Our heart is amazing. It's capacity to love is endless.
Our
heart knows no bounds, no limitations, except the ones we place
on it. What is also amazing, is the extent with which we protect
our heart; the lengths we go to try to close it so that it cannot
be hurt. We often put walls around our heart, thinking that would
keep the pain out. What we fail to recognize is that our heart
is bigger than any pain, any hurt, and in fact, any difficulty
we
face. We forget just how big and how loving our heart really
is.
We have believed that our heart could be broken. This is
not the
case. The real pain is when we have chosen to contain our heart,
to
keep it small and enclosed. What really hurts us is not allowing
our heart to be as limitless and as all encompassing as it really
is.
Our heart always responds to invitation. If we were to check our
heart
this moment to see its size, and then invite it to grow and expand
to
include our body and the area around us, we'd be amazed at the
response.
The moment we invite our heart to expand to include the space
around
us, the area around us, the people around us, our heart instantly
responds by growing and radiating its presence.
Our heart is pure love. When we invite our heart to encompass
any
difficulty, any pain we are feeling, the love in our heart
dissolves the pain, dissolves the fear we are experiencing. When
we invite our heart to encompass any wall that we have built,
our
heart is big enough and strong enough to dissolve any walls that
have been built to contain it.
Our heart's capacity to love is infinite. Our heart feels
like it is
broken when we attempt to hold back its capacity, when we attempt
to block its healing power. It hurts when we try to hold back
love
from a situation, from a person, from loving whole - heartedly.
When we feel we have been hurt, we tend to pull our heart
in, to
withhold its love. This is what really hurts us, for if we were
to
invite our heart to expand and encompass the pain, we would see
there
is no pain bigger than our heart, bigger than who we really are.
You cannot force your heart to do anything. It only responds
to
invitation. Don't worry about manipulating your heart; it will
not
listen to any manipulation or force. The function of the heart
is
very simple - its function is to love. If you wish an open heart,
invite your heart to expand and encompass any fear you have about
this. If invited to, the heart will expand to dissolve any wall,
any fear, we have built.
We remind you that your heart is limitless. We remind you
that all
your heart needs is an invitation to open and expand to include
everyone and everything in your life. Ask your heart: "Is there
room for this person in my life?" and listen to your heart's
answer.
And as your heart is opening, ask your heart how big it really
is and it will always respond, "I am infinite."
For your consideration,
-- The Guides
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