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

FINAL DESTINATION

Welcome to my Blog "Remind the Masses".  I hope you are enjoying reading my blogs and I hope this Spirit Inspired Message reaches a place inside of you that resonates and inspires you on your journey of discovery.  As humans we can all lose our way in this world, but as many spiritual teachers believe - "We are in this world, but we are not of this world".  What does that really mean? It means we are NOT human beings having a Spiritual experience, but Spiritual beings having a human experience.  Coming to planet Earth is like going on a journey of discovery, and just like any long term exploration, we must plan ahead with the necessary tools and training that will allow us to survive and navigate the mission in which we set out for.  Would you leave for a cross-country drive without a road map, water and other supplies that will keep you thriving along your route?  When an astronaut prepares for his mission of discovery and leaves on a space shuttle to go from one planet to another, he must train for a long while to be able to acclimate to his surroundings and he must take the necessary steps to learn survival skills, taking a survival kit with him once he lands in this foreign territory. He must even wear a special space suit in order to sustain the harsh conditions of another planet.  He goes through several simulated exercises so he is prepared for the actual experience once he is there.  The same is true for our Soul once it decides to leave it's comfort zone and come to Planet Earth.  Just like an astronaut, we must go through extensive preparation, planning and simulations before entering Earth.  Also like an astronaut, you pick out your very own personal suit which is the physical body of you.  Hey and guess what? You even get to pick out the color of your suit, as well as other physical attributes that go along with it.  Your Survival Kit includes other Souls who agreed to help you carry out your mission as well as other carefully planned out events and experiences, as well as the geographical location in which you enter.  You get to pick who these people will be; everyone from your parents, family members,  friends and lovers.  Many reading this who may not have favorable circumstances in your life, have just scratched your head and are denying that you would ever pick such a miserable existence.  You are probably thinking that you would have picked a wealthy family or possibly a better career, a bigger house, fancier car and oh yes, the word stress would not exist in your vocabulary.  Certainly you would pick a life which would be one big party on a yacht in the Mediterranean,  Right ?  While it may be true that some of you did construct your plan with quite a bit of perks, make no mistake that there are other circumstances that you may have picked that are not so favorable.  The grass may seem greener in your neighbor's yard but believe me, if you look hard enough, you will find some weeds and even if it seems greener, they still have to mow it (meaning, they have to do the work in order to keep it green).  I love metaphors, don't you?  There are some people in this world that seem to have it all.  Do not ever assume that they do not have any problems or issues just because they have learned to wear a fool proof mask that hides their pain.  Illusions can be very tricky and they can even leave you comparing yourself to others wishing you had their life.  Instead, Spirit's message is to teach that each and everyone has a Life-Theme that our individual Soul chose before we embarked on this earthly mission.  You may have loads of money but no one to share it with.  On the contrary, you may have loads of love from family and friends with lots of emotional support, but have to struggle to make ends meet.  The journey of one's Soul cannot be mastered in one go around or one life-time, but instead is on going until it reaches the point of true Spiritual Mastery or Enlightenment.  In other lifetimes (yes I wholeheartedly believe in re-incarnation) or for the love of being Green, I will call it re-cycled souls, you may have picked a theme and hopefully mastered it.  If not, you can rest assure, you are working through it again here and now.  You only picked it, along with the Divine, angels, spirit guides and ascended masters to help you be the best that you can be.  Many of you know what you picked as your life's theme and many are still trying to figure it out.  If you have no idea, I'll give you a hint.....Your theme is that nagging situation that constantly keeps re-appearing no matter how much you think you are done.  For example, some people may keep picking abusive relationships in their life.  This can be in the form of a parent, a teacher, a friend or of course a spouse.  Can you guess this theme?  Hopefully you guessed Self-Love, Self-Respect or both.  When you love and respect yourself enough, you teach others to love and respect you.  The good news is we can have more than one theme that we may pick in a lifetime.  So, once you master one theme, the other one will show up immediately and will be repeated in your life until you get that one under your belt.  The quicker you learn, the easier things will be.  Not recognizing your theme can become a blockage in attaining the intended goal.  Remember the survival kit that I spoke about earlier?  The information from that survival kit has been downloaded into your Soul like a hard drive of a computer and each time you decide to come to Mission Earth, you can refer back to that and your very carefully planned out life map.

In conclusion, whether your current life's map involves the road less traveled or one that boasts a charmed existence, each soul is a spark of THE DIVINE.  Whether or not it takes one lifetime or a thousand, the Journey of the Soul is to find it's way back to it's Source of Love and Light,  reaching the path of enlightenment in order to co-exist with peace, love and harmony. This is it's true
FINAL DESTINATION.

I hope you enjoyed the read.  Please tune in this coming Saturday night, February 28, 2015 on The Lifetime Movie Channel (LMN) to watch the season Premiere of The Haunting Of..... at 9PM EST, followed by Psychic Intervention, and if you missed any previously aired episodes of The Haunting Of..., you can catch them by tuning in at 8PM EST.  For any other information, including my LIVE appearances, please visit my website at www.Kimthehappymedium.com
Love & Light and remember to BAB (Be A Blessing)
Kim