Healing Hands

and the Hopeful Heart

Many have said over the years that true compassion is expressed as love in action.

Love that goes beyond the ‘wondering’ and moves into the ‘doing’.

Having an open heart to give and receive love, is a place to start…for it is in opening the heart that we become aware of where compassion is needed.

When you chose to open your heart in love, energy builds within you…energy that can be felt as a ‘Radiance’ that flows freely from you to others.

Others experience this as acceptance, openness, concern, compassion.

It is often palpable because of its strength and power.

We can ‘do’ love by committing to Heal All We Touch…

By leaving any situation better than when we found it…

The Divine Feminine in each of us radiates this healing touch.

It flows like a river of love from our hearts to the heart of another…

from our hands to the hands of another…

This light and this love don’t originate with us.

They are birthed in the Creator and are gifted to us.

We, in turn, gift this love to others…

A dynamic flow is created that can sustain itself and can grow and multiply.

This love from heart to heart builds connection and unity.

It also provides a venue for deep and true reconciliation to occur.

There is little space for discord and separation in the space of genuine love and desire for peace.

So Build Bridges with your heart…

Bridges of Hope…

Bridges over troubled waters that need to be infused with peace and love.

Open to the possibilities of bridges all over the world bringing people together and creating pathways of greater understanding…

Say with St Francis… ‘let me be an instrument of peace…’’

Heart to Heart

Communication at the Heart level is one of the most powerful ways to create connection.

When we want to be fully understood, it is the Heart that we call upon.

The Heart never lies.

The Heart knows only the truth.

The Heart has its own language that goes way beyond words.

The Heart is not blind because it sees with a depth that goes beyond the ‘facts’.

The Heart listens deeply and can filter out those things that have no ‘true’ value.

The Heart can guide us to a ‘better place’ if we let it.

But how often do we?

How often do we choose instead to trust only our minds?

How often do we insulate our Hearts in order to ‘see’ more clearly…only to be blinded by logic without feeling.

It is in our being fully Human…being ‘all’ of who we are, that we can come to understand and appreciate the wonders of another.

By balancing all of our abilities to ‘listen’, will we hear and then connect most completely.

We must remember the only way to honor the Divine in another is to connect through the Heart of who they truly are.

This connection that is created by opening the heart to others is powerful beyond measure.

It can end wars.

It can mend fences.

It can create space for miracles.

It can birth innovation.

It can heal.

It can bring peace.

Open to the loving embrace of the Heart.

Being of One Mind, One Vision,

One Purpose

Getting everyone on the same page isn’t always easy…

With the diversity of the human race, it is sometimes a miracle that any two people can agree on anything.

Being of one mind, suggests something different though.

It suggests the ability to have our own opinions but to also have the willingness to consider the ‘other’ point of view.

And by considering the ‘other’ view, we widen our own scope of understanding and perception.

Being of one mind also speaks to the concept of surrendering to the greater good.

Sometimes it becomes necessary to ‘let go’ of some of our own ideas in order to accept what might be the best for the ‘whole’.

By relinquishing our own needs to ‘control’ or dictate an outcome, we open to greater possibilities and a more exciting solution.

We come to ‘see’ a larger version of what can happen and appreciate a greater depth in any situation.

Being of one mind is a coming together after deep listening and consideration.

It is an action of thinking and being in unison.

This can create clarity of vision and strength of focus.

It allows room for the dreams, ideals and heart’s desires of the many to be realized rather that just the one.

This creates a powerful opportunity to

Stand Together in Harmony with

Clarity of Vision and

Commitment to Purpose.

Freedom to Innovate, Freedom to Explore,

Freedom to Be

Opening to the release of the new and innovative can be an exhilarating experience.

Maintaining a ‘closed hand’ only creates limitations on creativity and learning.

By releasing the need to ‘hang on too tight’, freedom to reach and go beyond where you have been is possible.

The universe is in a constant state of change, renewal and recreation. So are we.

By creating more open space, wonderful new inventions, brilliant new approaches to healing, and exciting new opportunities can be brought into being.

One of the challenges is launching such an effort. It takes energy to overcome the inertia that is often present in large quantities.

We get ourselves into ‘ruts’ of same behaviors, same routines, same responses.

What we need is fresh approaches and alternative options in order to create a miraculous future for generations that will follow.

We must follow the Native American adage that beckons us to examine our decisions and ask if they will serve seven generations in the future. If we cannot answer that positively, then we better reconsider our actions.

Commit to honor the past, accept the present, and protect the future for those that shall come after us.

It's Important to Hold Hands...

In the steady climb of life, it is such a gift to have help from others.
To be supported and guided by those that 'have gone before' is truly invaluable.
That includes, spiritual teachers, angels, superheroes...
As the world intensifies and speeds up,
Holding Hands and not Letting Go becomes ever more important.

For each of us, the road we travel on has its ups and downs and side-ways.
There are times when we are 'on top of our game'
and there are times when we are not sure what game we're playin'.
But to always have at least one hand to hold, can make all the difference in the world.

There is also responsibility when you are holding the hand of another.
It is important not to hold on too tight so as to 'control' the choices of others.
Sovereignty of each soul is paramount.
It is important to allow lots of room for freedom and growth.
It is important to create a spirit of trust so that it can be known that the
hand will 'be' there when needed.
It is important that the hand never be withheld in judgment.
It is important that the hand be selfless and service-driven.
It is important that the hand be held close to the heart.
It is important that the hand be kind.

Pay attention to the Hands you are holding on to.

Pay attention to the hands you are supporting.
Are you serving them well?

It is a blessing to be able to serve...to be the healing hands of hope to others.

Healing from the Heart

Healing from the Heart Center focuses on the dimension of feeling.
This healing centers on the emotional body, that part of us that 'feels'.
This is just one of the many kinds of healing such as physical, mental, spiritual...

Living in the world we do, generates many feelings, some positive and some not so...
We are constantly exposed to things and events that evoke many responses.
Our feelings get a work out daily.
Our choice is to determine what kind of feelings we will have and
how to assign them meaning.

Healing from the Heart opens one to a different response to life.
It is a response of love, understanding, kindness, connection.
The alternative is separation, blame, hurtfulness, and more pain.

By opening the heart, one makes a choice to respond from love and not fear.
By opening the heart, one choses peace, not war.
By opening the heart, one choses vulnerability, not distance.

As many wise teachers have said, 'fear separates', love connects'.
Open the door of the heart and heal all that you touch with love, respect and honor.

Wisdom Whispers

Sometimes, it is only the Whisper that can carry the true message of the heart.
A Whisper carries the energy of Spirit...
It holds the power of the hidden message...
Not the one that must be boldly stated, or the one that must be loudly expressed.
It is the one that waits for its opportunity...waits for its time...waits for its moment...

It is the Whisper that we must pay attention to now.
Within the heart of the Whisper is the message of what the world needs.
Within the heart of the Whisper is voice of those who have little voice.
The Whisper carries the words of those who need our attention...those who are waiting for us to see more clearly... hear more deeply...know more fully...

The image reminds us to 'lean in closely' to what is being said lest we miss the importance and significance of what we need to hear.
So often our lives are so busy...we say, 'there is no time to listen'...
But listening to the Whispers is what we must do...before it is too late to hear...

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Consider the following promise:

I will listen to the Voice of the Divine, Whispering Wisdom into my heart...
I will open my heart in full surrender to the message I am to hear...
Gratitude fills my being as I receive this gift of Spirit.