HEART SHARE

SPIRITUAL ASPIRANT FOR OVER 30 YEARS

As a spiritual aspirant for over 30 years, and in my profession as a Ph.D. Psychologist, I have practiced numerous techniques and approaches for enhancing well being and spiritual growth…

… yet none of them can compare to the profound peace, joy, and love experienced from going into the depths of our heart.

I now realize that the path of the Heart is the most direct approach to our ultimate fulfillment. Many of us know that we are meant to follow our hearts, listen to our hearts and live from our hearts. About 4 years ago I thought I was grounded in my heart and I now realize that I had only scratched the surface of my heart. Even though I had become an established and successful meditator who could easily experience an extended space between my thoughts and the pause between my breaths, I was not truly heart centered nor was I experiencing the inner depths of my heart. The last three years of my life have been the most profound, since I realized and can experience the deep joy and love radiating from the core of my heart.

I am so grateful to know that opening our hearts completely, is a great gift that we offer ourselves, our families and our planet. From the depths of our heart we experience the direct loving connection to the True Source, the Source of Love and Light. As I let go, and allow my heart to love the True Source more and more, the joy and love continues to deepen beyond what I ever imagined. What is so amazing to me, is that my efforts, skills, or ability to focus, has nothing to do with enhancing the process and are actually obstacles that block one from going into their heart. It is simply my willingness to feel what is already their, and to allow the love to bring me deeper into the love. This sacred process is available to all of us who are willing to let love work the way love truly is. I trust that if you listen to your heart call, you will feel that Love is calling you home to the core of your heart, your true self. I am grateful to share the journey of life with so many hearts that are feeling the inner calling to be instruments of light and love, the way the Source of Light and Love wants us to be.

- Ed Rubenstein

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LOVING TRUE SOURCE MORE

“Learning to open my Heart has changed my life completely. There are no words that will adequately describe the Love and Joy that I have experienced since the opening of my Heart.

It has been truly miraculous. I recommend this for everyone. I now know that Loving True Source more is what life is really all about.”

Jack Bracewell

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Sometimes you feel like you have been searching your whole life for something, and you don’t even know it until you find it. That is the way it was for me when I met my own heart.

I knew that I was longing for a feeling of Home and a connection with the Creator through which I could just be me and be loved and love in return, no matter what. I had a sense that this was what our adventure on earth was all about. I already knew that what I longed for wasn’t in being successful, having a loving relationship, being attractive, having children or a beautiful house. As nice as these all are they require a lot of feeding, and the results are often uncertain.

I meditated for 32 years, and taught meditation to others. I listened to and spoke inspiring words. I met people who seemed to have what I was looking for, but found they were not able to pass it onto me. I tried to give up and settle for less, but I got depressed and felt even more empty and lost than before. After traveling through the lessons of two marriages, stepparenthood,and a career as a psychologist, a friend of mine told me what he had learned through a gifted teacher. That the key to our connection Home is the heart, not the physical muscle that pumps our blood, but the non physical heart that we talk about when we say “follow your heart” or “a pure heart”.

It is the heart that you pick up and dial and then listen to in order to connect back again to the feelings of love, calmness, and joy. I had been trying for years to get to those feelings through a peaceful mind,which hadn’t worked very well. I thought if your mind was quiet enough then what was underneath the mental chatter would be love and joy. What I found was that a lot of calm mind could get pretty boring, and that it was hard work keeping it calm even some of the time when living a normal life. That is why most people seeking to quiet the mind usually had to go to a retreat place to find it. At times, I had tried to use my head to connect with my heart by focusing on being loving or visualizing being loved. What I hadn’t realized was that I had to go directly to the heart, not through any other part of me, in order to be able to feel what is within it, Divine Love and Light.

It has been three years since I first began experiencing and enjoying the feelings from my heart, feelings gentle, beautiful, sweet and powerful at the same time, beyond anything I could have imagined. All my good feelings had always been coming from there, I had just not known how to access them. More wonderful still,I now experience that the heart is the key to our connection with our Creator, the Divine Source, which is why the wonderful feelings are there, not in our heads. Being in our hearts leads to a life lived in love, which leads us closer and closer to our true Home and destiny as human beings, to our Creator.

How wonderful it is for me to be able to say that this is no longer a far off dream or something written about in a holy book, but something that is available now.

- Dianna Stone, Ph.D

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I NEVER IMAGINED……

“I never imagined that the spiritual path could be so easy and so much fun. I am having more joy than ever and I am growing spiritually faster than ever. I have been doing spiritual practices diligently for 35 years.
But until I took my first Open Heart workshop, my spiritual path was like swimming upstream against a raging current. Now my spiritual path is like being carried downstream, letting the love of my heart gently carry me home.
My first profound spiritual experience came in 1970. So, I have long known that the spark of the divine is within me. But I didn’t know how to easily and consistently access that spark. All the pathways I had been taking involved going through my mind. Unfortunately my mind is full of pitfalls, and those 35 years have felt like climbing a steep mountain on an uncertain path. Allowing my heart to take me to the divine spark within is like relaxing on deck of a boat on a warm, sunny day while the boat carries me to my destination.
I feel as if I have found what I have been searching for my entire adult life. I am so grateful. I am letting go of the struggles of my mind and enjoying the sweet love of my heart. I still stumble and fall on my path at times, but now my heart is always ready and able to pick me up and guide me ever deeper into the love that is my birthright as a human being.”
- Bob Kaplan
(taken from : www.heartsanctuary.org)

SPIRITUAL JOURNEY IN BRIEF

Spiritual growth to us simply means how to be closer to the Divine Source (the Creator) in your daily life, to be healthier, more peaceful, calmer and happier and to attain the ultimate goal of your life, enlightenment and then Yoga. We are sure that the heart is the key for only your heart can receive the blessing from the Divine Source. Blessing from the Divine Source is the only source of true peace, calmness and happiness. Blessing from the Divine Source is the mightiest power, so that it is the best help you can receive for your every need not only in your daily life, but also for your spiritual growth!

As the ultimate destiny is to return to the Divine Source, it is not the goal only for certain groups of people who believe that they are interested in the spiritual journey. It is the real goal of life itself. Then, returning to the Divine Source is not about how much you can do or how much you know. It is not about going to a higher or better place. It is about going closer to the Source of your True Self. So, what matter is how much you love the Divine Source. You need to realize this goal in your daily life so that you can really live your life to be closer to the Divine Source. You need to really live your life to share the love with others and to love the Divine Source more before you can reach the ultimate goal.

source : http://www.reikitummo.com/SpiritualJourney1.html

Reiki TUMMO®: A Path to the Heart

Reiki TUMMO®: A Path to the Heart
Irmansyah Effendi

All truth is in your heart, not in the physical heart, but in the core within yourself where your true self resides. To access that truth you must open your heart and Reiki TUMMO® can help you do just that. Reiki TUMMO is not a tradition founded on Usui Reiki. It is a technique that developed independently and goes beyond healing to assist you in your spiritual growth.

Spiritual progress in Reiki TUMMO is based on learning to use your heart more in your daily life and opening your heart for true insight and understanding. When you learn Reiki TUMMO, you are introduced to energy channeling for healing, but also as a tool to lead you into your heart so you can learn directly from your heart, rather than from others.

With Reiki TUMMO attunements, your main chakras open and the main energy channel within your spine, the sushumna, opens from the top of your head to your tailbone. The sushumna is crucial for your health as all of your vital organs are connected to your spine. When this channel opens, energy flows freely. Negative energy is released easily and clean energy can flow in effortlessly. The opening of your sushumna, together with your ability to channel energy, improves your physical, mental and emotional health significantly.

These benefits are simply the beginning. In Reiki TUMMO Level 2, your Kundalini is awakened. The Kundalini, a natural power within all human beings, is sought by those who are serious about their spiritual growth. Kundalini is the special energy that helps you to thoroughly cleanse your energy body continuously, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. However, the Kundalini is hard to awaken. Spiritual seekers can spend years of practice to have their Kundalini awakened and, even with special practices, they still have to take specific precautions so the strong energy of the Kundalini doesn’t create problems. In Reiki TUMMO, your Kundalini is awakened instantly and safely. Once it is awakened, your Kundalini will help you with the cleansing process and you can expect to have better health, feel happier and enjoy rapid spiritual growth.

A core practice of Reiki TUMMO allows the practitioner to let divine energy flow into the heart continuously, cleansing, purifying and opening the heart. Divine energy is the most important factor in helping you to be within your heart, rather than simply observing or focusing on your heart. By being in your heart, you experience divine light filling your heart with infinite joy and peace. You experience bliss. As you are also connected to the earth’s core energy, you experience the bliss while still living in daily and routine situations. So, you enjoy all the beauty of living in your heart while going about your regular activities and living a typical life.

The good news does not stop here! We all know that the heart is the key to the real truth for all truth is within our hearts. The only question is how to access the truth when the brain dominates our lives and blocks any connection to the heart. This is what Reiki TUMMO is actually about. Reiki TUMMO prepares you for an advanced technique that allows you to go into your heart and find the truth within. Only with access to the real truth within your heart can you grow spiritually.

In Reiki TUMMO, you connect with your heart, with divine energy and with the earth’s core energy. As you connect to your heart, you feel the peace and the stillness that is always there. Your connection to divine energy is an essential element in spiritual development because divine energy is the most effective energy for cleansing and opening the heart. As you get better connected to your heart, your heart will become stronger. Since the heart is the center of love and compassion, you will feel more peaceful, relaxed and happier in your daily life. A stronger heart and a better connection to the divine energy will also elevate your awareness. When you encounter a situation that would normally trigger negative emotions, you will simply smile instead of being angry or upset. It is wonderful to have a heightened level of awareness for you can live your life with love and compassion rather than negative emotions. A stronger heart and a better connection to the divine energy are mandatory in preparing you for further spiritual study.

Once you are ready to let your inner heart guide you all the time, you are prepared for more advanced studies. You will attain your soul consciousness and then your true self consciousness easily. This does not mean that you simply connect or communicate with your true self. Instead you are fully conscious as your true self within. At this point, the true meaning of life and the real goal of life will be so clear that you will perceive life as a joyful journey to return Home.

For upcoming workshops on July 10-11 in Overland Park, Kan., please contact Mihir Thaker at Mihir_tummo@yahoo.com, call (913) 685-4468 or visit www.padmacahaya.com

Irmansyah Effendi is the founder of the Reiki TUMMO system of healing and spiritual growth and author of over 10 books on healing, meditation and spirituality. His new book: “Reiki TUMMO: An Effective Technique for Health and Happiness” has been recently published by Yayasan Padmajaya Press in the United States.
Copyright © 2004 Irmansyah Effendi

(Source:http://edgelife.net/issues/2004/07/effendi.html)

“HEART TO HEART" Vocabulary

“Heart to Heart” Vocabulary

We are shifting into a new paradigm which is based on the realization that our Heart is our True Center, not our brain. Therefore, concepts and vocabulary to describe and understand the Heart experiences are limited in our language. The below vocabulary is an educational tool to help us better understand the differences between the head and the heart.

Heart: Our center of feeling. It is located in the center of chest at the level of the armpit. This is not the physical heart; it is our non-physical heart.

Head/Brain: Center of thinking and center of ego

Emotional Center: People often confuse this with the heart. It consists of the emotional patterns stored in our systems and is connected to our solar plexus. There is a direct relationship between the head/brain and the emotional center. When we are not heart centered, they trigger each other and respond to each other throughout the day.

True Source: The Source of Light and Love and the Source of all True Selves (core of our hearts).

Heartfullness: With deep gratitude and appreciation, being fully present in the moment and embracing the Love and Light of the True Source.

Mindfulness: A limited paradigm about being in the present that involves a calm mind while being the observer of all experiences. You cannot be mindful and be fully in the heart, because when you are being mindful, you are an observer and that is a mental state. Being Heartfull is a joyful feeling state in the here and now.

Feeling: Subtle feeling that are the natural by-product of our hearts, such as peace, calmness, gratitude, appreciation, joy and love.

Blessing: Letting the Love and Light work in our hearts to help us in every way.

Head/Brain States: Any thinking or emotional response that keeps us in a head/brain dominant position. Examples include, worry, fear, judgments, arrogance, inadequacy, anger, sadness, anxiety, and dwelling on the past or the future.

Emotional Reactivity Buttons: Emotional patterns that tend to repeat themselves when we live in our head. At times they can re-activate frequently, based on triggers in the environment.

Brain Dominant: Head/ Brain is dominant as a result of your identification with brain states. This is the position in which most people live, most of the time.

Heart Dominant: Heart is dominant and brain is peacefully and agreeably acting as the executor, carrying out the loving wisdom and guidance from the heart. This is the very best way to learn, grow, and live in the world.

Choice Point: Your every moment gift of being able to quickly shift from any head/brain state to Heartfullness.

Excuses: Justifications that the brain uses to convince you that you have a really good reason why you are feeling the emotions or why you are not happy or fulfilled. Excuses prevent you from realizing that every moment is a choice point, and the opportunity to shift from the brain to the joy and fulfillment of one’s Heart. The Heart doesn’t have or use excuses.

Letting Go: You are relaxing and smiling without effort, feeling the nice feeling, and allowing the nice feeling to take you deeper into your heart.

Blockages: Stuck energy patterns which keep our hearts from expanding to a new level of openness. Blockages around the edges of our heart limit us from a deeper experience of the True Joy. They are like clouds which prevents us from feeling the Love and Light of the True Source which would like to radiate from the core of our heart.

Heart Cleansing: The natural cleansing process of releasing stuck emotional patterns.

Normal: The head/brain states that we hang out in most of the time, and have come to believe are real.

True Purpose: Sharing the Light and Love as an Instrument of the True Source.

Earth School(Life): The planetary classroom, we call life, which provides the profound gift and the greatest opportunity, which is to fulfill our True Purpose and live in the True Joy.

Discontent: Suffering that results from the bondage of different brain states.

Contentment: Effortless peaceful, calm and joyful feeling that is the natural by-product of being in the Heart.

Wake-up-call: As we realize we have been living our life in the bondage of brain states and we begin the journey of fulfilling the True Purpose of life. We begin to follow the calling of our heart.

Illusion: Failing to hear the wake-up-call and continuing to live as if somehow the brain will lead us to True Joy, or believing that accumulating or fulfilling desires will eventually lead to fulfillment.

Inner Heart: The core of your heart that is the spark of the True Source. The inner heart knows the deepest truth, and leads us to the True Source. Most inner hearts are not active yet.

Longing: Longing is the deepest most natural and joyful yearning of our inner heart to be fully connected to the True Source.

Desire: Desire is the brain’s way of distracting us from the true longing of our heart. Desires help us to remain in illusion because it keep us thinking that it will lead to fulfillment, when in reality, allit does is lead to more desires. Desire is the brain’s way of filling the vacuum that is created by a life not lived in Heartfullness. Heartfullness is complete in itself.

Brain Intelligence: What society typically calls “normal” and how educational systems and families have taught us to function. It’s how we learned to think, reason, rationalize, categorize, judge and problem solve. It happens to typically be self-centered and motivated for personal gain. The bottom line of brain intelligence is often, “What’s in it for me”

Heart Intelligence: The innate loving wisdom of our heart that guides us to make choices which allow us to fulfill our True Purpose. Heart intelligence takes our needs into consideration, however it is not self-centered based. It accesses the bigger picture that is often beyond the perceptions of the brain. It guides us to make loving wise choices. It helps us to have greater clarity about situations. It gives new insights, perspectives and attitudes about efficiently managing whatever challenges that come up in daily life.

Stress: A physiological reaction that arises from brain states in which one perceives themselves as threatened or uncomfortable.

Stressors: Events or circumstances that are perceived to be stressful due to the state of brain dominance. This occurs even though one’s life is not really being threatened. During Heart Dominance or Heartfullness, the same event or circumstance would not be perceived to be a stressor. That event or circumstance would be viewed as an opportunity to be an Instrument of Light and Love.

Being in the World but not of it: When we live in Heartfulness, we function in the world as an instrument of light and love, without being pulled into worldly preoccupations and dramas that result from emotional states and brain dominance. We live your life like the Lotus, a symbol of love, which maintains its sweet scent and never gets dirty, even when living in the muddy waters.

Limited Identity: A brain dominant position related to who we have convinced ourselves to think we are. It consists of opinions, beliefs, values, rationalizations and excuses. It helps to justify why we believe what we believe, why we feel about things the way we feel, and why things are the way they are. It’s a product resulting from past experiences, colored lenses from unresolved issues that taint perceptions, and personality patterns formed from the conglomeration of head/brain states we associate with. Our identity is a self-creation.

True Self: Our true identity as our true self resides in the center of our heart. This is the real you that is the spark of Light and Love from the True Source. We are meant to radiate the Light and Love of the True Source. Everyone has a true self, however, not all sparks of light and love are radiating. Our true self is who we really are on the deepest level of being, beyond all boundaries of space and time. Living our True Purpose, loving the True Source completely and following the path of Heartfullness leads to the realization of our true self. Then the Light and Love of the True Source is free to shine through our being, just the way that the True Source likes.

(source : www.heartsanctuary.org)

STEP TO OPEN OUR HEART

IT’S EASY

The great news is that no special talent is needed to open your heart. Everyone has a heart, and it is your birthright to open your heart and enjoy. Some will be able to feel their hearts right away, while for others it can take a little longer.

If you are having difficulty with feeling your heart, it is because you are not relaxed enough and you are trying to open your heart, rather than feeling your heart open.

Feeling your heart is very different from observing your heart. If you are observing the experience, you are not properly in your heart.

Initially, some people may not be aware of the feeling in their heart because they are only used to “feeling” from their physical senses, such as being pinched or tickled, hot or cold, sweet or salty.

The feeling from the heart is most similar to what you feel when you are happy and joyful. This is not to be confused with emotional expressions.

RECOGNIZING THE DIFFERENCE

Head

1. Take one minute and think about a problem you are having at work, home or elsewhere.
2. Now realize which part of you was active and what happened. Can you notice that your brain or head was dominant?
3. You may have experienced a pressure or heaviness in your head area as you thought about the problem. This is normal and it is how many people experience most of their lives.

Heart

1. Remember a happy or joyful moment you have experienced. Re-experience the feeling of the happy or joyful moment again. Don’t visualize or try to capture the details…. just relax and re-experience the feeling again, as if you were in that moment.
2. Now, realize which part of you became activated and what had happened.
3. Many of you will have experienced a nice feeling in the center of your chest. That is the very beginning stage of feeling your heart.

The above exercise can help you distinguish the difference when you are in your head and when you are in your heart. It is important for us to know the difference. If we are not able to clearly distinguish head from heart, then we will be very limited in our capacity to live a heart centered life.

(source : www.heartsanctuary.org)