What does it mean to open your heart. Practice Heart Breathing

How to identify heart closure and why it should be done. Is it even safer to live this way in the modern world? The decision is made by everyone. But the knowledge thatWHAT you can lose by closing your heart, and what Benefits can be obtained by opening the heart to the world, will be useful to everyone.

What is a closed and open heart

A person with a closed heart is not always a taciturn and secretive hermit who looks gloomily at the world. And this is not even a dry, unfeeling official who strictly follows instructions. Very often such people are sociable, have a family and a wide circle of acquaintances. But not everyone is allowed in. Often they are not even aware of their closeness.

Closed heart - this is a lack of COexperience and energy involvement. The inability to freely and childishly give your warmth, NOT expecting a reward for it. When you communicate with such a person, you on a sensual level understand that his emotional channel is closed.

Sometimes people with closed hearts are not even aware of their "closedness".

People with closed hearts meetactive and passive.

Active people live in formal communication. They build life around material wealth and benefit. They may even be nice, but only because the situation calls for it. In life, they are guided by rules and norms, because they do not hear the call of their heart. It is closed even from themselves.

Passive people blame the whole world for their loneliness and adversity. They suffer but they do itindicative... They often go headlong into work, running away from their feelings. They feel bad, but they will not allow themselves to be saved, because their life is in this suffering.

People also meetwith excess energy in the heartbut they are also closed. This excess overlaps their feelings, it does not allow them to be experienced. They have a colossal thirst to be needed and loved and thus do not allow themselves this. They chase feelings, scaring them away.

A man with an open heart not afraid of this world. This is felt when communicating. He simply gives and does not expect in return, gives and does not ask for gratitude. He is already internally RICH and self-sufficient. There is no desire for power or constant compassion in him. He lives with heart and mind.

A person with an open heart knows how to live with both mind and heart!

The main signs of heart closure

Here are the most common signs of heart closure that will help determine if you or your loved ones have internal blocks:

• disappointment in love - the confidence that I will never love anyone / they will not love me
• rationalization of feelings - a strong belief that love or other feelings are just a manifestation of weakness
• relationship automation - participation in relationships according to the principle “I have to do it”, without investing my energy
• avoiding long-term relationships - conscious or unconscious escape in search of excuses for their actions
• looking for problems in others and blaming everyone around - unwillingness or fear to look at yourself and your actions
• self-criticism and self-rejection - lack of confidence in their abilities and thirst for approval. Constant self-doubt and seeking outside support
• physical and mental illness - heart disease, psychosomatic diseases, depression, constant anxiety
• hyperactive pursuit of love and relationships - too obsessive feelings that stifle and frighten
• self-sacrifice - the opinion and goals of another person are always above their own

There may be many more signs of heart closure. But those listed here are the most common in our life. If you find at least one such sign in yourself, then do not waste time and open the flow of energy going to your heart. This will allow you to feel a surge of energy and change your life for the better. Start creating your life right now!

Why hearts close and why is it dangerous

People close their hearts for a variety of reasons. Most often it isprevious trauma and resentment, not spoken and not crying. Once having experienced pain or fear, the human heart has closed and is simply afraid that this situation will happen again.

We can not only close our hearts, but also hide such a situation in our memory. And then it becomes more difficult to get to the bottom of the causes of various life troubles.

The danger of closure of the cardiac flow consistsin blocking the vital channel of energy... She acts, but very limitedly and is not enough for all aspirations and desires.

The deficit is felt in various areas of life:

• it is difficult to build relationships and start a family
• constant financial difficulties
• problems communicating with loved ones
• dissatisfaction with work
• lack of energy and desires

The best way to open your heart

The first and the most main step you have already done to open your heart - this is the awareness of the need anddesire to change your life for the better... This is a very important and difficult step.

Perhaps you have seen similar features of heart closeness in yourself or in your loved ones. Don't be alarmed! This is even good, because it means that you are able and ready to see changes, to let them into your life, to open your heart.

“Let love be in your heart.
Life without love is like a dull garden in which the flowers are dead. "
Oscar Wilde

Recently in social networks I read a comment of one girl in which she argued that in fact, if a woman is not in a relationship, then she simply does not want to be in them, period.
I would like to continue this topic about the causes of female loneliness, as it worries many women and put a comma in this statement.

The conscious choice of loneliness, and in this case, rather freedom, is only one of the visible conscious reasons that a woman does not have a close relationship with a man.
But, there are also unconscious reasons that lurk in our unconscious.
And one of these reasons is a closed heart.
Closed heart syndrome is a psychological condition where we have no desire to go into emotional closeness. As a rule, the reason for this state lies in psychological trauma, and subconsciously, we accept the installation that you cannot love anyone.
At some point it was so painful that we decided - nothing better than this. This could have happened not only at a conscious age, but also in such a deep childhood that it was forgotten. There was only cold and emptiness in my chest.
Each of us at least once in our lives faced betrayal, felt heartache and disappointment. Someone again learned to trust people, to love, to believe, not allowing pain or hatred to take over. But there are those who closed their hearts forever, it was easier for them to plunge into their own world and close it with ten keys.
Such people are afraid of love, it is easier for them to live alone, pushing away those who love them. They have experienced pain in the past and no longer want it to recur. To prevent this from happening, their resourceful mind builds a protective wall around the heart. She is so fat that quite a bit of love can break through her. It is possible that at some stage this wall helped them survive, protected them. But only at a certain stage, because….
If the heart is closed:

A closed heart is a blocked heart chakra.
If the heart “closes”, the main energy channel of life is blocked.
This is reflected in health, relationships with others, and outlook.
In this case, the heart is closed from real contact with your feelings and from interaction with other people and with the entire Universe.
The main problem of people with closed hearts is the rejection of love.
The next point is the fear of deep relationships, and as a result, loneliness
Formally, you can be, as it were, not lonely and, as it were, meet with someone and even live, but this will only be an appearance of a relationship. There is no sincerity, trust, understanding in such a relationship.
Relationships with men are reduced to one-off sex, or to relationships on a social level, since because of the closed heart chakra, the energy simply cannot rise higher.
A woman with a deficiency in the heart chakra usually suffers in this situation, since the need for love is basic for all of us, and if it is not there, any person suffers.
A closed heart also gives rise to condemnation and criticism of other people. It seems to us that others behave in the wrong way, and because of this, all the problems. Alas, the root of judging others lies in self-rejection.
Sometimes it's even difficult to admit it. But people with a lack of energy in their hearts do not like themselves, scold, constantly try to prove to themselves and others that they are "worth something."
When the heart is closed, unnecessary events are attracted into our life.
There is no harmonious combination of spiritual and material, since it is in the heart space that these two energies will unite into one whole.
Another consequence of the "closed heart" is depression.
An extreme form of a closed heart. There is no sense in life, nothing to rely on, everything seems gray and empty. Alcohol dependence may occur computer games and other ways to escape from reality.
All this cannot be reflected in the physical body, and therefore on health.
Energy does not pass, which means that blood and oxygen do not enrich this zone sufficiently. Next, the center of hormone regulation on the middle link - the liver - is blocked and starts to malfunction. Well, on thin plan the closure of the heart center makes life “dead”, mechanical, the feeling of empathy is lost - the ability to feel the feelings of others. The system of adaptation to the surrounding world is violated. And the next stage - a program of fear appears and diseases grow. For example, many women systematically have “unexplained” headaches - and they always accompany the fear program! Or there are some pathologies like vegetative neuroses.
Health problems in people with a closed heart: hypertension, heart failure, atherosclerosis, risk of heart attack, etc.
If we had a user manual, then it would necessarily contain a warning:
THE CLOSED HEART IS DANGEROUS TO YOUR HEALTH.

How to open your heart?

You can see the world, but not perceive it, in other words, not be open to this world. And you can be open-hearted and direct your perception only to the world. You can perceive the world around us with all your being, or, as they sometimes say with your heart. The results of such a perception significantly change the picture of the vision of the world. In other words, when I am open to the world, the world opens up to meet me.

To live with an open heart is to live with the full range of feelings from joy to sadness. It also means experiencing all aspects of love, such as compassion. Living with an open heart is hearing your intuition. Doing things that are fun. Constantly asking yourself the question: What else can I do that will make me happy?

Do the things that make us happy, listen to your heart, allow yourself to feel, enjoy life. Letting go of the past, looking for yourself in joy.

When the heart chakra is open, life “connects” to you.

We can manage both the physical side of life (money, work, health) and the spiritual (goals, wisdom, faith), without interrupting the connection with the energy of love.

Remember the state of being in love: a person feels strong, generous, and obstacles make way for him. This, in fact, is the state of the open heart.

If you want to open your heart, be filled with love and bring its Light into the world, attracting Happiness and Love into our life, I invite you to join our

Greetings, Dear Friends! I Am Mirael, Master of Creative Powers. At the time of Now, We meet on the day of the 10-10 portal, which contributes to the opening and expansion of the Heart channel. The entire Family of Light is near and ready to support you in this Sacred Action.

What does the Heart cover? What doors? Actually, these are multidimensional layers of protection, of which there can be a lot.

Since childhood, every time you have encountered different kinds pain relief, you created layer by layer Heart Protection. This is what catalyzed your Lessons and saved you from madness or suicide.

Now let's consider the types of protective energy layers of the Heart in more detail:

• Dislike, rejection of your physical Body. This is expressed in a conscious or unconscious violation of sleep, nutrition; in the absence of concern for health, movement, etc. The consequence of this is illness as physical pain. The word "pain" in sacred sense means - "Divine Love". Pain arises when a Man closes from himself, from Love to the Body. It is then that Unconditional Divine Love begins to knock on the doors of your Heart: “Open up! Love yourself! Accept yourself! "
• Emotional layers: resentment, fear, envy, aggression, shock etc. All of these layers of low vibration are stored in emotional memory. All those people and circumstances that cause or remind of emotional imbalance are your opportunity to Accept, Forgive, Open and Clear your Heart. The consequence of emotional layers is all kinds of experiences, suffering, depression, etc., causing emotional pain.

When you are helped to remove a layer of low-vibration veil from your Heart by something that resonated with you, possibly by hurting and hurting, then you have a choice:

• try not to change yourself, but try to convince the Neighbor that He is mistaken about you; escape from the Lessons of Transformation of the Inner World;
• or begin to Realize that it's time to die old systems values, beliefs of your former Inner World. The time has come for the Birth of the New World with an infinite horizon, with a fresher impact of the transforming Wind of Changes, with more big amount people whom you let into your renewed Inner World.

Suffering - this is unwillingness to see Reality Here and Now.

The very change, the next Opening the Heart is the State of Grace.

Pain however, it is a consequence of resistance to what is happening. This is the desire to stay further in the World of former illusions.

The mind believes that the seclusion period for rethinking is an escape. He believes that you need to accept the challenge of others, argue, prove, fight for your point of view.

If after a Lesson, a drama, a painful quarrel, you want Solitude for the purpose of Realization, this is a natural and sacred process. Go through it, plunge into it, dissolve in it: you will find something valuable - yourself!

Perhaps, without leaving on time, you would have said more hurtful words, expressed more negative emotions, and performed actions that you would regret.

Solitude for the purpose of Realizing oneself is a Sacred Transformation Process.

You are not running away from problems. You come back to yourself to resolve issues first on the inner plane, and then on the outside. Deciding on the outside, without changing the inside, you run the risk of falling into a vicious circle of cyclical Lessons.

We have already touched on mental layers. Let's talk about this in more detail.

Mental layers is a system of beliefs, convictions, illusions, prejudices, knowledge at the moment of Now.

What is a belief? This is Knowledge that is relevant and sufficient for a Human at a certain moment Now. It tends to be constantly supplemented. This is the Sacrament of Expansion of the World View.

Prejudice - It protective layer ego, which keeps the belief from multidimensional fluidity, flexibility, from changes and expansions of Consciousness.

Transformation of bias leads to mental shock and pain. This means that the old world of the mind dies, and the new one is born.

Once removed protective film prejudices, it is the Man who opens the Heart for new Knowledge, because True, Synchronic and Appropriate Knowledge enters through the Heart channel (not through the mind). Information comes there directly from the Higher Self.

Belief system is a mosaic, limited perception of the World. This means that something Human accepts (for example, religion, ideology, scheme, point of view, etc.), but denies something, creating a network of prejudices ("impossible", "wrong", "this is evil", etc.). etc.).

We will consider one of the types of Lesson on rejection, which closes the Heart - rejection of the past.

If your past contains a painful event, drama, emotion; if you did not forgive, did not let go of the participants in those past stories, then the following happens: resentment, pain, aggression, suffering about what happened gradually create an emotional clue, the anchor of which is the memory. Memories replay these past painful moments, over and over again cause your feelings, regrets, annoyances, etc. These memories take your Energy. Thus, it is an astral trap manipulating you. You are living in the past. You feed him. You do not have enough Energy to create the Present.

What is the way out?

Go back to the past! But in order to transform pain into Joy, resentment into Forgiveness, aggression into Love, etc.

Back in the past is not a mental task. Many people try to change the past by deep immersion into it: how to chess board arranging the figures of the drama participants in a more favorable manner. Nothing changes from a mental rearrangement: emotions remain, painful memories too.

therefore to return to the past means to forgive yourself and everyone around you here and now , to realize the cause-and-effect relationships of these events, to accept the essence of the Lesson, to thank yourself and all participants for the perfectly created script of this Lesson, which allows you to step on more high level Development.

How to test: have you really changed the Past?

Very simple. Remember that painful episode, the past quarrel, tragedy, loss, etc. Does it cause pain, suffering, negative emotions in you? If not, then you have passed the Lesson, and there are no emotional clues in your past that took so much Energy from you before, preventing you from moving forward. Now your past is not pain and regret. This is an invaluable Experience that you rely on in your Present!

Every unconscious, unaccepted episode in the past contains your Energy. Your Energy is you. Sometimes you actually live in this episode, phantomly.

Each time, forgiving and asking for forgiveness, realizing, accepting and letting go of the Past, you return Energy to yourself, dissolving your own phantom living in a kind of “groundhog day”. You make the Transition Whole, with the perfect Energy of God-Goddess! Request your Power! Get yourself back!

Do you want to clear your Mindfulness by trying to look into past lives? Did you know that all the "unfinished" episodes from past incarnations are reflected in the Present? Therefore, you do not need to strain and travel to past lives. Just take a closer look at Your Real Incarnation!

Vibrations that open the heart.

Vibrations are descending on Humanity now. But what does this mean?

There is an opinion that these vibrations are the same for everyone. But you all know perfectly well that each vibration has its own frequency, pitch, color, sound, level of measurement. And all of you are aware that all people on Earth are on different levels development, Memories of Who They Are.

If a certain vibration with a significant height tries to enter the Heart of a Person who is not ready for this, it will cause physical pain, emotional shock and energy distortions. A person may simply not be able to withstand such pressure.

Thus, the descending vibrations are not the same for everyone, they are adapted for each Person.

New vibrations and Lessons for Opening the Heart are sent by the Higher Self of Man. And all this is within the power of everyone.

And this vibration produces beneficial changes in the body, energy; opens the Heart with forgiveness, acceptance, gratitude, Love and, at the same time, expands the Worldview.

In fact, with the acceptance of each new portion of higher vibrations, the former Man dies, and the new one is reborn!

The Open Heart allows you to receive information from the Higher Self, to reveal your Gifts to fulfill the Purpose, to find Peace, Joy and Unconditional Love!

Open your Heart to the Light! Open your Energies to the Native vibrations of the House!

Always with you, Mirael, your friend.

General provisions always need to be clarified, otherwise they can be interpreted very freely, and it will become almost impossible to use them. In traditional Sufi texts, a lot of space is given to speculations about the heart and its role in human life, but for the most part these arguments are rather vague and leave room for conjectures and all sorts of speculation. At the same time, it is also impossible to say that they do not reflect the essence of what is happening in the Heart, in the energy center, which is usually called the “spiritual heart”.

“The heart is the city located between the domains of Unity and the land of plurality ... The heart is the area of \u200b\u200ball comprehension and perfection of the spirit; this is the area where the revelations of the manifestation of God of various levels of Essence (God) take place. The Arabic word kalb (rotation) indicates its middle position between nafs and spirit "(Javad Nurbakhsh," Psychology of Sufism "). Interestingly, the Arabic name for the heart - kalb - is very close in meaning to chakra - which is translated from Sanskrit as a circle or a wheel. That is what rotates. A lot has been written about the heart in Sufi literature, but most of what has been written suffers from excessive poetry and little scientific knowledge. Nevertheless:

The manifestation of divine sacraments
And the reflection of divine light
Are not in the physical heart
And in a true heart
("Seven Thrones", Abd ar-Rahma-na Jami)

Sufis do not write about the physical heart, but about the energy center, in which both divine Light and infinity ("the immensity of the heart's region") can be mysteriously reflected, hence the rotation, thanks to which this center can be activated. To work with energy centers (mainly with the heart, but also with others), Sufis used the practice of focusing on certain points of the body, latifah, and many ways were invented to work with them. As a result of the efforts made, the dervish had to begin to feel and see the light in his heart, as well as to experience many other effects of a mystical nature.

In those days, it was not said about an open Heart, then it was simply indicated that the spiritual heart was activated both through it and thanks to it a person can perceive and experience extraordinary things. In our century, the level of general knowledge has become such that it is possible to explain in much more detail and clearly the essence of working with the heart center and the features of its functioning. First you need to understand the difference between spiritual and mystical practices. Focusing on heart center or in the corresponding latifas with or without visualization of flowers - there is a spiritual practice, because we use the energy of our own attention, our Consciousness in it. This activates the heart center, that is, its perception of energies and the ability to radiate and receive energies from the outside expands. Since the heart center (spiritual heart) is located in the etheric body, the sensitivity grows at first in it - that is, for example, the emotions of others or the state of their energies, suppressed and unexpressed, begin to be felt. The area of \u200b\u200bthe heart center can begin to warm up with varying degrees of intensity, and energetic reactions of this kind become regular. All this is not what the Sufis are talking about, and these effects are not directly related to an open Heart. They say that you managed to activate the energy center, bring it into a normal working state, which most people do not have due to the fact that they live as if apart from physical body they have nothing. Due to the suppression of emotions, desires and feelings, the centers of people are "clogged" and cannot function normally. Therefore, the perception of most people becomes very rough, and they have no idea about the presence of some energy centers and subtle bodies.

The activation of the heart center is carried out due to the efforts of the person himself, and it is available to almost everyone, provided that these efforts are applied correctly. The opening of the Heart cannot be initiated by the seeker, because it is a mystical act performed from above. The seeker can only create a situation in which discovery becomes probable; he can prepare himself for this, but nothing more. It is known for certain that the opening of the Heart promotes internal acceptance their circumstances, so the less desires a person has and the more acceptance of himself, people and the world, the higher the likelihood that his Heart will open. However, you can prepare yourself for discovery, but you cannot cause it by your own efforts, and it is best not to become obsessed with the idea of \u200b\u200bdiscovery, because any obsession is the opposite of accepting what is. And the attraction of the Ascending Stream of Creation is best felt and affects a person precisely when he is not crushed by desires, no matter how “light” or “good” they may be.

The opening of the Heart is a breakthrough, and one cannot fail to notice such an event. At the same time, at first it only opens slightly, and at first there are no all those possibilities of perception that come with a completely open Heart. The complete opening of the Heart takes time, and it can be different for each person. And here it should be understood that the time for the complete opening of the Heart usually takes years - from two to four years, and in some cases the process of opening may take longer. Patience and acceptance are the two main keys at those stages of the Path where you can no longer do anything yourself, but you can not interfere with what is happening to you. The closer you are to the Ascending Stream, the greater the obstacle becomes your will, your self. And if you want to know all the greatness of God, you need to come into a state of permissiveness, in a state of surrender, but before that you must definitely feel His Presence, otherwise you will surrender to your fantasies. An open Heart is the key to surrendering oneself and the main condition for passing the Sufi Path to the highest stages of interaction with God.

When it opens, usually the first experience is the experience of Light. Before that, all reasoning about Darkness and Light is nothing more than speculative, and only the Heart, as a slightly opened door to Infinity, gives a person the first true experience of the transcendent heavenly Light. In the beginning, the Heart is - a slightly opened door, and only then it becomes a channel of miracles and connection with God. I would say that there are stages of the complete opening of the Heart, and I can clearly distinguish three of them. The first is the opening itself, when a new space appears in the projection of the human chest, filled with a bright light that cannot be extinguished. This is the first breakthrough to the other side, to God, to the very core of universal Existence.

The second stage of the opening of the Heart is associated with the unfolding of space within it - the seeker begins to feel infinity within himself, and it is felt precisely in the Heart. I still remember the day when an endless space suddenly opened in my Heart, into which I could plunge, simply directing my attention into it. It cannot be adequately described, but it is possible to experience it. This happened almost a year after I opened a very small space inside, located directly in the projection of the physical heart. There are versions of the description of the difference between the physical and spiritual hearts, and they, as a rule, agree that the spiritual Heart is located on the right, in fact, mirroring the position of its physical brother. Similar statements can be found in the sayings of many famous mystics, both Sufi and others. What can you say here? The heart can open in different ways, and for someone the space of Light appears in the projection of the chest to the right. Hence, opinions arise that the spiritual heart of a person is located exactly there. In fact, this is not the case. Man has no spiritual heart. There is a heart center, which, being open, connects a person with other levels of reality and with the Source of Being, which we usually call God. Almost the same can be said about the latifah, which seekers focus on when performing Sufi practices to open the Heart. The points to focus on in Lataif practices are not that they do not exist or are irrelevant - but they certainly do not carry the mysterious function that tradition usually gives them. Working with them is designed to open the Heart, and all the mysterious words simply create the student the necessary level of motivation in order to keep attention on them. The Open Heart includes all these points, and it makes no difference where there is Rukh or Sirr.

One way or another, I would call the second stage of opening the Heart the experience of an infinite space that suddenly arises in it, but I cannot say with complete confidence that all the stages I describe will pass for each person in the same sequence in which they happened to me.

The universe and everything in it,
Like everything called wisdom,
constituting His world,
Lost in the immensity of the region of the heart;
This is just a drop in the heart, in the Red Sea.
("Seven Thrones")

The third stage already refers directly to the perception of the existence of God, His truth and reality. When it comes, a person begins to absolutely clearly feel his connection with the Source. Moreover, this connection is precisely the connection with the Source of Being, not with the Creator, not with the Creator, which could have some personal properties, but with that point (infinitely distant) from which we ourselves arose, as well as everything that we know, and everything we don't know, either. It is difficult to describe this phenomenon - but the person with whom this happened, absolutely clearly sees and feels this connection and, in fact, from that moment can directly communicate with God, no matter how fantastic it sounds. Of course, sincere prayer reaches the goal even without an open Heart, but when a person begins to feel a connection with the Source, the possibilities of interaction with God become much wider. For example, you can accept the Will of God, becoming its conscious guide in the world and discovering the very essence of mystical service.

An open Heart can be fully developed, or it can remain slightly open - it all depends on how and how hard the person continues to work on himself. Behind recent times I saw several people following the Sufi Path, whose Heart was open. At the same time, I also saw that they do not really understand the essence of their condition and are overly keen on external activities, due to which this achievement may turn out to be the last serious achievement on their Path. Opening the Heart does not at all guarantee you further automatic progress towards God, and if you stop internally, enjoying the mystical space that it brings, then you may get stuck in it. To prevent this from happening, you must follow the principle "never stop", that is, do not consider your state - no matter how high, in your opinion, it may be - final and ultimate, do not strive to absolutize the experience you have received and understand what kind of one peak on the Path is always followed by another, which opens you new levels of experience, understanding and being. If you do not really understand what is happening to you, you move at random, you are tempted to start teaching others without entering the stage of following the Will of God - or even having a not very high level of awareness - then even with an open Heart you can get stuck at this stage of the Path for a very long time. So the open Heart does not give any guarantees to anyone, and it is desirable to understand this with all possible clarity. This is the first serious step on the mystical path, and many much more serious steps must follow. Although in Sufi literature the open Heart is glorified as a certain ultimate dream, but this is understandable, because it is possible to glorify the stage of following the Will, but for poets it does not give very much food, and not all authors managed to reach it. One can speak about the stage of disappearance in God only negatively, in terms of absence, and here you will not run away at all. Therefore, much has been written about the Heart, and it turns out that it occupies the main place in the Sufi Path, about which various researchers of Sufism write and some Sufi teachers say.

The heart is certainly important for every religion centered on God. Only through the heart center we cognize His reality and can take the Path of conscious service to Him and following His Will. The true experience of connection with God and God in general comes to us through the Heart and nothing else. If you work not with the fourth center, but, for example, with the seventh, and by the Grace of God you manage to open it (not to activate, namely to open), then you will have the experience of infinity, in which there is no essence of God, but there is one the very non-duality, the unity of everything that true advaitists talk about. A person has several doors through which he can contact the Highest Reality, and depending on which door he exits through, this will be revealed to him. At the highest stages of their Path, Sufis also cognize the truth of Advaita, but first they pass the Path, which is revealed to them through the Heart. Considering how difficult it is to overcome the pressure of the Downstream, the pressure of desires and fears, as well as the dream of identifications that they generate, the exit through the Heart, in my opinion, is one of the easiest. The path of interaction with God, which, of course, does not exclude one's own efforts, gives a person more opportunities than striving for enlightenment or awakening only at the expense of oneself, at the expense of one's own powers. But here everyone chooses at their own discretion and according to their inclinations. After all, the Lord loves diversity - both in Creation and in regard to the Ways to Him.

In yoga, a lot of time is devoted to opening the chest. Moreover, these disclosures are accompanied by promising comments that your heart will open along with the chest. But many of us see nothing good in this. We, on the contrary, try to close ourselves, dream of a kind of body armor that will protect our vulnerable soul from pain, disappointment and loss. We promise that we will never love, believe, help again, because once we were convinced from our own experience that the saying "do not do good - you will not get evil." But is it really that great to stop living with your heart?

Surely people who try in life to be guided exclusively by reason and drown out their feelings, do it for a reason. Most likely, they were faced with an event that caused unbearable pain to their heart, and in order to never experience it again, they decided to simply ignore it. We've all met this type of people. Usually they are never connected in a serious relationship, they do not let anyone into their inner world, wear a mask of indifference and sarcasm on their faces. Unconsciously, these people inspire respect and slight awe in us, perhaps we want to be like them - still, because they make such an effective impression. But if you imagine that there is a fear of pain and weakness behind it, magical effect somehow quickly disappears.

This is because a closed heart is not an indicator of coolness and not a guarantee of strength, but vice versa. This behavior suggests that a person does not live, that he has chosen to simply exist, that he has created for himself the illusion of comfort, which in fact does not bring any liberation and happiness. Rather than recovering from suffering and continuing to develop his soul, he opted for indifference and detachment.

It is surprising that such a behavior is admirable. Let's remember our favorite characters from movies and TV shows - most often they are charismatic and sarcastic scoundrels. They are so charming that many viewers begin to imitate them, copy their demeanor and way of thinking. The result is an army of people indifferent to the world around them, who deliberately renounce possible happiness and joy, in the name of a popular image. But it comes not just about changing the style, but about the soul, and it's a little scary.

Of course, compared to the constantly complaining, opinion-dependent whiners, these people benefit significantly. But you don't have to become a cynic to have a strong spirit. There are many-sided personalities with many interests and a strong character, who at the same time still know how to love, do good, support others - to make the world a better place. Do you think they have a closed heart? Or are they less attractive? Hardly. Such people are real spiritual titans who, despite all adversity, preferred love to disappointment, optimism to despair, and sensitivity to indifference. These are not narcissistic narcissists who are constantly depressed in order to whet the interest in their person. These people really do spiritual work and they are worthy of emulation.

That is why it is important to live with an open heart (love, hope, believe, rejoice, help ...) - because it is real, because it is real life... While a closed heart is weakness and pain, behind which lies endless despair. And it's really a shame that this behavior is so popular today.

Therefore in modern worldstanding on spiritual path, firstly, it is necessary to determine the landmarks, because they have slightly moved out and are moving in a suspicious direction. Realize that love and joy are not the lot of crazy people, but a choice strong people... They can also be sad, have a rich inner world, indulge in melancholy, but this does not become their style of life, because they devote it to something more global.

Second, try to open your heart to love. Here are some powerful ways:

1. Meditate often.This will help you become more aware, better feel the world, yourself in it, distinguish between good and bad. Sit in a comfortable position, close your eyes, and focus on your heart. Begin to feel warmth and light in this area. With inhalation, it accumulates in the chest, with exhalation, it spreads throughout the body.
2. Practice backbends. Add to your practice, and. If you find them with great difficulty, then this is the first sign that you need to work with the heart area. It is advisable to perform them under the guidance of an experienced instructor, at least until you have mastered a safe technique.
3. Farewell... Forgive everyone who offended you. Doing is harder than saying, and no one demands to forgive their offenders in one second. But you need to strive for forgiveness. This is not weakness, but strength, because you let the person go into free swimming, and do not carry his image with you, constantly poisoning your life.
4. Be with those who love you.We often take the love of our loved ones for granted, while we ourselves appreciate those who do not notice us. This is the first sign of self-dislike. Break it down. Realize the beauty of being with your family, your friends - this is much more important than the recognition of some strange strangers, whom we, for some reason, consider very significant.

Remember love attracts love!