The Power of the Heart: Finding Your True Purpose in Life Read Online Free PDF

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    —JESUS
    Reconnecting with your inner child is not the same as behaving in a childish way. It is about allowing your adult self to be guided by your inner child, by that inner voice that, with a gentle whisper, points you in the right direction. The heart reveals the coordinates of your true path. You won’t lose your way, even when you seem to be off the beaten track.
     ISABEL ALLENDE
    When I’m playing with the kids, when I make love to my husband, when I read a good book, when I’m writing and I feel that the character becomes a person and talks to me, then my heart also feels “fluttering.” I think those are the connections with the heart: creativity, nature, love, prayer, and silence.
    Even though people have many different ways of connecting with the heart, the feeling of connectedness is a universal experience. It transcends national borders and links souls around the world. Love connects you with other people. Wherever you are, you will instantly recognize a mother’s love for her child—their heart connection is palpable.
     MARIANNE WILLIAMSON
    On any of the continents anywhere on this planet you see a mother holds her child and takes care of her baby and obviously loves her children. When you’re walking anywhere in the world and you see lovers who clearly feel like they have found something special, and you relate to that and you see it, this is the life of the heart.
    We can also connect with our hearts by facing difficulties. Our own mortality, the prospect of death, encourages us to listen to our heart and allow its inner voice to speak through any worries or fears. Steve Jobs connected with his heart through awareness of his mortality, which helped him make important decisions. “Because,” he reasoned, “almost everything, all external expectations, all pride, all fear of embarrassment or failure, these things just fall away in the face of death, leaving only what is truly important.”
    There is no reason not to follow your heart.
    —STEVE JOBS
     ECKHART TOLLE
    How can we connect with the heart? The starting point is: all you ever have is this moment. So you look more deeply into this moment.
    The power of the heart is the power of now, of being aware of the moment. Be aware of the abundance of life right now. If you remain stuck in the past, clinging to the baggage of old disappointments or relationships, you block yourself off from the riches of the present. If you worry too much about tomorrow, you can’t hear your heart today.
     MICHAEL BECKWITH
    In order to tap into the wisdom of the heart, we have to listen. Lowly listening. Ralph Waldo Emerson said, “Be still, turn within and be aware that the answers are not out there somewhere in the world.” The answers, the intuitive guidance, the wisdom, it’s here.
    The answers are in your heart. View your life as a series of present moments. The more you manage to inhale and fully absorb this moment, the better you can hear the voice of your heart.

Michael Beckwith

 MAYA ANGELOU
    I think that it’s all you can listen to. I know that with the otic ear, one can listen to the birds, and one can hear the rustle of the leaves of the trees, and the river as it flows, and the ocean as it ebbs and flows. However, to really hear is only with the heart. To hear more than information, it’s really wisdom. So that is who you really listen to. And so you become calm, you must become calm.
    Reflect on a beautiful moment while you experience it. Allow yourself to appreciate even trivial and ordinary things. See how significant they actually are: a good conversation, a favorite song, a comfortable chair, a ray of sunshine peeking through a blanket of clouds.
    As you embrace the present and become one with it, and merge with it, you will experience a fire, a glow, a sparkle of ecstasy. You will become lighthearted, joyous, and free.
    —DEEPAK CHOPRA
    Seize the day! Play with your child, listen to music, walk in the park, make love, read