Years ago, and well into my seventh month of pregnancy in New York City, it occurred to me one day that, as I would be unable to run from a fast predator, I was lucky not to run into an urban panther. These weekly blogs will consider women's lives from the perspective of one who is now older.
It seems to me we live in a “brain-biased” culture. Rational thought, intellectual action, these are seen as the pinnacle of human development. And it’s true, our brains are amazing.
But what if the developmental goal, the state we’re evolving toward, doesn’t concentrate on just one — what if it’s all? What if the growth and expansion we are headed for is a combination of our amazing brain with our even more amazing heart?
The heart generates more energy than the brain, and its pattern is made of multiple energies — electrical, magnetic, sound, pressure, temperature. As it pumps blood to every cell of the body, the heart transmits information and energy, and integrates the whole.
In his work with water crystals, Masaru Emoto has shown how water takes on and transports energy vibrations. The energy of words written on paper and taped to a glass jar of water shapes the crystals that water forms when frozen. Dr. Emoto’s photos of the crystals are nothing short of astonishing. Water listens, water feels, water responds.
It makes you stop and think about the consequences of every single thing you do, doesn’t it? If I have an angry outburst, does that energy impact the water and air around me? Does that spiky, explosive energy upset my lymph system, or my alveoli, disrupting their smooth operation?
We’ve been told that aerobic exercise is good for the physical heart. What do you suppose would be good for the energetic heart? Love, of course. Others? Gratitude, empathy, reverence, delight, forgiveness, playfulness, trust, compassion. We can think of more. Dowser Michele Fitzgerald calls them “heart potions.”
I remember that old poem about chores (women’s chores, that is):
“Wash on Monday, iron on Tuesday, mend on Wednesday, churn on Thursday, clean on Friday, bake on Saturday, rest on Sunday.”
What if we choose to concentrate on one of these heart-feeding emotions each day? Our new poem would be something like, “Caring on Monday, enthusiastic on Tuesday, encouraged on Wednesday, cheerful on Thursday, appreciative on Friday, generous on Saturday, joyful on Sunday.”
It’s the heart of the matter, don't you think?
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