~
Find Your Middle Ground
Come home for the holidays
to heart centered you
~
Tag Archives for heart centered
Haiku – rhythmic call
© publicdomainstockphotos ID 95643959 | Dreamstime Stock Photos
~
Pause and search your heart
Listen to love’s rhythmic call
Find Your Middle Ground
~
Find your Middle Ground is about stepping away from stressful days and the highs and lows of life, and taking time to look inwards.
When we pause here, we are able to let go of judgments and how we think things “should” be.
We allow ourselves to open up to what is in this moment, and in doing so, connect with our authentic being and the guiding love within us.
There will always be ups and downs in life. We can find contentment when we take time to listen to what our heart is telling us.
What does your heart want you to know today?
Namaste
Feeling Adrift
Adrift by Remina Greenfield. Source: http://reminagreenfield.com/adrift.html
There will be times when we find ourselves adrift. It is part of the ebb and flow of life, and an invitation to anchor ourselves once more.
Eventually I came to realize that there is nothing ‘wrong’, just something inside us that requires our attention.
Our thinking mind usually tells us we have to figure out what’s wrong and take action to fix it. It isn’t surprising that we think this way. Over the years, there are expectations for us to achieve, lead others or reach a goal, and so we have become conditioned to see life in this way.
It is the loss of connection to our inner being that brings about a lack of centeredness and feelings of being adrift. When our heart, mind and spirit are out of alignment, we must tune inwards, rather than start analyzing options. Our inner being is trying to communicate to us, not through the head, but through our heart.
The mind says, “I need to do something to feel more in control”.
The heart says “Remember me. Where have you been. I miss you.”
To find our way back to center requires us to pause and notice the quiet voice within us. To find our middle ground.Take a moment to close your eyes and sit with this question: “What is my heart telling me?”
And listen for guidance.
Then phrase words for yourself as a guiding mantra. They may be something like: “Let my breath be my anchor.” “Let compassion be my anchor.” “Let the opening of my heart be my anchor.” “Let trusting be my anchor.” “Let choosing what I love be my anchor.”
Feeling adrift is an invitation to come home to yourself and to your heart.
When you center here, the way is clear.
Namaste
Inspiration – Mind Merges with Heart
Image from eyeem.com
As mind merges inside the heart, true understanding awakens.
You are the invisible inside the visible, the unmoving inside all movements.
Like space moving in space glowing inside a thin skin called a human being.*
~ Mooji
I had to smile as I read these words from Mooji …. I’m feeling a bit thin skinned today
When I’m feeling thin skinned, and easily irritated, I feel separate with my thoughts. Its time to open my heart and connect to the understanding that lies there.
This is a lovely reminder to being awareness to where our minds are. Are you attuned to your heart?
Please join me in taking a Middle Ground Pause, and breathe into the loving space glowing inside.
Namaste
*Mooji. White Fire: Spiritual insights and teachings of advaita zen master Mooji (Kindle Locations 3181-3182). Mooji Media Publications. Kindle Edition.
* Inspiration – being free
“Take courage. Being free is neither difficult nor distant.
I know it has often been conceived, perceived and presented to be rare, remote and difficult, but all that is delusion—a great seeming.
I don’t know why awakening happens in one heart so completely and in another there is some delay or postponement. I am not deeply concerned about this.
But I know that the voice that calls you is true, and where you are being called to is real and true. Heaven is inside your own heart.”*
I find Mooji’s words so straight forward and assuring.
So lets lighten up and trust the calling. 💛
* Mooji (2015-12-03). White Fire: Spiritual insights and teachings of advaita zen master Mooji (Kindle Locations 117-120). Mooji Media Publications. Kindle Edition.
* Haiku – your message
CAPE ELIZABETH, Maine — David Allen of Stone Point Studios
~
Find Your Middle Ground
Let your life be your message
Written from the heart
~
If you are new to this site, welcome!
Find out more about finding your middle ground by clicking here.
What’s the Difference Between Strength and Courage?
Courage comes from the French word “coeur” meaning heart. Being courageous means facing our fears and coming from our heart rather than our head. Its a place where we face our vulnerabilities and overcome them through compassion and love. As a child in Scotland I was told I had to be strong.
This isn’t just a family legacy, but a whole cultural one! We Scots are independent and strong. But we also have big hearts, often hidden behind the strong exterior. The Scottish Luckenbooth symbolizes our heart and our national pride…. But I’m getting sidetracked here!
Here is an inspirational poem about the difference between Strength and Courage to help you choose for yourself. If anyone knows the author, please let me know. Val x
The Difference Between Strength and Courage
It takes strength to be firm,
It takes courage to be gentle.
It takes strength to stand guard,
It takes courage to let down your guard.
It takes strength to conquer,
It takes courage to surrender.
It takes strength to be certain,
It takes courage to have doubt
It takes strength to fit in,
It takes courage to stand out.
It takes strength to feel a friend’s pain,
It takes courage to feel your own pain.
It takes strength to hide your own pains,
It takes courage to show them.
It takes strength to endure abuse,
It takes courage to stop it.
It takes strength to stand alone,
It takes courage to lean on another
It takes strength to love,
It takes courage to be loved.
It takes strength to survive,
It takes courage to live.
~ David L. Griffith
Whenever you feel you have neither, may the heart of the universe hug you today with its warmth, and love.
And may the wind carry a voice that tells you there is a friend sitting in another corner of the world wishing you well!
