Is Your Heart Clear?

In this wild world, take the chance to go in, letting all inside settle. And center. Inhale. Exhale. Welcome to a Hit of Hope. I was at a meeting recently, and the woman in charge said that one time she had worked with an organization run by Quakers.

They had to make significant decision, and there were no easy answers.
One clarifying question they asked in the process was, “Are all hearts clear?”
Inhale. Exhale.
This is a wild world.
We can get so stirred up inside—by anything and everything.

Transcript

In this wild world,

Take the chance to go in,

Letting all that is inside settle and center.

Inhale.

Exhale.

Welcome to a hit of hope.

I was in a meeting recently and the woman in charge said that one time she had worked with an organization run by Quakers.

They had to make a significant decision and there were no easy answers.

One clarifying question they asked in the process was,

Are all hearts clear?

Inhale.

Exhale.

This is a wild world.

We can get so stirred up inside by anything and everything.

Inhale.

Exhale.

Is your heart clear right here,

Right now?

What swirls through your mind and heart when I ask that?

What clouds gather and storm?

Inhale.

Exhale.

Is your heart clear?

If not,

Why not?

When I ask that,

Do you suddenly get tangled up in the thorns of your narrative?

Do you get lost in the complicated twists and turns of your story?

Do your insides start to snarl as you think about the other characters?

Those who seem perfectly designed to frustrate the hell out of you?

Or those who have caused you deep and real pain?

Inhale.

Exhale.

Is your heart clear?

If not,

Check in.

How often do you keep getting hooked by the same thing,

The same thoughts?

Be honest.

How often is it because you choose the drama?

Does a part of you like getting stirred up?

Inhale.

Exhale.

Is your heart clear?

There are so many reasons the answer might be no.

And it's easy to point fingers at the world as to why your heart isn't clear.

If things would just go the way I want them to,

Then my heart could be clear.

Dear ones,

This is not a job that comes from the outside in.

The wild world is beautiful and strange and terrible and it will never go exactly the way we want.

Therefore,

To make our hearts clear,

We need to work from the inside out.

Inhale.

Exhale.

To get our hearts clear,

Breathe.

Drop into the center of your being.

Let everything settle.

Forget the narratives.

Drop the drama.

Sit.

Center.

Let it all settle.

Give your heart space and time to clear.

Inhale.

Exhale.

Center.

Settle.

Let your heart be clear.

Let your radiant light shine.

Reviews

Such a tough but important question, and ideal for generating focus. Thank you. ✌️🧘‍♂️🤘💜

When life is giving me the rotten, the lemons, bringing me to the trauma, or the drama, when I am spinning in the bad neighborhood of my head, when I am worrying about what will happen, or beating myself up, I need to listen to this and lay it all down and surrender my mess and clear my heart. ❤️ Absolutely wonderful. Maybe I can hope a little that it is possible when I feel every kind of pain there is.

I like your reference to the Quaker meeting process. I’ve been to many Quaker meetings. They also refer to it as the discernment process. It’s both personal (checking in with myself internally on whether my heart is clear) and interpersonal (am I ok with this group decision). Either way, it’s a mindfulness practice and very useful.

Powerful question-is there a part of you that likes the drama?

It was very thoughtful. I need to listen again. Thank you

Oh Betsy, I waste sooooo much time being angry with others. It's exhausting and changes nothing...

Wow thank you for sharing your wisdom with us all. I appreciate you and your creativity- please do more like this meditation practice. Otis a game changer and so transformative

Beautiful as always Betsy 💖 You’re my favorite teacher on IT. Sending you love and gratitude 💖🙏🏻💖🪷🕊🪷