Heart's Desires, Part 2

February 24, 2008

Dear Friends,

Two weeks ago I wrote about the desires of your heart, and how they differ from all those things you “think” you want in your head. I pointed out how your heart’s desires are what you truly want deep down inside, and how those desires are less about “things” and more about “experiences” . . . experiences that fulfill you in lasting and meaningful ways, and are always in the best interests of all involved. It is to the fulfillment of your heart’s desires that the divine flow is continually guiding you.

Naturally, if what you “think” you want and what you really want differ greatly in their specifics, then being and staying in the divine flow of life will be more difficult for you. Why? Simply because the divine flow will be pointing you in a direction that is so different from what you are expecting, you will be much more likely to miss or dismiss the next right steps that you are being divinely guided to take.

One way to minimize this issue right from the start is to make your goals and dreams as close to what your heart wants as possible. And how do you do that? Become heart centered.

In prayer and meditation, affirm the truth of who you really are at the core of your being: love itself. Shift your sense of identity away from what you look like and what you do, and identify instead with the divinely loving spirit that is your true, eternal essence.

When you begin to come from this place of love, you will discover that the desires that arise in your mind are more faithful to how they were first conceived by your heart—by your spirit. And like all desires of the heart, they won’t be limited or self-serving in nature. Instead, they will divinely inspired ideas that are grand and glorious and good for all.

So, if you want to be in the flow from the very start, then the first thing you should do is get into your heart! Focus on being the love that you are at heart—on being the compassionate, kind, caring, and forgiving person that you are at the center of your being.

Do that, my friend, and the desires of your heart will become the desires of your head!

Steven

© 2008 by Steven Lane Taylor