February 14th, 2018
Heart Chakra
With today being Valentine's Day, I wanted to reflect upon the heart chakra, known as the "Anahatha" chakra in Sanskrit. I had always assumed that the word anahatha was a direct translation - that it means heart. I was surprised to find that anahatha actually means "unstruck," "unhurt," or "unbeaten." Rather than referring to the physiology of the heart and what can be seen physically, this word highlights the unseen power of what the heart can do: that is, to remain open and open to love; to love authentically and wholly regardless of circumstances or people or events in the past or worries about the future.
In her beautiful devotional book, Journey to the Heart, Melody Beattie puts it beautifully:
In what ways have you closed yourself to love and why?
In what ways might this be closing yourself to life?
How can you lean into vulnerability and authentic expression when it feels like you are being broken apart or broken open?
Heart Chakra
With today being Valentine's Day, I wanted to reflect upon the heart chakra, known as the "Anahatha" chakra in Sanskrit. I had always assumed that the word anahatha was a direct translation - that it means heart. I was surprised to find that anahatha actually means "unstruck," "unhurt," or "unbeaten." Rather than referring to the physiology of the heart and what can be seen physically, this word highlights the unseen power of what the heart can do: that is, to remain open and open to love; to love authentically and wholly regardless of circumstances or people or events in the past or worries about the future.
In her beautiful devotional book, Journey to the Heart, Melody Beattie puts it beautifully:
It's easy to keep our heart open to life's magic and all of its possibilities when we have what we want. It's more of a challenge, and more necessary than ever, to keep our hearts open when we can't have what we want.
Even on the best journey,
things happen. Plans change. Things shift and move around. This shifting and moving causes doors to close, relationships to end, blocks and frustrations to
appear on our path…
Keep your heart open anyway. Consciously
choose to do that. Yes, you can go away, you can leave, you can shut down, but you don't need to. Now is a turning point. If you choose to open your heart, even when you can't have what you want, miracles will
unfold.
In what ways have you closed yourself to love and why?
In what ways might this be closing yourself to life?
How can you lean into vulnerability and authentic expression when it feels like you are being broken apart or broken open?
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