Hey there folks,
It's Mikael.
And a friend of mine recently asked me,
How do I know when my heart is open?
The first sign and clue is when your heart is open,
You feel relaxed,
Knowing you are enough.
When your heart is closed,
You feel tense,
Stressed,
Always trying to fix yourself in the endless pursuit of trying to be perfect and ultimately not being enough.
The second sign and clue is you acknowledge your weaknesses,
Your shortcomings and vulnerabilities with compassion and understanding.
But when your heart is closed,
You start beating yourself up,
Criticizing yourself,
Ignoring or distracting yourself from being less than perfect.
The third sign and clue is that self-awareness leads to a form of self-acceptance,
The good and the bad parts of ourself versus when your heart is closed,
You go into self-denial or you become self-important.
The fourth sign and clue that your heart is open is you seek to understand others with compassion versus trying to be understood by everyone,
Focus on being understanding versus being understood.
The fifth sign and clue is you feel powerful.
You feel powerful from within,
Not because of what you have or what title you have or education or money in the bank,
You feel powerful as a state of being alive,
Connected and loved.
Versus when your heart is closed,
You feel powerless,
Apathetic,
Disconnected and ultimately alone.
The sixth sign and clue is that you notice the beauty and goodness of everyone around you versus when your heart is closed,
You tend to criticize and find fault with everyone around you.
The seventh sign and clue of when your heart is open is that you know you are forgivable and forgiving towards others versus you harbor and hold onto resentments when your heart is closed,
You like to feel righteous anger and you enjoy blaming others.
So in a nutshell,
Those are the seven signs and clues,
But when you function in life by trusting yourself,
You will attract trustworthy people.
You will enjoy all of the life's experiences.
Even the challenging lessons in life.
And that is only when your heart is open that the synchronicities,
The coincidences,
The magic and miracles become a part of your daily life.
The fifth sign and clue is that you notice the beauty and goodness of everyone around you.
