teach us all a lesson? Is this God’s idea of the centerpiece of the entire universe?
The truth is that we are one tiny planet among countless others that exist in equally countless dimensions. Yet, our collective ego is so large that we fancy ourselves to be utterly indispensable, no matter what we do. In fact, some of us behave like petulant children with our arms folded across our chests, tapping our foot, and saying, “Come on! What’s taking so long? When is this going to happen?” — referring, of course, to our expected salvation.
It’s time to spiritually grow up
Everything in this universe happens by way of the laws and principles of physics. However, there is one thing you should be aware of. Entire universes of physics can be created as the result of a single thought. Freedom of thought can occur at the macro or micro level, but all thought has consequences. Underlying all of it is divine love. The extent to which thought aligns with love, is the extent to which the outcome will reflect that love as its manifestation.
Somewhere in the cosmos, a thought occurred to try a bizarre experiment. What would happen if love were denied, and thus a false space called “not love” could be created? Well, look no further for that answer because we live with it every day. We live with it in the form of violence, death, hatred, and fear. We live with it in the form of aging, disease, confusion, and pain.
If you align your consciousness with a belief that there is a place in your experience where God is not, then you will live in the hell of what that feels like. And currently, we are all living in that collective hell on this planet. This is the experiential manifestation of this false belief.
Our situation has nothing to do with cosmic schools of spiritual learning, waiting to be rescued, being punished, or the proverbial battle of darkness and light.
By the way, darkness is merely the absence of light and therefore is a no-thing. When have you ever turned on a light in a dark room and seen a battle take place between the two?
Let’s clear out some false assumptions standing in our way
We have one of two choices from which to center ourselves. Living from the heart is one choice, and allowing our egos to run the show is the other. The false belief that these two choices exist as equal opportunities is precisely what produces the massive amount of chaos that we see in our world and in our individual lives.
The ego exists as a false identity that emerges from separation from our divine creator. It emerges from the absence of love, which can be defined as fear. Fear is exactly what it feels like to experience separation from God. Anger is the subsequent defensiveness that follows when you believe that you are cosmically on your own. It is designed to push away all that now appears to threaten you. It’s you against the world! (Multiply this across 7 billion people or more, and you have real problems.)
The assumption that such negative experiences should matter to us because they are part of our spiritual growth is insane. It is imperative that we give up such false assumptions because they only serve to keep us trapped. They make it impossible for us to experience the relief and restoration that is so desperately needed in our lives and on our planet.
The idea that there is a valid choice between the ego and our hearts is literally crazy, when the ego only leads us further down the path of darkness and despair, and further away from the love of our creator.
That’s like standing in the middle of a burning building and saying, “Hmm… I wonder if I should stay here and burn to death, or perhaps I could run outside.” As though both options are entirely valid.
Until we recognize that there is only one valid option, which is to live from our hearts, we will continue to believe in our own insanity.
Why live from the Heart?
The word “heart” clearly denotes a center. It is THE center. You might notice that the ego is not a center of any kind. It is a manifestation of chaos, confusion, smoke and mirrors. It is like an aggravating gnat that never goes away. One moment it tells you one thing, and the next moment it will tell you the opposite. It is constantly nattering away at your mind, causing you to be jumpy, fearful, and always uncertain.
The ego causes you to react, while the heart urges you to calm down.
The heart IS your center. It is the center of your being. It is literally the origin of YOU. It is the place from which God created your being out of love. Why in the world wouldn’t you always want to be centered there? Of course you would want that.
The ego wants to constantly distract you away from your heart. It will even go so far as to convince you that your heart is irrelevant and a useless source of anything important. “Let the chaos reign!” says the ego. That way you will never be able to think straight for your entire life, because you will be so busy reacting to the ego’s chaos.
Do you know why the ego does this? It’s because the heart has the actual power. Not the ego’s phony power of fear, that can only use tactics of intimidation to freak you out.
On the contrary, the heart has real power. The power of ongoing, infinite light that emerges from the center of all creation. How’s that for a contrast? Which one do you want to be aligned with?
The Heart is the only thing that can lead us back to love
Everyone wants to go back to God. Isn’t that true? But how are we supposed to get there? The first thing we have to do is to align with God’s energy and presence. There is only ONE way to do that. And it’s not by aligning with the ego’s chaos.
Common sense will tell you that the only way to align with God’s presence has to be to first experience that presence within yourself. If God is creating and sustaining you right now, which of course that power is, then isn’t it obvious that you already have the deepest possible relationship with that force of love? Isn’t it time to stop saying that God is out there in space somewhere, never to be seen or found by you?
There clearly is a center of infinite love within you, or you wouldn’t exist at all! In this way, we actually are each at the center of the universe because our very existence emerges from that center of divine love that creates all things. The ego has tried to steal this truth from us by causing us to believe that our violent planet is at the center of God’s universe. And thus, according to the ego, we have nothing to worry about.
The heart is the place within you where your very existence originates. It is where you share the breath of God in terms of the creation of your being. It is your only refuge from the storm of this finite world. The heart will calm you and bring you back into the center of truth and divine love.
What is the practical answer to our planetary situation?
The practical answer to our planetary dilemma involves a few steps. Here is a summary of what they are:
- We must give up our collective arrogance, fomented by our egos, that we are the center of the universe and therefore indispensable. The truth is that we can have any experience we want, including our collective demise.
- We must decide if we have had enough of our false beliefs that haven’t served us, including the one that we are waiting around to be rescued. There is no evidence anywhere that this is how things work, or we would have been rescued a long time ago.
- We must stop listening to our egos. The ego exists as a substitute, phantom self that emerges from a belief in the absence of love. It is a voice of chaos, fear, anger,and confusion. It has no center whatsoever, and serves only to distract us from our true center, which is the heart. The ego keeps us constantly off-balance with fear-based reactions to everything.
We must learn to take our hearts more seriously, and stop living as though such a thing is optional. We must stop placing the idea of living from our hearts at the bottom of our list of priorities. We have to stop saying that we are just “too busy” to take the quiet time necessary to get back in touch with our inner truth.- We have to individually decide if we have had enough of this battle and all of the false beliefs that go along with it, so that we can learn to pray effectively. Instead of praying for people to wake up and change their bad behavior, we need to take a more intelligent approach and pray for the elimination of the underlying physics that make such bad behavior possible. If the principles for bad behavior didn’t exist, there would be no such thing as all of this chaos.
- And finally, we need to realize that there are indeed many benevolent forces in this universe trying to help us. But in order to receive that help, we will have to give up our demand that such help conform to our impossible systems of belief. We cannot continue to hold onto our need to rationalize the existence of our plight with all sorts of spiritual explanations, and simultaneously be freed from our pain. We can’t have our cake and eat it, too. We have to get out of our own way.
It is imperative at this point in our evolution that we become intimately familiar with our hearts, and learn to live from that place. It is our only true center. It is the only thing that can light the path and show us the way home.
Take some time each day to find that center within your heart. Ask for help. Stay there as much as you can. Go to that refuge within, and seek the peace, comfort, and clarity of God’s divine love. Take God’s hand from within your heart, and you will indeed be led away from the darkness of our current situation.
What are your thoughts on this topic and on our planetary situation? Do you think we need a spiritual paradigm shift in order to better align with a solution? Share with me in the comments below.
I totally believe this is true what you say about the situation on our planet and our population being led by the ego and not the heart. I want this so badly for myself and yet find myself being taken away from all the events of the day from this practice. When I do think about it I do say a prayer for all of this to end. I know that meditation is a key for us, but I can’t help but wonder, what about everyone else who is lost in non belief or stuck in their own beliefs that stop this world from aligning with their hearts? How will they ever be convinced?. You say as a collective we must let our hearts be our guide, but how can we make this a collective thing when so many are not in the knowing of this truth, or refusing to let go of their ego’s grasp?
Must we wait until everyone gets to this point? Is it a “transfiguration thing?” As a collective are we a lost cause? I just don’t understand how we can do this as a collective when this knowledge is not available to those who need it so badly. Do our prayers go into the collective consciousness, which therefore affects the whole?
Perhaps my questions are just the ego wanting to know how it works, I don’t know but all I do know is that this must end, and I want dearly to not have to go through this again in another life after my body gives up or is taken from me in some way that I have no control of. I know that I can work with angels to make my life easier and I have seen so many instances in my life where it has become easier with their help, but this is an individual thing and I have no control over anyone else… can we ask the angels of others to help them in their lives? Or will that not work as it has to do with their own free will to allow that?
I just find myself with so many questions in an earnest way to be able to help this planet heal and reverse these horrible circumstances on our planet and in the universe where fear exists. How can we attain a global paradigm shift? How can a few affect the whole when there are so many in the dark? I know I am not the only one in the world and that others desperately want this to end but they don’t know how…
– Susan
Susan, you have quite a few very large questions here. I will try to answer them as succinctly as possible in this small format. First, let me say that no one can be convinced. It’s something that one has to be willing to see for themselves. I think that one of the biggest things standing in the way of this is the fact that human beings on this Earth are so given to acting in a herd-like fashion. People are so worried about being socially acceptable, and being approved of by others.
This immediately takes people away from themselves, and out of their hearts. If the first measuring stick for everything is “What will people think?” – well, that is indeed a temporarily hopeless situation. People are often very reluctant to reason a lot of things out for themselves. They so often want an outside authority to sanction their ideas first.
I completely disagree that this knowledge is not available to those who need it. When your heart is open, and you want the real answers – and not the typically conditional answers that most people are looking for – the universe moves to enlighten you. God is always close to everyone. As for myself, I am making every effort possible to put more and more of this out online, so that it is available worldwide to whomever is looking for it. So if you think it’s valuable to share it, please do. 🙂 The real obstacle is that people all too often want answers that don’t rock their conceptual boat of belief systems. Which is why it seems so often that prayers are not answered. Because they can’t be answered while simultaneously preserving that which doesn’t work.
As Mikhail in Telstar once said to me, “Everyone wants their life to change, as long as nothing changes.” He was not just talking about physical changes. He was talking about perceptual changes, as well. He was talking about beliefs, habits, patterns, perceptions, etc.
Honestly, sometimes it’s a simple matter of being deeply fed up with one’s status quo way of looking at things, and just surrendering any belief that the ego knows anything at all. Yet, everyone has to process this in their own way.
I do not believe that every person on Earth has to come to the same major revelation in order for this situation to be resolved. Religions have tried that for thousands of years, and we know where that leads, don’t we? A lot of unbelievers getting killed. That whole idea is so primitive!
Truly the best way to deal with all of this is not to panic. (That’s what the ego wants you to do.) Just take things one step at a time. I am not suggesting that this will be easy. But it has to start with the revelation that you, yourself, are the closest person to the solution in your own life. That is where you should put your energy. I would suggest that you go back and read my very first blog entitled “Be the Sunshine”. That’s where I describe a simple vision of how your energy affects the greater whole.
We each need to take responsibility for how our energy affects the rest of the world. Unless we do that first, there is not much else to do. And if we aren’t willing to do that, we can hardly complain about anyone else, can we? (I’m definitely not suggesting that you are complaining. I know that you are just asking sincere, valid questions.)
One thing that I believe really helps is to contribute a vibration of peace, calmness, and centeredness. For those who feel called to be lightworkers, they can go a step further by helping others come to a place of balance in whatever way they feel gifted to help. The first step is that everyone needs to be able to calm down and start thinking for themselves. That’s what staying in your heart is all about. People need to get centered and not be so reactive. Like I said – One step at a time.
Boy, I have gone on far too long here! 🙂 And yet I know that I have barely scratched the surface of what you are asking about. Anyway, I hope this little bit is helpful for you. Thanks so much for sharing your thoughts. I’m sure that many others feel the same way as you do. Sending you blessings and love. xoxo
Thank you Saratoga for taking the time to respond so thoroughly. I will do my best to do what I can and as you say it starts with me. I guess as for the rest the most powerful thing to do is pray for all of this to end. I am sure that it’s the prayer of many children who are exposed to the pain on this planet. I know I did. Thank you for all you do 🙂 – Susan
Hi Susan,
I just wanted to thank you for all those amazing heartfelt and crucial questions…. and of course Saratoga knows exactly how to respond with the perfect meaning to help take us the farthest in our own process. Thank you for being willing to “jump in” and let it all out. I greatly appreciate that–it has helped me today with my own journey.
My best, with love, (I hope I get to meet you one day!)
Leigh
Dear Saratoga,
Thank you for this powerful message! Your words express clearly to me the underlying principle of the ego factor on the planet. I am aware that on an emotional level, regardless of what is happening in my personal life, I feel the collective confusion, pain and suffering that we are all experiencing.
Sometimes, much more often than I would like, I can feel overwhelmed and will turn away from the reality of my heart as I go unconscious and allow the magnitude of the chaos on planet earth to envelope me. Then, when I can open my intention to the beauty and love of my heart, not only do I feel a lightness in my being, everything around me opens in light and I can again focus on the beauty around me – Simple pleasures such as sunlight sparkling on a raindrop or a gentle breeze whispering through the trees.
That’s also when miracles happen in my life. For example, in writing this comment to you, I just received a new awareness – HEART and EARTH are truly one – even the words/letters are the same. Simply look at the H from Heart and see where all the letters match those of eartH.
And so I wish to end this communication with my most sincere dedication – I dedicate my life’s purpose to ending the suffering on planet earth by opening my heart to divine grace and following the guidance of infinite love.
Much love to you Saratoga and my deepest, most heartfelt, gratitude to you for these amazing messages.
Marianne
Thank you so much, Marianne. I think it is so important not to allow the magnitude of the chaos, as you said, to overwhelm you. That will just lead to withdrawal and unconsciousness. As long as you stay centered and make a daily effort to stay in your heart, you know that you are contributing a positive energy into the world to counter all of the madness. You therefore become a soothing influence.
But since I know you, (hint hint) may I also suggest that you follow what you know you are called to do in this world? 🙂 That is really important, too!
Thank you Saratoga for all of your loving support and gentle nudges. I feel ready to spread my wings and each day brings me closer to takeoff. It’s time to move from baby steps into full speed & fully accept myself as a creator in the Universe. All love to you, Marianne.
I so appreciate your strong words and believe that only when we live from the heart can things begin to improve …. That’s going to take a massive shift in most people’s thinking…. I certainly hope I see it in my life time …. Love and light to everyone x x
Thank you so much, Elaine. As I said to others here, I think the massive shift that you are talking about happens one person at a time. It has to start somewhere, so we can make a huge contribution by beginning with ourselves. 🙂
Hi Saratoga; I love this post!
Even the new physics has found that at the foundation of the Universal creation structure is a unified field, that is not only foundational, but pervades everything in existence, from atoms to stars and beyond.
The language of physics is increasingly becoming more spiritual. It too is maturing from the former earth-centric view of the Cosmos. It is interesting that only the more conscious physicists have the capability of understanding these new findings, or at least the fuller import of them. The more materialistic physicists simply do not have “the eyes to see”.
Given the current state of emergency on this increasingly chaotic planet I find myself ever more inspired to go within to contact the stillness, peace and divine love. From this place of humility I sincerely pray to be directed as to how I may contribute and be of assistance.
It seems that a paradigm shift that comes from acknowledging our oneness is imperative and that there really is no other choice. It is the simple truth after all.
The new physics corroborates the profound impact that one individual taking a stand for the truth has on the collective, which will tend to mirror back to the individual a reality that matches that intention, further influencing the collective.
This paradigm shift is the “coming of age” that I want to embrace and make consistent in my life (and my prayers).
Love, Doug
Doug, you described this “new physics” very well. Actually, I guess it’s not the physics that are new – it’s just that people are willing to open up to a greater understanding of things. I believe that every scientific discovery is preceded by a paradigm shift in perception. Otherwise, how would anything new ever be discovered? You can only see something new to the extent that you are willing to let go of what you thought you knew before.
Anyway, keep going, and don’t ever give up on fulfilling your life’s purpose to serve in whatever way you can. That’s what gives life all its meaning, isn’t it? 🙂
Thank you Saratoga for your extremely clear and inspiring post. I also wonder how this world will change when the ego has such a hold. Actually it doesn’t, its held on to by a humanity that doesn’t know an alternative. Its only the heart that awakens the heart in others, like a tuning fork vibrating at a particular pitch causes another to vibrate when held close to it. If my light shines, darkness is abated to an extent. How much I don’t know, but that doesn’t change the need for action. There is so much despair in the world and only the heart brings comfort, both for myself and others, and clarifies the true context in which we exist. Like you’re saying, its so important to remember the big picture too. Thank you!
I like the way you corrected yourself here, Tony. It’s humanity that is falsely addicted to the ego. Without our support, the ego literally cannot exist. By itself, it has no power whatsoever. The more that we shift our allegiance back to our hearts, the more the ego will be starved for energy. And the more that we shall experience peace and the answers to all of our questions.
Sometimes I think that eventually people will get so fed up with the ego’s nonsense and pain, that they will literally be driven back into their hearts again. We can only hope! 🙂
Hi Saratoga, I have to say this is a powerful communication. At times directness is great to blow out the lackadaisical cobweb type thoughts. This was stunning! I have personally been finding over the last little while that I now have to meditate both morning and evening in order to say centered. The “have to” is actually a desire filled imperative, rather than a challenge. In doing so I have more command and am better able to respond to the craziness around. Otherwise, I can easily be taken off center and until I can retake command, the day is challenging. I know the difference a kind word or a smile can mean to another. It is profound what the same consideration means to me (when I am in my heart for my self) during the day rather than listening to the voice in my head. Living from the heart is truly a decision for each of us to take, and we have support both in the physical world and beyond. I have gone from skepticism that the heart was anything more than an organ to a desire to live from my heart at all times. It is a process. This blog post encourages me – to have more courage to speak what my heart truly is telling me. The time for tentativeness (and we know where that comes from… fear) is passed.
Love Eve
Eve, I agree 100% that the time for tentativeness has passed. I’m so happy to hear that you are listening to your good senses and responding to an awareness that you want to meditate more. I actually don’t think it’s really about meditation. That’s just what we call stepping aside to remember our true selves when everything around us begs us to do otherwise.
It’s wonderful that you are making the effort to be a conscious part of the necessary change on this planet. Thank you! 🙂
Dear Saratoga,
Your challenge to the underlying status quo, the elephant in the room, is so called for, so needed given the outrageous situation we find our collective selves in. You have laid bare the truth, its quite plain to see.
Your call to action, to Love, is the only way. In much the same way I needed to shift my consciousness from a job to that of life purpose, I will to shift my consciousness, my being, to Love… waiting for someone else to effect either for me would qualify as insanity.
So the shift for us is that Love becomes the truth and reality, and fear becomes the distant memory that disintegrates.
I look around as of late and finally see the whole thing has to go, and when I pray, it’s for that, and for Love, for all.
I love your brilliant clarity and ever present courage, you and Telstar have brought a turing tide in coming here and have my eternal Gratitude and Love,
Much Love, Barb
Hi Saratoga,
I think this is the most powerful piece yet–and I do not mean that from any place of judgment but rather from resonance. Like the resonance I felt with each word when I read “A Guide for Lightworkers”. You can’t force that. It’s something that happens when truth speaks.
I know the resonance has to do with me and my receptivity; I have left any and all conditioning associated with the “false belief system” that’s the ego–in the gutter. I absolutely refuse to entertain anything that does not speak of the truth I know to be real, in my heart. It’s a choice in each moment, and it’s beginning to feel natural, feels like it’s connected to my ability to stay conscious. As long as I don’t get swept away by what is clearly not anything connected with the truth of what’s Real (and I can see it coming from a mile away–I just duck! or say, NO) and realign myself in the moment. I’m getting much better at this, both in terms of my consciousness and in my actions. The truth of who I am, and living from my heart where my connection to God IS, feels right. Period.
I have definitely shifted my perspective. I’m also finding, which I’ve already expressed to you, that people are attracted to “my” energy, because they know that this lie that’s being expressed in fear, hate, violence and pain is a complete lie. I’m impelled to talk about this. I think it just comes out of me because people are seeking the truth now. It’s like the butterfly effect. The more of us who can actually make this paradigm shift, the more we transcend the lie. I don’t know how this is happening–I have much to learn and open up to… but I AM SO READY!! It’s very hard to articulate because it’s so beyond the words here.
Thank you, Saratoga, and all of Telstar, from my deepest heart real self, aligned with God and the Universe, for all of your wisdom, love, and patience–for never giving up on our planet. I am learning how to pray effectively, and also love that you’ve included a link here. My perspective when I pray is crucial, I understand that. Victim consciousness is a thing of the past.
Here’s to “Continuum” … in the best possible way for all the lovely souls, animals and plants on this magnificent planet.
With infinite love,
Leigh
* The book is AMAZING!!
“The practical answer to our planetary dilemma involves a few steps.” Well, this pretty much lays it all out there, doesn’t it? Steps 1 to 6. Wouldn’t it be amazing if this is what people were taught in school? 🙂 I’ve spent my whole life searching for clarity on just what is going on here and what we all can do about it. When I began that search, you have no idea how much I wished for the level of clarity you have so wonderfully provided here. Thank you.
I wish we all were clear about just how destructive the ego is and how listening to it is never, ever a good idea. I mean, we keep on talking as if it is a fundamental part of who we are and that it works to our benefit. It’s never to our benefit. Listening to it only serves to perpetuate all the pain and suffering that so many of the world’s living beings endure on a daily basis. I do whatever I can to shine a light on the ego from within my own awareness and I share my experience of this with anyone who will listen.
And then there’s the heart. I feel my journey here has barely begun. No words suffice to describe how incredibly beautiful is the experience of the heart and of the many loving beings I see gathering around this world, only for the chance to assist us in any way that they can, if only we will allow them to.
My heart thunders, love flows forward, outward to these exquisitely beautiful friends, and the world suddenly fills with wonderful possibility.
Avalon, your increasing ability to distinguish the difference between your heart (which is your true self) and the ego is the most empowering step you can take in life.
And I agree that it seems so crazy to consider such a negative “voice in the head” as being a part of who we are. Where did that idea come from? Well, from that very voice, of course!
Thanks for your very eloquent description of how you see all of this! 🙂
I so appreciate this guidance, Saratoga. After some reflection, I realized that all my life I have been fascinated with portals or secret doorways to a magical realm. I’ve also been driven to do things that are meaningful. I now realize the portal I’ve been looking for is the one in my heart and the ultimate in meaningful activity is my life purpose. Love and purpose are the magic in that realm. I’m coming home.
Wow – you stated this so beautifully and succinctly, Lucille. I love what you said here! Thank you so much 🙂
Hello Saratoga,
Thank you again for the beautiful well written blog, I can definitely relate. I’ve often made decisions with my heart even in business, sometimes I had to stand alone based on my voice, but in the end I will not pretend to be someone I’m not even if it means following my heart, much love.
Luisa
Luisa, it’s wonderful to hear that you are willing to be your authentic self, even in business. I wish everyone had the courage to do this. Thank you for being the lovely person that you are! 🙂