To create a healthy heart three main stages are required:
1. A full heart
check up.
2. Heart surgery (if
necessary).
3. A Heart Maintenance
programme.
The Heart
Checkup
I have a
friend who prides himself on his physical fitness. He would regularly play squash and run, even
though he lived an extremely busy life as a barrister and had a young
family. One day after a run he developed
severe pain in his chest. He immediately
consulted his doctor, and tests showed that 90% of blood flow did not reach
some parts of his heart. He was shocked
to know this. My friend’s experience prompted me to think. How much love reaches my heart? We often don’t realize how little love-flow
reaches our heart, and naturally the less that goes in the less goes out.
How do I
test the love-flow to my heart? The real
signs are contentment with myself and others.
Pure love dissolves desires for others’ recognition and respect. Pure love will also replace arrogance with
humility. Pure love will be so
fulfilling that my natural response is to share love with others. I won’t even feel empty. So, how healthy is my heart?
Heart
Surgery
Depending on
my checkup, I may need heart surgery.
The heart needs three types of love to become completely healthy, so
sometimes surgery is required to begin the love-flow.
The First
Surgery Procedure – Opening My Own Heart
We all now
the ingredients of a good relationship: respect, trust, honesty, openness,
care, compassion—the list goes on. Are
these words that would describe my relationship with me? How do I treat
myself? Do I lovingly care for my heart,
or do I put myself down, beat myself, undervalue myself? This self-abusive behaviour seems to be at
the core of my heart pain.
We all want
to be self-loving. Why is it so hard
sometimes? We are educated to try and
love an image. Am I attractive, am I
intelligent, am I successful? I am
trying to love the very barriers and facades I have built around my heart. It has not only prevented others from coming
close, it has prevented me coming close to me!
The first
surgery procedure removes the old self-image of my body, my status, my beauty,
my wealth, and replaces it with the awareness of my spiritual self. First I
begin to accept myself as I am. Then,
when I discover that my intrinsic original state is pure, I begin to heal
deeply, and loving feelings for my true, authentic self emerge. This is the story of “The Sleeping Beauty”:
the beautiful and lovable part of my heart was locked up in a big dark castle,
overgrown with hurts, pains and sorrow.
The prince gives the kiss of self-awareness that enables me to (awaken
and) love my true self.
The Second
Surgery Procedure – Opening My Heart to the Love of God
The heart
became so fragile and sensitive because I felt I was not lovable. I could not accept love from anyone,
especially God, because I did not feel worthy.
But now that
I have discovered my pure authentic self, this part of me can accept the love
of God. Sometimes I like to sit quietly
and allow myself to be loved by God. I
put all other thoughts aside. This love
is such a tonic that it makes a weak heart strong, a broken heart whole, an
empty heart full, and a closed heart open up.
It is the true love that I have always looked for, because, by
definition, true love is love that always exists. This love cannot leave me.
The Third
Surgery Procedure – Giving and Taking Love with Others
When my
relationship with my own heart is strong and the heart of God is close, I have
the foundation to care for my heart in any situation. Not only to maintain my own heart, but
interaction with others helps heal their hearts also.
In my heart
maintenance tool kit I carry some special tools that will help maintain my own
heart and the hearts of others. Before I
begin any heart maintenance procedure, I need to decide which tools will be
most effective in each situation. It is
suggested, if possible, to have a few moments of silence to discriminate
clearly the procedure and tools required.
The
Detachment Tool: this tool is essential to any heart maintenance
kit. To be truly loving, I must be
detached. Does that sound contradictory? When I am dependent I am affected and
influenced by those I am dependent on.
Every word or facial expression can affect my mood. If, however, I use the tool of detached
involvement, my love and support can be constant, regardless of the moods of
others.
The Good
Wishes Tool: this tool is incredibly versatile and can fix most
hearts. It comes from the realization
that the foundation of positive relationships is good feelings. This tool can fix cynicism and mistrust, and
can help open hearts that have been closed.
For the tool to be effective, I need to learn the positive qualities of
the other person and make a commitment to maintaining my vision on those
qualities regardless of their fluctuations.
The
Forgiveness Tool: this tool is extremely effective to clear away the
rubbish of the past. It can dissolve old
rusty feelings and clear the air. As
soon as the forgiveness tool is applied, it instantly relieves heart pain and
often the patient remarks, “If only I had used this tool earlier!” This tool
works best with broken hearts that just can’t let go feelings of anger and
resentment.
The Respect
Tool: this tool works best with heavy hearts: hearts
that carry the weight of many mistakes and failures and when we just cannot see
any beauty in our own heart. The
powerful self-belief is that I am unlovable, and as a result there is no
self-respect. Such hearts expect others
not to love or like them. The respect
tool rekindles self-value and begins to remove the burden.
The
Meditation Tool: this is an
essential tool in any Heart Maintenance Kit.
When the users know how to apply it, they become the master of looking
after their own heart. This tool shows
us how to regularly check our own heart and see that the flow of true love in
and out is regular. An experienced user
of this tool can instantly diagnose if a blockage has developed somewhere, and
begin to remove it.
My Heart
Maintenance Programme
My ongoing
heart maintenance programme needs a healthy diet and regular exercise. A healthy diet consists of a balanced
consumption of positive and loving thoughts and feelings. I need to be careful not to consume the fatty
thoughts of negative self-talk that clog my love-flow. Exercise for my heart consists of giving love
to others. If I do this exercise daily
it will help maintain my heart.
When I learn
the Art of Heart Maintenance, I have discovered the secret at the core of a
happy and fulfilling life.
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