heart to heart inspirations from 2012

7/30/2019 Heart to Heart Inspirations From 2012

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Inspirations

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Heart to heart

With much Love

by

Karen Wason

December 2012One on oneHeart to heartwww.karenwason.com


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Karen Wason New Zealand www.karenwason.com December 2012

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Contents

Introduction3

Let Love live you...4

Aspects of me7

Acceptance....9

Feelings as intuition11

Relationships in an intuitive world14

Living in the now moment........................................................18

Letting go.19


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Introduction

Throughout 2012 I found myself writing about aspects of the heart and soul.

This was a journey that surprised even me as I do not recall intending any of

it. Each week the words would start forming in my head and eventually they

would reveal themselves as a beautiful message of love and inspiration and I

would have to write them down. Through what was revealed I have come to

learn much about myself and who we are as souls and human beings.

At the beginning of the year, as I was creating my first website, I took the

plunge and started to share these messages via my Blog, emails, Facebook,

Twitter, LinkedIn, You tube and local magazines. In return I have received

many messages from readers telling me how much my words touched them

on a day when they needed some support or guidance. Who could ask for

more? For me this was a clear demonstration of the impact we can have

when we find the courage to share who we are and the unique gifts we have.

What then is your unique gift?

I hope you enjoy this collection of my favourite messages and somewhere

along the way I hope your heart speaks to you leaving you in no doubt about

what it is you are here to do. Enjoy! Much love to you. Karen


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Let Love live you

LET LOVE LIVE YOU! Pause for a moment and take this in. LET

LOVE LIVE YOU. For me this is one of the most profound pieces of

advice I have ever received. It was truly an OMG experience when I

first read it! I knew it was powerful yet it has taken time for its full

glory to reveal itself to me. And perhaps even yet there is more

LET LOVE LIVE YOU supports the messages I have been receiving

in recent years that the Universe is made of this substance called

Love and that it is powerful and intelligent, creative and loving. That it

is this KNOWING that we seek to reclaim.


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LET LOVE LIVE YOU reminds me that I am not alone and that when

I seek to bring something into my life I am supported by Love. Yes I

have to be clear about my needs and take action to ensure they are

met. Yes I need to be clear about what I want to create or manifest in

my life and take action in alignment with this. Yet if I stay too long in

action and try to force something to happen and keep on trying even

when it feels too hard, I know that I am getting in my own way, as

well as the way of Love; Love can not do, what Love does. Trying to

control all aspects of our life turns out not to be the most effective

pathway to creating a joyful life.

LET LOVE LIVE YOU reminds me to surrender, to trust, to let go. It

reminds me to come back to myself. It reminds me that when I feel

overwhelmed with feelings and a bit out of balance that I just need to

acknowledge it, allow what is, and Love will attend to it. My

experiences of allowing in this way have shown me that Love has its

own timeline and this is something we can trust even when the

timeline feels too long for us!

LET LOVE LIVE YOU is also an invitation. It offers where would you

like me to support you today? And we can respond by directing it

with our intention. We can direct Love. This is what happens in a

Reiki session. I open to let the Love flow to the client and the client

directs it with their intention. Love attends to what is needed because

it knows; it really knows.


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LET LOVE LIVE YOU reminds me that there is so much more to MY

life than my physical, mental, emotional and spiritual bodies. I feel

there is a part of me that is a song to be sung and a dance to be

danced if I LET LOVE LIVE ME.

LET LOVE LIVE YOU reinforces that I am part of something so much

grander than our physical world. And with such power at its finger

tips why would I not LET LOVE LIVE ME?


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Aspects of me

Respect is an aspect of me. When I respect myself, I respect others.

How do I get to respect myself? I bring my conscious awareness

back to myself, I connect with my heart, and I listen deeply to my

soul and what it is saying about me. It tells me, consistently that I am

loved, I am perfect as I am, I am unique and I have the courage to

bring my uniqueness out into the world for others to experience

should they choose to do so. To experience respect I need to know

how to listen to myself. To truly listen to myself I need to connect

with my heart and my soul. To acknowledge my soul I need to feel

who I am, not just think about who I am.


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Trust is an aspect of me. It is a part of my knowing that something

grander than the physical world around me exists. It requires me to

let go of my need to control every aspect of that which I am

concerned about in my daily life. It requires me to keep my

awareness close to my heart. It requires me to feel my fears and

doubts but not to act from these feelings. It requires me to believe in

the power of love and the process of life. It requires me to surrender.

It takes a lot of skills to access my trust and to genuinely live from

this place, but that doesnt make it difficult.

Honesty is an aspect of me. To access my self honesty I need to

listen to myself and keep asking why so that I can move through the

layers of conditioning and protection and fear. To access my honesty

I need to prepare for an adventure that might take me to places I

have not been before and where sometimes magic resides. I may

also find vulnerability and pain. It takes the skills of listening, being

still, patience, persistence, love and courage to access my honesty.

And so, values are no longer just nice. I have come to see that they

are an integral part of me. They can not be taken away. They can be

felt, experienced and shared with others. They can not be separated

out and considered in isolation. To connect with these parts of myself

I need to engage with my conscious awareness, my heart, and my

emotional and soul bodies. I love these aspects of myself.


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Acceptance

Learning how to accept situations as they are is a road to freedom.Acceptance is not the same as condoning a situation or behaviour. It

is seeing things as they are in relation to ourself and letting them be

as they are. It is a letting go of attachment.

Acceptance allows a coming back to ourself and who we are at our

core, our soul self. It draws us away from going into battle withsomething or someone. It allows us to reflect before we head into

problem solving or confrontation, thinking there is something to fix.

Of course it may be there is some action that we need to take but the

action will be more powerful once acceptance has been achieved.


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Acceptance draws us inward, to check if we have a barrier or need

that requires attending to. Yet often acknowledgement and

acceptance of a situation is sufficient for us to come to a place of

peace about it.

Acceptance may not be possible in one sitting, it may be a process.

It is not a process of the mind but of the heart. It requires us to take

our awareness down to our heart, feel what it is that keeps us from

acceptance, and attend to that feeling. It may be a feeling of grief,

loss, anger, fear, hurt, frustration, for examples, and they may be

there from a situation completely unrelated to the situation we are

endeavouring to accept. A good reason not to go into battle with

someone in the current situation! Indeed the current situation may

simply be showing us that we have an old experience that is asking

to be healed.

Acceptance is a sign of courage and maturity, a celebration of self. It

enables us to move on in life in lightness, ready to face another day

of opportunities, challenges and learning. It is an act of love for

ourself.


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Feelings as intuition

We know very well that we experience our external world through our

five senses; seeing, hearing, tasting, touching and smelling. Any

discussion of a sixth sense has most often been dismissed as

fanciful, or at best, a possibility that holds a high level of doubt. Until

recently that is.

It is so encouraging to see that many more people are embracing

their inner knowing, trusting that the information they are receiving is

valid and helpful. This inner knowing is our intuition. It brings

messages about ourselves and our external environment.


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Our feelings are one way of receiving intuition. This is known in

some circles as clairsentience. By listening to our feelings we

receive additional information over and above our five senses about

ourselves, other people and our external environment.

For example when we feel uncomfortable we are receiving a

message that suggests something is not right for us in the current

situation. When we feel joyful we are receiving a message that

suggests something is right for us. Each feeling when named and

acknowledged brings information that can help explain what is going

on inside of us and around us. When we feel fear we can ask ourself

why we are feeling fear. When we feel anger we can ask the same

question. When we feel happy or joyful we tend not to ask the

question but it none-the-less is helpful for herein lies information

about what is right for us in our life and perhaps we can bring more

of it into our life, thereby increasing our happiness.

Understanding what our feelings are telling us is of course helpful in

social and business environments. For example sometimes we walk

into a room and feel we could cut the air with a knife. Being open to

our intuition enables us to receive additional information about what

is going on in the room. With such information we can act or respond

from a balanced place rather than being intimidated or perhaps even

afraid of the energy we are feeling. This isnt always easy in the

moment but having the understanding that the uncomfortable energy

is coming from elsewhere is none-the-less helpful; we dont have to


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get sucked into it or engulfed by it. We can acknowledge it and allow

it. It is not us.

Perceiving the world from our heart rather than our mind helps us

open more to our intuition. Being in the mind and open to all the busy

thoughts of the day can block our intuition and is more likely to bring

in doubt about the intuitive messages we are receiving. Perceiving

life from the heart helps us to be grounded and enables us to enter

into a more calm and balanced state of being; we can more easily

listen to the subtle messages coming our way.

Opening to our intuition is a skill and takes practice and time, like

working a new muscle. It also takes honesty and trust. Finding others

who are developing their intuition can be helpful; you can share your

experiences and have them reinforced rather than questioned or

dismissed. There comes a time when it becomes less of an exercise

and more just the way you live your life which becomes expanded

beyond the physical and intellectual into a fuller appreciation of

emotional and spiritual wellbeing and all that this brings with it. Enjoy

your journey!


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Relationships in an intuitive world

As we open more and more to our intuition, we find ourself receiving

more information about the people and the environment around us.

So too do others see more of us. One consequence of this

development is the awareness that we can no longer hide. We are

required to be more honest with ourself and with others. This is not

necessarily an easy transition for we are well trained to be polite,

positive, on top of things, confident etc. Pretense has been a way of

life for humanity for eons.

Another consequence is that as we open to our intuition the ways we

communicate with others change. I recognise that I now


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communicate as much from my heart as I do from my head and I

seek more meaningful conversations. I realize I more readily allow

myself the feeling experience when others communicate with me,

and in doing so, I come to understand more fully the nature of what

has taken place. I know when others are attempting to have power

and control over me, and when elements of dishonesty, disrespect,

and deception are present. And I give myself more space to choose

how to respond rather than re-act. When I receive communication

which is heart felt, I feel it deeply and know it is good

In a world where many of us are open and responding to our

intuition, the boundary between personal and business

communication breaks down. Most notably, the idea that we can plan

to do something yet communicate it differently to others is no longer

an option, no matter how subtle the difference. Respect and honesty

reign. Alignment is a must.

Here are some other considerations for our relationships with others

in an intuitive world.

Awareness: Whether you feel you are opening more to your intuition

or not, having the awareness that others are is essential for effective

communication. If you think you have not experienced any changes

in yourself then I encourage you to reflect on where you are getting

your information from and on what basis you are making your

choices. Also reflect on how you feel when you receive


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communication from others. Doing any of these things will also

progress the development of your intuition. Enjoy the ride!

Intention:

Tuning in to our intuition means we are more receptive not only to

what is being spoken or written but also to the energy of the

intention. Intention directs our energy so as to create something. The

energy of our intention can be sensed. When we intend something

that is good for everyone it is felt by ourselves and others, perhaps

as welcomed or good or loving or right. When we intend something

that will bring us benefits but compromise or exclude others this too

is felt by ourselves and others, perhaps as doubt or fear or confusion

or animosity. Intending something that we know is going to have a

detrimental effect on others usually causes us to put up a defense in

readiness of an attack! This, in my view, has become the norm for

many organisations who have teams of people whose job it is to

consider risk and deciding on how to respond to the expected

negative reactions!

Alignment

We feel when a communication is in alignment with the intention and

also when it is not. Alignment feels comfortable, right and trustworthy

even though there appears to be no logic in it. Misalignment may be

felt as a subtle discomfort and so we feel we can easily dismiss it.

Yet as we open more, misalignments are felt more strongly and may

even feel like a stab in the heart.


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Authenticity:

We have to be ourselves. Not just because we can no longer fool

others but also because that as we open to our intuition we open to

our heart and soul, and there we find less tolerance for being

someone we are not. As time goes by we start to feel really

uncomfortable with the persona that we have created to live in the

unforgiving world that we find ourselves in.

Conclusion:

Opening to our intuition is not like flicking a switch (at least not yet);

its a process and we do need to apply effort alongside any natural

opening that is occurring. We are all at different stages in this

process. I know from my own experience that trusting ones intuition

doesnt come easily at first which is why it is good to seek out others

who appear to be in a similar place.

Opening to our intuition appears to be the next giant leap forward for

mankind and we cannot ignore that we are already in this amazing

transition. It is transforming the way we communicate and holds

great potential for how we are in the world with each other. Its no

coincidence that both words communicate and community come

from the Latin communis meaning common. I reckon weve hopped

onto a path leading to better things.


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Living in the now moment.

A lot is being said about the benefits of living in the now moment. But

what is a moment? How about this?

Each year, month and day has its spring, summer, autumn and

winter, that is, it has the universal cycle. So too then does a moment.

Spring is when the energy rises for something, summer is when the

something is in full bloom, in autumn the energy starts to decline and

when the energy is gone winter has arrived.

A moment then, is not so much a factor of time but of energy. Some

moments might be very short; others may be quite long. And we can

live many moments concurrently. A now moment is one we are

currently engaged.


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Letting go

Letting go of some aspect of our life is an active choice. It is an act

of the heart. It requires a heart connection with the energy of that

which we are wanting to release.

We may try to let go of something by thinking about, rationalising

why we dont want it, how we might get rid of it, and look for some

logic in it all. We may also try to push it away. Yet the mind is not an

effective tool for releasing such energy from our bodies. It is the

heart that holds the power to help us release and move on.

We can not let go of something we have not yet claimed as ours.


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And so one of the first things we need to do in the letting go process

is to acknowledge and accept how things really are for us. This

requires us to be still with our discomfort. It requires us to be

completely honest with ourself. It requires us to genuinely feel the

energy of the discomfort that we no longer want or need. Doing so

can bring us information about our discomfort, for example, why it

hurts so much. Often what comes up can be surprising, a revelation

even.

Acceptance without pushing away brings us to a place of peace,

removing any resistance or barriers, and allows the letting go to take

place in its own time.

My experience of this has been that I let go in little pieces. This

allows me to integrate new information that comes and allows a

stepping up into a new place where I feel stronger and ready for

another round of acknowledgement, reclamation and release.

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