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“I have been astonished that Men could die Martyrs for religion - I have shudder'd at it - I shudder no more - I could be martyr'd for my Religion - Love is my religion - I could die for that - I could die for you. My Creed is Love and you are its only tenet - You have ravish'd me away by a Power I cannot resist: and yet I could resist till I saw you; and even since I have seen you I have endeavoured often "to reason against the reasons of my Love." I can do that no more - the pain would be too great - My Love is selfish - I cannot breathe without you.”
— John Keats
To those of us who are love fanatics, English Romantic poet Keats' love letters to his neighbour, and later his fiancée Fanny Brawne, are legend. As next door neighbours, they exchanged numerous short notes, and occasionally more passionate ones.
His illness brought them closer, and when he left for Rome, they were engaged and deeply in love. Although Keats's friends were against the match, he died loving her.
In listening to love, Keats left to the world some of the most famous love letters ever written.
Similarly, we listen out to that voice in our hearts all the time. Some of us remember how our parents taught us about God, and religion, and we always carry the feeling, the promise that somehow if we listen carefully God's voice will somehow come to us. Those whispers come from the heart, because that is where we reside - and the true gospel is when we "gossip" with ourselves, as we listen out to what our heart is trying to tell us.
When we listen to our hearts, we can push boundaries. The 2012 International Women of Courage Award Winners are testament to that. All are winners, but one that stands out for me is Safak Pavey. She refused to let her life be over after being disabled in an accident. Pavey listened to her heart, instead, and is now the first disabled woman elected to her country's parliament, giving a voice to disabled people, women and minorities.
It takes courage to move outside your safety net. Children's author Dr Seuss did just that when he wrote an adult book with nude illustrations. His book of nudes is little known, but he listened to his heart.
Likewise, teenager Patrick Kanethe, the boy with the bionic limbs who has decided to show off his disabilities, rather than hide away with them. His heart's voice gives him the strength to be strong. Science can now do amazing things to help rebuild broken broken bodies, but it takes more than bionics to mend our courage when things go wrong, and push us on to try again.
Life is more than simply following a dogmatic "script". Write your own. Sometimes you just have to follow your heart where it leads you. Friends of the late writer Douglas Adams say he was like that - a man who loved ideas so much he had to test everything out.
Find your soul in your heart
Uncovering your heart's voice is more than just doing what takes your fancy - it's about uncovering your soul.
Carl Jung made a connection on writing and the soul, although the Swiss psychiatrist's focus was naturally on the mind. Jung is the founder of analytical psychology and is considered the first modern psychiatrist to view the human psyche as "by nature religious" and make it the focus of exploration.
Known as one of the best researchers in the field of dream analysis and symbolisation, his advice on how to process the thoughts and visions from the deeper and sometimes frightening parts of the mind was shared by one of his clients. Jung instructed:
I should advise you to put it all down as beautifully as you can — in some beautifully bound book. It will seem as if you were making the visions banal — but then you need to do that — then you are freed from the power of them… Then when these things are in some precious book you can go to the book and turn over the pages and for you it will be your church — your cathedral — the silent places of your spirit where you will find renewal. If anyone tells you that it is morbid or neurotic and you listen to them — then you will lose your soul — for in that book is your soul.
When we look outside, we dream, but when we look inside, Jung knew we awaken, however our vision can only become clear when we look into our hearts. And to aid us, we need to realise that what we read, and write, fills our hearts. The words we listen to, and use, on a daily basis fill our hearts. And this is the language with which our heart speaks back to us.
It only makes sense, therefore, to fill it with words of love. Because words can be used not just to convey information, but to create an emotional effect. They have the power to hurt, but they also have the power to heal and inspire.
The words that make up this blog have all entered into your heart's mind - and it's just one example of the importance of words, and writing, in our lives. You can also tell a lot about a person by the kinds of books they read.
Having our lives filled with negativity, reading negative books for example, can fill our hearts with negativity. On the other hand, reading romantic fiction fills our hearts with positive energies - and as sexual energy is one of our most healing sources - we could say that reading erotica (depending on its subject content) is good for our health, too!
You learn more if you listen carefully
Our health concerns most, if not all of us. It affects our ability to do a lot of things such as live out our dreams that speak to us from the heart. Sometimes things get worse as we age, but it does not have to be that way if you learn to listen to your body and understand what it's saying to you.
Usually when I don't feel well, I try to work with my body to understand what's gone wrong. As with your soul and your heart, you must consider your body one of your guides if you desire to be healthy for the rest of your life. You don't have to be intuitive to be able to listen to what your own body is telling you. It whispers to you, but if you don't understand it, the whispers get louder and eventually it hits you like a ton of bricks.
Right now, for instance, if you have kidney problems, it could be related to some family issue. If you have leg cramps, maybe stress at work has you cramped up about something. If you have stomach aches, that's generally about fear. It could be fear related to relationships or many other things. When you listen to your body and it's symptoms, it tells you a lot of things, some of which are related to relationships, others are related to your higher path and to having more peace, joy and fulfilment.
Many of you that have contacted me have indicated an interest in having better relationships and attracting your twin flame. Some of you have no desire for a relationship with a significant other at this time, and that's cool, too. Single people automatically feeling lonely is just hype.
If you listen to your heart, and follow the things you love, you'll be on the right road to recovery from any crisis that might come your way. And we should use every difficulty that we find to make our heart's voice speak stronger, and grow spiritually, in order to handle the next problem to come along that much better.
Now I'm not saying it's easy. Taking the time to actually find our heart's inner voice, and then listen to it doesn't come easy for some. But it is easier to listen to and become more attuned to our bodies.
Dismissing that odd creak or groan from your body could be fatal in the long run. The most common mistake people make with regard to their health is that they don't realise to get healthy, live out their dreams, and have better relationships they need to understand what's going on in their bodies.
Never ignore your body's complaints. If you're an opened minded person, the information your body is relaying to you will change the way you look at your health, and your relationships, because they're all related.
Once you can do that, you'll age more gracefully, because you're able to stay healthy by learning to understand your body as your guide. The end result is more joy, peace, energy and fulfilment.
With yours in love,
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