GETTING TO THE HEART OF THE MATTER

As we approach Valentine's Day, we see heart shaped items of everything. From boxes of chocolates to the little sweetheart sugar candies with all of the love sentiments printed on them such as wink wink and Be-mine - you get the visual. Since V-DAY is the day that most people celebrate the emotion of "LOVE", I thought it fitting to write about the part of the body where love emanates. Yes you guessed it, THE HEART.  This is the first organ that develops in a fetus, pumping blood throughout in order to cleanse and nourish all of its cells. It is also the first organ to stop working once the death process occurs. 

Did you also know that the month of February has been declared as"American Heart Month" ? This declaration relates to keeping our hearts strong and healthy and free of disease but have you ever thought about the emotional health of your heart? It has been found that the electrical impulse of the heart is approximately 60 times greater than that of the brain and is the most powerful generator of the magnetic field in the body. Recent studies have shown that the electromagnetic field which radiates from the heart center is far greater in strength than that of the brain; In fact, more than five thousand times greater.  Various experiments have found that one person's heart waves can travel up to a distance of 5-6 feet, affecting another person's brainwaves resulting in an energy exchange that can be both positive or negative. So with this knowledge, then it is safe to say that if the energy of your heart field can affect another person's brain, then it too can affect your own brain.  

Emotions can run high and low and are usually broken down into two categories - "LOVE" and "FEAR". Love is a natural emotion that we are born with and is generated through the heart center. Fear on the other hand is an emotion we are taught and is generated from the mind or the ego.  We have all heard the expressions: "follow your heart", "let your heart lead," "do what your heart tells you", etc.  Upon having to make a decision, do you tend to use logic, or do you follow your heart? I must admit, I've been in situations where I've had to make a split decision (head or heart?)  Some decisions are obvious and some are not so easy peasy.

In order to figure out which area you mostly draw energy from, just ask yourself a few questions.  Are you a risk taker and trust that things will work out in your favor?  Do you make decisions based on your feelings as opposed to logic?  Do you feel other people's pain on a deep level which affects you for days ? Are you an animal lover or animal activist ?  If you said yes to any of these questions, then most likely you have a heart center that is activated and open and this is the area where you are most likely to make a decision from. 

Fear on the otherhand uses the ego mind when making decisions and usually likes to play it safe.  As the ego is responsible for making us feel safe and secure, it also is responsible for rationalizing and making sense out of things. It never even gives us the opportunity to receive divine help from this vast and wonderful universe, allowing for blessings that may come our way.  The ego does not depend on a higher power, but rather, relies on it's own merit to thrive out there in the world.  For example, staying in a less than favorable job, marriage or friendship.  The ego mind will rationalize that although these relationships are negative, abusive and traumatizing, it will convince you to stay with language such as this:  "Although my boss is mean and nasty, in an economy such as this, I'm lucky to have a job".  Or, "my husband pays no attention to me and is very condescending,  but I'll put up with it because I am so afraid to be alone and can't pay the bills on my own".  Well, you get the idea.  The ego mind keeps us separate from love by using the emotion of fear;  it often tells us that we are not good enough and because of this, we are always trying to prove our worth to others. The ego mind operates from a selfish and "ME" perspective; always trying to seek pleasure and instant gratification.  It does not like to be inconvenienced and has no patience. As spiritual as one may be and may understand the difference between using the heart vs the mind, as long as we are humans living on earth, it will be a constant struggle to tame the ego mind and keep it at bay. 

On this Valentine Day weekend, the Spirit World has encouraged me to remind you that the most exhilarating of all human emotions is LOVE.  It is the glue that connects us all and it is nature's incredible way of keeping the human species alive and reproducing. As previously mentioned above, allowing love to flow through your heart center can affect your brain. When a person has love in their life, the brain has shown to have more of the good hormones such as dopamine and serotonin.  Scans of the human brain have also found that when a person falls in love, the frontal cortex which is the area that is responsible for criticizing and judging, shuts down.  I guess this is where the phrase, "LOVE IS BLIND" comes from.  These scans have also shown that when love flows, another part of the brain that shuts down is the part that controls negative emotions or fear.  So the way I see it, we can give the ego mind the boot and rely on the emotion of love to feel safe and secure.

Allowing love to flow freely through your heart center begins with you.  When you love yourself first,  others will be drawn to this love  and all of the barriers will disappear.  Some people reading this may be wondering, "how do I let more love in"?   If you were hurt in the past which led you to build walls around your heart, I urge you to think about how you are going to start the forgiveness process.  Most people who hurt others or who lash out, are people who are hurting themselves.  Although each situation is different, think about the person who hurt you.  Was their hurtful actions drawn from their heart, or their ego mind ? You be the judge.  As people may be hurting, the only way they know how to feel better is to transfer that hurt onto others.  It does not excuse their behavior and it does not mean you need to allow them back into your life but as the saying goes - "To forgive is to set a prisoner free only to discover that the prisoner was you".

I hope you enjoyed my LOVE BLOG and I hope this gave you some food for thought.  After all, as we all know, "love makes the world go around".  From my heart to yours......I love you.....❤️

Namaste
Kim Russo
Psychic Medium / Intuitive Healer & Counselor
www.Kimthehappymedium.com

SOULS R US

Thank you for finding your way to my blog.  Spirit has inspired me to remind you who you really are.  If I were to ask you to describe yourself, how would you answer?  Would you identify yourself with the roles you have acquired in your life such as a good mom, a good father, a hard worker, a person with good morals and values?  Maybe you would identify yourself with what you do for a living, or your special talents. When you think about the question, who am I?  Do you identify yourself with your physical identity as in someone who is too tall, too short, having red hair, blond hair or curly hair? Someone who spends endless time figuring out how you can change your physical appearance by dieting or working out?  Perhaps you are like many and identify yourself with the way other people have labeled you at some point such as your parents, teachers, friends, children and spouses?  Maybe your answer is all of the above.  What if I were to tell you that you are none of these things?  Confused?  Let me explain.  You are a Spiritual Being having a human experience.  What this means is that you are a SOUL.  There are many people who would argue that the Spirit and the Soul is not the same thing.  That is up for debate.  What I am talking about is the energy that breathed life into your existence.  Just like a battery that holds the juice to power an electronic device.  The Soul is your life force or the juice.  It can exist in any dimension and is not bound by space or time.  It is ageless and endless and the essence of who you really are; and while we are here on earth the most common way a soul can thrive in a physical body is by expressing it's highest vibration of creation and love using its biggest asset, FREE WILL.  It is the direct link to ALL THAT IS or the spark of the Divine. It is the light that shines within us.  It is oneness and wholeness.  It can never be separated, segregated or divided from its Source.  I call this Source God and the Holy Spirit.  Many have different names for Source and that is okay.  The Soul is not about religion, as religion will surely separate and divide the human race.  Have you ever heard the expression "Soul Search"?  It is called that for a reason.  Since you are a chip off the old block of the Divine, you are naturally ingrained with a navigation system that only has one destination - Back Home or back to the light.  Many people have confessed to not feeling like they belong here on earth.  Like they are different or isolated.   Because you are not separate, you will always be taken care of.  Unfortunately many people have learned to play by the rules of their EGO and have forgotten who they truly are.   Society has programmed many of us to believe it's a dog eat dog world.  It's every man for themselves.  The Ego of man is the factor that has people believing that they are all alone.  The ego mind has created competition to the highest degree here on planet earth.  Where there is competition, there is insecurity, loneliness and vulnerability.  The Soul was never meant to be separate from the whole.  It would be just like taking a fish out of the ocean.  Without the resources that feed it, it is sure to die.  Many people write to me telling me they are dying inside and I know their only hope to thrive again is to find their way back to their ocean, back to their food supply and that is LOVE.  The problem is many do not know how to do this.  It is very easy these days to get caught up in the shadow side of people.  Turning on the news will do it every time.  I don't suggest hiding under a rock or burying your head in the sand.  The solution lies not in how others act or conduct themselves, but in how you react to it.  If you know how loved you truly are in the eyes of the Divine, you would walk with your head held up high as if you have some magic fairy dust in your back pocket that you can use whenever you get sucked into the negativity of others.  Sprinkle some of that dust wherever you go, and you can rest assure, people will ask you what is your secret.  Stay tuned for future Spirit inspired blogs.  Until next time I wish you Love & Light.

Namaste 😏 💫✨ Kim Russo - The Happy Medium

www.Kimthehappymedium.com