this is a reliance on the energy flowing between your hearts that is feeding you both energetically.

There was no way you were going to let this uncomfortable experience all the way in, and that is the birth of resistance. Do you know what that means, “letting it all the way in”? We discussed this earlier regarding the beautiful sunset and the perfect romantic experience. You wanted to fully experience these beautiful moments, so you opened up and

Changing your relationship with your mind is a major part of the spiritual journey. You don’t do this by fighting with the mind and resisting thoughts. You do this by learning not to listen to the mind. You are the consciousness, and the mind is the object of consciousness.

The world is a perfect fit for everyone’s growth because everyone is looking at the world through their own blockages.

If you stay with this process every day, you will get there. Put time aside to remind yourself who you are and to recall your commitment to cleaning up inside. Morning and evening practices will help you do this. It doesn’t have to be much time; just enough to relax and release, come back to center, and remember to use every moment of your life to

In drastic contrast to normal memory, if you experience an event that you have trouble handling when it renders in your mind, you use will to either consciously or subconsciously suppress it.

When consciousness merges with the object of consciousness, you can feel the presence of God. In yogic philosophy, the Self is called sat-chit-ananda, eternal-conscious-bliss. When Self focuses one-pointedly on a single object, one experiences the nature of Self—total peace, contentment, and overwhelming bliss. This is available to us at any time i

People get so lost in the experience of the blocked heart that they ruin their lives over it. What the mind says when the heart is closed is not you. It’s just the mind expressing the state of the closed heart. You are the one who notices.

If you get lost listening to the closed heart express itself, you might not want to see where you end up.