Heal Your Own Heart First
How to Heal Your Own Heart and Still Be Kind to Others
Spiritually, the four chambers of the heart represent:
♥ Compassion: Kindness, concern, consideration, care
♥ Love: Fondness, reverence, respect, value
♥ Understanding: Thoughtful, altruistic, accepting, patient
♥ Emotion: Feeling, sentiment, passion, sensation
Physically, the four chambers are divided into two atria and two ventricles: 👉(You don't need to know this but it relates to the metaphysical paragraph below, that's why I've included it).
∞ The right atrium receives oxygen-poor blood from the body and pumps it to the right
ventricle.
∞ The right ventricle pumps the oxygen-poor blood to the lungs.
∞The left atrium receives oxygen-rich blood from the lungs and pumps it to the left ventricle.
∞ The left ventricle pumps the oxygen-rich blood to the body.
Below the image is a link to a 6 minute talk between Esther Perel and Dick Schwartz. They speak of our inner voice and how to use it to our benefit. I particularly liked the 8 C's at the 4.57 minute mark of the video which relate to the metaphysical paragraph below. (DISCLAIMER: I don't agree with the closing remark about our parents as it's my belief that we reach a certain understanding when we know the consequences of our own actions - our parents were doing the best they knew at their level of awareness).
Understanding Our Inner Critic
Metaphysically, we combine the two systems to create meaningful interactions:
✔ Showing
compassion
includes, but is not limited to, kindness, concern, consideration and care.
These benevolent traits can be draining if you are continually pouring them out
to others. Like our physical heart receives oxygen-poor blood, this is likened
to you receiving others’ drama.
✔ You can love and respect your loved ones and still let go of their drama mentally. This is the second attribute of spiritual representation of our heart space. You can be fond of someone without holding onto their fears; pump the negativity out replacing it with positive thoughts until they have left your thoughts just as our right ventricle pumps the oxygen-poor blood to our lungs to be cleaned.
✔ Being understanding of those close to you, means accepting their need to have someone they can trust to vent to. To be thoughtful in your response requires patience on your behalf without absorbing their problem. Always remain altruistic to yourself first, so you can only receive healthy thoughts, just as the third phase of our physical heart receives oxygen-rich blood for our own body.
✔ The emotion that you impart onto others, pumps them with positive feelings about themselves and ultimately, you too, will feel sensations of passion and sentiment, mirroring the heart as it pumps oxygen-rich blood to your body.
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