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for a way to constructively employ this
heart for processing emotions. Fortunately,
it's actually easy to do, whether you're
working with yourself or a client. You've
only to focus spiritually on the energetic
heart when concentrating on feelings.
What do I mean by "focusing
spiritually?" There are four aspects of a
being: body, mind, soul, and spirit. The
body, mind, and soul selves are the parts
of the being that seek to understand love.
In general, however, these aspects don't
"get" it yet. Damaged and injured by
life experiences, misguided beliefs, and
emotional confusion, the body, mind, and
soul are survival-oriented. This means their
perceptions are fear-based.
The body-self runs the gut brain. The
mind-self regulates the head brain. The
soul flips between both of these, sometimes
making good emotional decisions and other
times, messing things up. The spirit is a
horse of a different color. It only perceives
situations through the lens of love.
The spirit knows that it is always
connected to the Divine. Because of this,
it will only produce or interpret emotions
through the lenses of love. It will perceive
all situations with mercy and grace, using
emotions to heal and uplift, never deny or
decry. And when the spirit is enabled to
operate emotionally through the energetic
heart, which is located in the center of
the chest, it can bring about miracles.
While the gut brain is busily churning the
stomach, the energetic heart can be ushering
in love and bonding.
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While the head
brain is mixing up thoughts, the energetic
heart can be sharing spiritual truths.
I'm not saying that it's bad to feel fear,
anger, sadness, or any other so-called
"negative" emotions. There are five feeling
constellations (anger, fear, disgust, sadness,
joy). From a spiritual point of view, each
feeling generates a vital message. Anger, for
instance, tells us to set boundaries. Only
our spirit, however, can correctly highlight
and interpret the emotion applicable to a
given situation. Only our spirit can keep us
connected to the Divine while we're feeling
our feelings. Only our spirit will ensure that
our phonons are distributing helpful, not
harmful, sounds through our body.
Notes
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4. Anne Trafton, "How the Brain Processes Emotions,"
MIT News, March 31, 2016, accessed November
2017, http://news.mit.edu/2016/brain-processes-
emotions-mental-illness-depression-0331.
5. Babbel, "The Connections Between Emotional
Stress, Trauma, and Physical Pain."
6. Adam Hadhazy, "Think Twice: How the Gut's 'Second
Brain' Influences Mood and Well-Being," Scientific
American, February 12, 2010, accessed November
2017, www.scientificamerican.com/article/gut-second-
brain; "The Brain in Your Belly," The Best Brain Possible,
September 8, 2014, accessed November 2017,
www.thebestbrainpossible.com/the-best-belly-2.
7. Hadhazy, "Think Twice."
8. "The Heart-Brain Connection," HeartMath
Institute, accessed November 2017, www.
heartmath.org/programs/emwave-self-
regulation-technology-theoretical-basis.
9. Rollin McCraty, Raymond Trevor Bradley, and
Dana Tomasino, "The Heart Has Its Own 'Brain'
and Consciousness," in5D, January 10, 2015,
accessed November 2017, www.in5d.com/the-
heart-has-its-own-brain-and-consciousness.
10. Ibid.
11. Jay Kshatri, "Sound Healing … More Than Just a
Good Vibration," Think Smarter World, July 15, 2015,
accessed November 2017, www.thinksmarterworld.
com/sound-healing-more-than-just-a-good-vibration.
12. Raluca, "How Intuition Works," Intuition
Ways Blog, February 18, 2016, accessed
November 2017, www.intuitionways.com/
how-intuition-works-backed-by-science.
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