“Your visions will become clear only when you can look into your own heart. Who looks outside, dreams; who looks inside, awakes.” Carl Jung
Where are you looking when you envision creating something new in your life? Where does the vision start? What is your secret to manifesting it?
Dreaming From Outside
We all have dreams about what we want in life, but what happens when we try to manifest them? And what does it take for us to bring them into reality? According to Jung, it all starts in the heart. In many instances, we “dream” of what we want. We envision how our external lives would look with more money, our own business, a new relationship, or a different house. We may imagine how we would look behind a lovely mahogany desk in a powerful managerial position, or standing in the midst of a major gallery with people all around us adoring our paintings.
But on a deeper plane, what is the core of this dream? Does it fit with who we really are? We may not even be conscious of the source of the dream or whether it originates from ego’s needs or from our spiritual source. When I began studying dance years ago, I wanted to be beautiful like the dancers I saw, and I wanted to stop feeling weak. Because we had to also create dances in the classes, I discovered it was also a way to be creative. It fulfilled several needs for me, but most were external.
The Value of Going Deeper
As time went by and my body strengthened, I became more confident moving. I was able to let go and dance from the heart, and when I did this, an uplifting energy and joy flowed through me. I was operating from a deeper level. I began to see the mind and body were connected and how they influenced each other. The stress from daily life created tension in the body. The tension blocked my movement and interfered with the flow that was so pleasant. At this point, I was forced to look inside and awakened to realize the blocks were emotional and mental. It was this awakening that led me to explore the spiritual practices that would release these blocks at the deepest level.
On the other hand, my experience as a writer has been quite different. The desire to write tugged at my heart from an early age. It was not a rational thing. In fact, most of the poetry I wrote was about the love of nature or love relationships. The essays I write now are almost always inspirational and initially flow from my trust that what comes from my heart will benefit others.
Creating from the Heart
Whatever we create from the heart level is more authentic because it comes from our spiritual core. For example, following our passion is a heart activity. It awakens us to all possibilities. We are most expansive when we open at the heart level where we can envision more than what we are able to view through the rational mind.
The heart has no hidden agenda, unlike the ego. What we envision from the heart will have a clarity that will enable us to see what we really want to manifest because, unless our vision is clear, we will not be able to manifest what we really want. It’s much like planting flowers or corn. We wouldn’t just lay the seeds on top of the ground and expect them to sprout new plants. We know we must dig into the soil and place the seeds there in that rich, dark place where they will germinate. In order for our vision to grow out into the world, we must go to the heart where we connect with rich spiritual energy. When we operate from this awakened place, the emotion that we use to manifest this vision will be genuine and focused and more likely produce what we want in a way that is also for the highest good of all.
Have any of your recent visions originated from your heart? Were you able to manifest them?
© 2012 Georganne Spruce ZQT4PQ5ZN7F5
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