Odyssey Magazine Issue 4 | Page 82

has been called sympathetic resonance) to knowledge and wisdom which is not only universal, but holds the design of oneness and inclusiveness, not available to the divisive patterns of the mind. Expressed in another way, it means access to this knowledge leads to solutions and answers that come from the ever-unfolding 'Intelligence of Source', inspired and perfect, and so avoiding the laboured, connect-the-dots, methods of the mind, demonstrating old systems of limited thoughts. While sharing with you the recent research on the heart, it is interesting to note that a discovery which shows that the heart creates the body's strongest magnetic field. An EEG shows it is much stronger than brain waves. A reading can be taken of the heart's frequency one metre away from the body without electrodes being attached. It is also commonly known that a wave of love is 5?000 times more powerful than a thought. Imagine then, the power of living from the heart. I have often experienced in meditation an opening of the sacred centre of the heart and felt waves of bliss emanating from that point. It seemed they were travelling a vast distance. It sounds rather trippy but I was interested to read how the heart releases endorphins, feel-good chemicals produced by the body, described as the body's natural morphine. They give us, and certainly it was so in my experience, a heightened feeling of being alive and an exhilarating feeling of lightness and ecstasy. When we limit ourselves to our minds we are unable to experience or know the bigger picture. Whereas the mind brings separation, the heart brings unity. Where the mind brings mundanity, the heart brings inspiration and upliftment. I enjoyed the biography of Hazrat Inayat Khan, the Sufi Master. When in the West, he was approached by some arrogant individuals and experienced both racial and religious prejudice and was accused of contradictions. Yet he fielded these attacks with humour, wit, humility and an open heart. A woman approached him saying: 'I come with a thousand complaints and in your presence I am disarmed' and he replied, 'Because I have disarmed myself'. I understood from this he mean ??????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????Q??????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????%?????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????]???????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????%????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????%????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????Q?????????????$???A???????=????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????%?()9Q1%? -H??????????10?9\?]=I-M!=AL)%M =YH?e=UH?QIU?Y=% ???H???(??M?????????????????????()91%Y8?e=UH?M9ML???H???(??M?????????????????((????????????????M?????????????()8?Y9 ?5MQH? 1ML?%8?M1?1=Y???H???(??? ??????%?????]??5????????????? ????Q???? ??????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????()=eMMg?$??+???$)%%5((