I feel like I\u2019ve been waiting for this my whole life. I spent the first quarter century of my life a bit frustrated why the deep truths I felt seemed so hard to reconcile to my daily experience \u2013 and completely baffled why my peers weren\u2019t ecstatically enthusiastic about learning spiritually. I grew up in a spiritual family and explored a number of paths, but there was always something else, something lingering inside I couldn\u2019t satisfy.<\/p>\n
When I started meditating on the heart, I didn\u2019t fully understand the immense wealth at my fingertips. But something kept me going, something bigger than myself. I wish I had started keeping a diary that first day, like I do now every day after I meditate, since I see over the past few years how much I\u2019ve changed inside.<\/p>\n
My best friend since childhood witnessed it the most. She\u2019s been with me through all the confusion of adolescence, the vacillations of coming into my own as an adult. We were talking one day, almost three years into my practice. \u201cEm, you\u2019re more bright and glowing each year. You\u2019ve had immense growth. Since you started meditating, I feel like I can be one hundred percent myself with you. You just glow love.\u201d I was floored. I knew I had cleared a lot of emotion and sensitivity, found a better balance in my life and a better connection to my intuition, but her words really touched me. I was able to accept what she reflected, because I saw the same in so many of the bright souls around me who were guiding me into further depths.<\/p>\n
I\u2019ve finally found that practical key. I\u2019ve finally connected to the Source of Love in a consistent, satisfying way. Everything else prepared me to be ready for it, and here it is. There are benefits I could enumerate, but the bottom line is that Heartfulness connects me to the wonder of life I\u2019ve always known, and finally have access to.<\/p>\n
A lot of people feel amazed that I meditate every morning. They imagine it\u2019s some huge sacrifice of my time and a serious discipline. I wouldn\u2019t have considered myself a particularly disciplined person. It was a matter of my heart knowing what it needed. It took me some time to get it regular, and I\u2019m learning new depths of the practice all the time. But it\u2019s become like food \u2013 it nourishes me so well it perpetuates itself.<\/p>\n
The best part is? Heartfulness is a never-ending adventure. My friend who also meditates reflected to me about his life and the practice, \u201cThis is like the most exciting story I\u2019ve ever heard of. It\u2019s like better than Harry Potter.\u201d I had to laugh because I feel exactly the same way. There\u2019s this kind of amazing magic that happens where the \u2018miracles\u2019 aren\u2019t these huge science-defying displays. But it\u2019s the consistent synchronicities that help me see there\u2019s more than just me. There\u2019s something bigger that I\u2019m connecting to inside that is showing me over and over that my life is reflecting that connection. I\u2019m not surprised anymore when it happens, but I\u2019m always delighted. It\u2019s the best game of peek-a-boo I am happy to wake up every day and play.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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