Aspire Magazine: Inspiration for a Woman's Soul.(TM) Oct/Nov 2014 - Featuring Louise Hay | Page 61
The heart is the GPS of the soul. Similar to
the way a GPS gives us driving directions,
the heart directs us on our soul’s path using
coordinates based on spirit’s connection
to source. It is because the heart’s energy
transmissions bypass the brain that we
to let your guard down,” “If you take that risk,
you’ll get hurt,” or “Don’t confide in anyone,
because they’ll let you down.” All such
negative messages produce a lack of trust in
ourselves and our own experiences.
By contrast, our hearts give us information
from an expanded perspective that can guide
us without judgment, negativity, or criticism
and give added clarity to assist us in making
more discerning choices. To channel this
invaluable spiritual information, it is important
to allow our minds to recede and focus on
our hearts.
In shifting perspective from the mind to the
heart, we create an inner harmonic balance.
For example, when we swim, our brain
focuses on our strokes, pace, or the distance
we have traveled. Once we let go of keeping
track of this activity, our focus shifts to our
hearts, allowing us to swim with less self-
When we listen to our hearts, we live with
passion and purpose and feel a sense of
alignment with our higher selves.
receive spiritual information to guide us. We
all have the ability to sense such information
whether it’s a gut feeling, an “aha” moment,
or an inner knowing.
Unlike our hearts, our analytical brains are
similar to computers that scan, store, and
retrieve data from the past but cannot tap
into spiritual information. Such data collected
by the brain takes the form of negative
mindsets, beliefs, and patterns stored on the
brain’s “hard drive,” such as “Be careful not
consciousness in a meditative, rhythmic
manner.
To reap the benefits of this reservoir of
spiritual information, we must develop and
strengthen our ability to listen to our hearts.
One way to develop this capacity is to sit in
a quiet place and enter a trancelike state
through breathing, prayer, or meditation;
open the heart by touching it, breathing
through it, or saying, “Open my heart;” then
listen to the voice of spirit speaking to us.
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We can use spiritual information as guidance
even while exercising the freedom to choose
our life’s path. In the fifth century BC, Socrates
and Plato supported the premise that there
is an individual spirit and a collective soul,
and that when the spirit leaves the body
it continues on to the environment of the
soul. Consequently, the soul is an energetic
environment like the air we breathe, a pure
consciousness that everyone can access.
Through the energetic connection of spirit to
soul, spirit can guide us while allowing us the
freedom to choose our life’s path, and soul
can provide us with a blank screen on which
to imprint our choices in every moment.