What opened up your heart today?

When we are well grounded, and expanded, an open heart lets in and gives out light and helps us all to stay connected without attachment.

What image, thought, event, words, music opened your heart today?
What really expanded your heart?

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Well, yesterday I was able to release some negative feeling thereby opening my heart. I don't exactly know how it happened, though. I asked my chiropractor for advice on my negative thoughts. He said, “We get what we expect, not what we want. For a lot of people, those are two different things. We might want the fancy mansion, but we expect to live in a one bedroom shack all our lives because that's where we currently are.”

I retweeted this on Twitter, I started the observer; the watcher to look at my thoughts curiously. Then I felt better. Once I label my thought as if someone else thought it, the problem usually goes away.

Negative thoughts usually shut down my heart so I can't let anything in. Changing my attitute is the first step to opening my heart.

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Today, I read that loving, healing hugs are symbolized by the usual X0X0X0 that people sometimes write as hugs and kisses.

X marks the crossed arms and 0 the embrace.

That opened up my heart further as I felt embraced by Amma, the “hugging saint”

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Going to the home of some people I've known for a long time; but have never visited at home.

As we welcome each other into our homes, another petal unfurls!

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Seeing the petal unfurl above just did it for me today. 
Reading about you Jess “I started the observer; the watcher to look at my thoughts curiously. Then I felt better. Once I label my thought as if someone else thought it, the problem usually goes away.”  What a beautiful way to guide thoughts.


Wanting to make a difference in someone's life today & notice the group's energy of light is greater than just going it alone out there in the trenches.

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A little baby snake in the garden -first, it scared me, and then I realized we had scared it.

so, transmuting the fear into not-fear, I felt my heart open.

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Reconciling with my estranged sister. I had let go of painful feelings I had about her before in my own way.  She has not responded in ways that I had hoped but accepted that and it's good enough for me.  I realize that regardless how others respond, genuine reconciliation and healing happens within - with myself.

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Such beautiful sharings!
Surprisingly, I felt my heart expand at a difficult situation today, when with one whose heart is closed. I realized that to have a heart-felt interaction with her, I needed to open even more.

And remembered a piece I'd written once, about a lake in which - surprise!- a poisonous snake enters. The lake expands and the poison dissipates.[The Expanding Lake]

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I don't know about today, because I haven't felt well.  

I have become more and more aware, of when my heart feels constricted.  Recently, while experiencing grief and sadness, I noticed that tightness as I resisted going deeply into it.  So, I consciously chose to really open my heart up, to feel that and my heart relaxed - it really did feel like an open well, available to receive comfort and give comfort at the same time.

So, this is new for me.  I've always thought I understood open heart but it was at the intellectual, perhaps emotional level, but this is understanding it in the physical body too.

Deb

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Reading the sharings here, sending light towards those who are manifesting need, and joining with those who are beaming light …all opened up my heart today.

Heart flower

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My mother-in-law on a call from India, reciting the words of a blessing between brother and sister on this special day of full moon, Rakshabandhan, while my daughter was tying the thread on my son.

Bonds getting deeper,  light shining–and as I lit the lamp on my multi-faith altar, I realized it's the light that worship is all about. Light endures beyond and shines through the names, pictures, idols, qualities, prayers and observances of our life. And ceremonies and all these outer aspects help to connect us to the light that arose

Yesterday I read again, and this comes back to mind:
The phrase comes from the third verse of the Book of Genesis in the King James Bible:
1:1 - In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth.1:2 - And the earth was without form, and void; and darkness was upon the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters.1:3 - And God said, Let there be light: and there was light.1:4 - And God saw the light, that it was good: and God divided the light from the darkness.

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Meenakshi: Thanks for sharing such a beautiful ceremony of harmony. Your children are truly blessed to have you as their mom.  There should be this type of ceremony all over the world for brothers & sisters.  We would see peace on earth.

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My heart opened for the inner work I did at the Big Mind workshop. I wrote about it on my blog.
http://thepixellator.gaia.com/blog/2009/9/in-the-wake-after-big-mind-process

It's a long story so I don't want to repost it here, but I'm having insights of awareness into my own personality structure and how one shift affects another shift.

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Ah, just read your blog.

Today, as I am facing those opposing clothespins [you've to read Jess's blog to know what I'm saying - right, Jess?]– my heart opened up one more layer. It has to, to allow for balance as more and more energies seek release through us.

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Connection

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I worked all last nigth, and just before going to bed with the first rays of light, I felt I had to go out in the garden. I was greeted by 3 of my dogs, the 4th dog was conspicuously missing. Found him in the other end of the garden holding something that had a very long tail in his mouth. I forced him to give it up. It was a little field mouse, limp, my heart sank. It was wet, no heart beat, but I felt, it couldn't have been dead for long. I gave her mouth to mouse, and massaged her heart. After some effort, she started breathing. She made little sounds, but her eyes were unfocused looking into infinity. I held her in my hands, blew warm air on her, and wanted her to live. I enveloped her in a pink and green bubble of love, told her to take from my life energy what she needed to live. She lived for two hours inside my prayers, her ragged breath became even, and then she died peacefully. I was looking on her little body through misty eyes, so beautiful with the big ears, so perfect. I failed, she died. Perhaps, she died enveloped in love instead of fear and horror, perhaps, this was the only solace I could give her?

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How very beautiful, Clara.
Thank You for sharing your experience…it has opened my Heart :)
What you Could control, you did…Bless You for comforting and loving the little field mouse as it transitioned…I'm sure it passed on happily, having never been Loved by a human…until you :)

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Reading about the little field mouse and your reply is very heart warming.  You changed the energy and made it safe for this little creature to move forward to its next destination beginning with spirit & your heartful touch.

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Thanks for thanking the time for the little critter and for not getting angry at you big hunters. Peace

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Rereading the whole Eli and the sacred mountain blog, really gives me such  a deep sense of connection and love.

The humbleness of a new friend I made.

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I looked at the zinnias in my garden the ones just opening, the ones fully in bloom and the ones dying.

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Doing the six-minute Diamond Alignment meditation.

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Speaking to my children; and seeing our cat brother knocking on the window, knowing that he will be fed; and then being fed by his human brother even before the human had eaten.

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Typing to a childhood friend. Watching the first rays of light move across the rocks making them look like freckles on the face of the earth.

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Watching in disbelief as the Public Works department lifted two men fully-geared, including huge ropes and chain saws, in a bucket from a truck.  This, for the purpose of removing a massive oak tree in our neighbor's yard across the street.  Everything was completely ready and my heart was crying out for the tree.  A discussion took place between the two men in the bucket and the four men on the ground.  I don't know what was said, but the bucket was lowered, the men climbed out and pulled off their special gear, they stowed the ropes and chain saws, got into their trucks and drove away!

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Today I received a lovely prayer on my church's prayer chain - a prayer that a church friend wrote for two of my non-church friends who are very ill:
All Powerful God, Healer of the Universe: Be with Anna and Lilly as they seek to manage, live with, cope with, or overcome their afflictions. Give them strength to live each day to your fullest, give them understanding, peace and serenity. Give them compassion to reach out to others who share their dis-ease and pain. And be with the scientist, researchers and medical personnel who study and treat these maladies. In the name of the Healer Christ. Amen.

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Connecting with my children. Reading this thread…

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Listening to my three year old son say, “Thank you Sweetie” to his pre-teen brother for opening the packaged light-up necklace I had just bought for him. Then I watched the elderly lady in line behind me light up with a bright smile at hearing such a young child call an older child “sweetie.”

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Yesterday and Friday I performed beautiful, personalized wedding ceremonies that I had written. I received so many compliments: From one groom: “This is beautiful. Thank you.” From his father: “That was so memorable … forever.” From one bride's mother: “That was so beautiful - I have to hug you!” All of these affirmations of my value open the heart of one who felt worthless in many ways for much of her life. It also opens my heart to see the faces of the two lovers as they commit themselves to each other for life. Their faces glow, some cry, Friday's bride was trembling with emotion. This is love at its finest.

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Swami Eli's beautiful blog.

Om Namo Narayanam Posted on Sep 20th, 2009 by Eli

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Silent calls

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Spending time with my husband - in the garden, doing yoga, and then having tea together. Ordinary activities, but somehow not done as often as we'd like!

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Having an almost 2 hour phone conversation with our beautiful Gaia friend Cheyenne (Attainment). Was in the planning for a while but today we finally did and couldn't stop talking and listening to each other, very joyful.

Reading thru Swami Eli wonderful blog was like icing on the cake. Very moving.

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that is so great, lucienne! Cheyenne is very special…

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This little event.

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Watching tv sports and the PBS National Parks special with my hubby in his man cave before dinner.

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Helen, today seems to have been a husband-wife bonding thing. See Nion's blog for that as well; and my post above!

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A cuppa hot tea delivered with shortbread on a tray with a flower on this, my 52nd birthday morning.

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And like a ripple, it has spread out to my heart…

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My daughter who just glanced around my door with a sweet smile on her face saying  Hi!

And of course the Gaia Love ripple……aha so sweet…and then the Aum chanting ripple here……

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hearing Swamiji and other beloveds on Gaia minute last night

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This Haiku :-)

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Watching the sun rise on the east side of our house, while it was still completely dark on the west side of our house.  It was like the sky was split in two.

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How beautiful!
Seeing the harvest moon high and bright in the morning sky, while the clouds were turning pink from the rising sun.

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After 2 days of clouds and another of rain, today was sunny.  I walked to the grocery store.  (That I can walk that far again is no small miracle, but that is another tale…)  Bright sun, blue, blue sky, and cool air made me smile.

The people at the sore were polite.  They smiled.  I smiled back.

With far bought than I'd expected when I set out, I called a cab to go home.  I got to sit in that wonderful sunshine.  I smiled at the folks that walked by.  They smiled back.

Finally, the driver who picked me up knew me, called me by name and asked after my family.  He spoke with hope.  He helped me carry my groceries.

All these things are small… but such blessings.

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Such a blessing to see the heart in these seemingly small situations.

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The story of young Babar Ali in India - who found a way to bring light into darkness ; who was raised in circumstances the world may consider dim, but is improving them for so many in his village.

the youngest headmaster

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A red rose opened up my heart today, as I looked into the centre of this beautiful bloom I could see the centre of my heart and feel it opening up just as the rose.

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What opened my heart today?  Lying beside my son and sharing a burst of laughter and silliness.  Being hugged by my daughter and hugging her back.  Thinking of my husband off on a hiking adventure.  Feeling tenderness for him as we spoke on the phone and he shared something he was struggling with…  Reading the lovely post above and feeling myself sink into the deep red centre of it all and open with love.

Thank you for the opportunity to share and the invitation to be here!

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Hi Nicola, thank you for your kind words. I have just finished reading your loving post and it reminded me of just how many precious beings and loving situations we have in our life as we are often too busy or preoccupied to notice the love that is around us. Today I was out shopping with my aging mother when at one stage I could feel myself re-acting to different words that she was saying when almost instantaneously I felt my heart open and a loving energy wash over us both. I could see from the look on Mum's face that she felt it too. It is a really special feeling and “it” is out there for those who wish to connect with it.

I had another experience while shopping today that opened my heart. It began with a light hearted conversation with a lady at the KMart checkout and we were discussing our mothers when she happened to mention that her mum had just died. My heart opened at the sadness on her face and in her eyes. I held her hand and said how sorry I was and as I walked away, I realised I was truly sorry for her sorrow at losing her mother. My mother is quite old and the reality of how precious she is (even when she annoys me…I can see myself reflecting back!) was really brought home to me today and yes my heart truly opened up…and then filled up with lots of love.

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today my heart was opened by starting the morning early with a flurry of text messages with my beloved, who will be here tomorrow!

love,

nicole

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I love the shifting that I have experienced personally and globally in the recent days. Energetically, I have expressed it as a shift from 3d to 5d…. 3rd dimension to 5th. Anyone know what I'm talking about here :) ? Having a little brunch with one of my friends today, we were joking about the day, when a comedy club is started, to talk about all of the funny things that happen while shifting, whether it be shape or downloading or whatever. I fell off the hammock laughing…. imagine it, laughter lightens the “load” very well…. Espavo

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ejgirth ~  Welcome to The Power of Light!!! ”I love the shifting that I have experienced personally and globally in the recent days.” I can just imagine the key out of all of those dimensions.  Very cool! I am grinning from imagination of you falling off the hammock from laughter.  :-) I look forward to knowing more about the dimensions.

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Reading the uplifting and inspiring posts here on Gaia has opened my heart today…as it happens so often.  I'm so grateful for Gaia!!

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Hear, hear!  I echo Helen's sentiments exactly –

“Reading the uplifting and inspiring posts her on Gaia has opened my heart today … as it happens so often.  I'm so grateful for Gaia!”

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ejgirth, the dimensions are becoming clearer now, as is our moving among them; and I'm glad that they brought you to The Power of Light.

earthheartconnection, today my heart opened too, in my time with my mom, in her 80s, clipping her toenails, caring for her and feeling blessed at being able to do so. Her frail body and yet her ever-youthful twinkling eyes are such a blessing.

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Studying maum meditation. As I released negative, past memories from the subconscious mind, I experienced opening of my heart to embrace all living beings and became one with them.

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Lahn,
Consider the possibility that there is no subconcious, that it is a fabrication to keep us from being fully awake all the time by creating an artificial barrier in our mind that put part of our full awakeness out of our reach.

My heart was awakened a hundred thousand times today by every moment. It was especially smiley seeing Minnehaha Fall, the child hood playground of my father and a meditation/quieting space for me this summer(even right under it after the police went to bed). I saw it after putting Celeste's Dream's organic garden to bed for the winter and before a meeting to organize a booksigning for a friend who edited a book on respectful, thoughtful, caring, civil blogging and emailing.
namaste' and find a way to smile with every moment. They are smiling at you so return the compliment.

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This morning, this feedback by confabulations- the satsang [company of true companions] in the thread.

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An Inspirational Poem
St. Theresa's Prayer
May today there be peace within.
May you trust that you are exactly
where you are meant to be.
May you not forget the infinite possibilities that are
born of faith in yourself and others.
May you use the gifts that you have received,
and pass on the love that has been given to you.
May you be content with yourself
just the way you are.
Let this knowledge settle into your bones,
and allow your soul the freedom to sing, dance, praise and love.
It is there for each and every one of us.

When tuning into the Gaia 9.09am this morning and reading the prayers and blessings from my profile page, especially St Therea's Prayer…..
Love Tai

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The ability to bring peace into a family by cooking, feeding, serving.

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It is a wonderful feeling isn't it? My heart opened today as I was reflecting on the past 5 days just spent in the Red Centre of Australia, Alice Springs, with my son and future daughter in law, seeing them in their new home they share with their two dogs. ( and helping them move in)
Their house is situated on the bright red ochre earth and is surrounded by shady gum trees and bright blue sky, they share this with their 2dogs and 3 cats, seeing and feeling the love they all have for each other…I can feel my heart open with love can you feel it too? 

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Watching a video of Willy Nelson, the unique musical and lyrical vibrations that
poured from every pore of his body & acoustic guitar as he performed with his
band and Kris Kristoffersen. He has the kind of vibration that sends shivers up
my spine. Talk about dripping with talent. He is to his musical genre, what Louis
Armstrong was to Jazz. Kevin 

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Yes earthheartconnection I can feel the warmth of that family….and Sparky, the shivers of the music!

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Tai! I have enjoyed reading the conversation to her regarding her journey with her art that she shares with us.

Dreams of Artists™ - Spotlight on Tai

Thanks Tai for bringing us a lighter view with your art.

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You opened up my heart today, Kathy. With your infinite grace and humility, always shining the light on others, you show the light within yourself.