My Heart Broken Open is Emitting More Light
Choosing my response to upsetting news
Yesterday, I woke up to some disheartening news. Yes, it was about world events and politics, which I usually avoid. It was early, and I didn’t have my emotional armor up yet. Let’s say it sparked fear, sadness, and disillusionment in me.
Images of the dark side of humanity gaining ground and casting their shadow near and far, causing irreparable damage, freedoms lost, and the destruction rather than protection of Earth.
That’s not what I want to focus on. I could feel myself sinking, and that is what sparked the need for a shift within and the desire to share that with you so you, too, can shift when you feel you are dropping down a dark hole of despair.
This is a story about what to do to hold steady and stay present when something, someone, a personal issue, global loss, or pain breaks your heart, and your ability to carry on as a flexible, creative, sensitive, and generally functional adult is at risk.
My first response was to feel despair creeping up around me, which, for me, with a long history of deep depression, would often be a precursor to feeling paralyzed in my life and sunk. That set off alarm bells in my head—my depression's early warning system. Time to change direction!
Then, as I have learned to do, I shut off the stories my mind was creating. I stopped reading other people’s fears and stories.
I took a few breaths to settle myself and tap into my awareness that we all are more than we are—divine beings having a human experience.
I remembered other times when I felt deep heartbreak and crushing despair, times when my heart felt broken wide open.
I had two basic choices.
I could sink into the fear and pain with my heart and sad energy leaking and spilling everywhere, or stay open, present, and feel the feelings without adding an extra story or stacking them up past and present like a pile of rocks.
I could allow more light and love to pour out of my broken open heart—sink or stay open. I chose the latter.
There were still tears, fear, and sadness. What changed was my energy and perspective. My intention and attention were set on love, light, and compassion.
My deep heart knows we are much bigger than our circumstances—beyond feelings and stories. I allowed my higher self, the greater me, to lead the way.
The hard stuff no longer loomed like jagged rocks and huge boulders, cutting off the view and possibility of anything else. Those obstacles and dangers were now surrounded and steeped in bigger love and a greater sense of connection. The hard stuff didn’t disappear, but now it felt softened, its impact dulled, and seen as part of a greater whole.
Like a simmering stew, those “boulders,” nasty as they might be, were surrounded, diluted, and soaked in this broth of love, peace, and divine grace, and if that accomplished nothing else, I felt much better and inspired and present.
When we hold our hearts in that light and build that vibration, we send out that energy. We are that broth.
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My heart is broken open with love, exuding, emanating, radiating, spilling love and light out like a fountain, rippling far and wide. I know it takes practice to open and keep opening over and over again because it’s not our natural response.
I know it makes a difference, and when we join our hearts in this kind of intention, its force multiplies exponentially.
We don’t have to send it off with instructions. We hold the stance of higher love and let love itself do the work.
I know it’s easy to go into assumptions of doomsday outcomes. What if something else was entirely possible due to all this breaking down and opening?
This morning, I thought, what if this paved the way for this country to vote for a Black female president, changing the course we seem to be headed in? What if we are really on the high road, and it just looks wrong because there’s so much rubble in the way?
What can love do? Really, what can love do?
As part of my commitment and intention, I will be holding a weekly Heart-Expanding/Vibe-Uplifting Meditation session on Wednesdays at 6:30 p.m. Pacific Time.
Let’s flood the air and blanket the planet with love and well-being for ourselves, each other, and the world.
Feel free to email or connect with me on Facebook, and I will send you the link to join.
I recently discovered Atmo Advait (pen name) BlissFlip. In this story, he shares his beautiful, mystic, spiritual BlissFlip process and the cosmic stories about putting this into practice. He offers a step-by-step plan to put spirituality, non-duality, appreciation, and mindfulness into everyday life, which speaks to real-life experiences.
The imagery and creativity in his writing are enough to transport you to magical/mystical realms and then return you to the ground filled with new understandings and answers.
