"Indeed, it is our ordinary mind, with its
emotional entanglements, that closes us
off from the essential heart mind which
is essentially clear, peaceful, and natural
compassion and loving-kindness."
Rob Preece
FEELING WISDOM
Author Rob Preece addresses cut off heart energy in his book FEELING WISDOM. He reflects upon our very life style in the Western culture. The way we live applies a subtle level of pain and depression which manifests in insecurity, anxiety, and unhappiness.
In American lifestyles, at a very early age we experience great expectations. We experience separation from our mom with pressure to be independent and self-reliant. Our environment
reveres extreme competition while driven to succeed. Our communities are disintegrating and our families are dysfunctional which plays right into fear, insecurity and anxiety becoming the root of emotional drive.
According to Preece, if we find ourselves to be self-absorbed and thriving on personal gratification at the expense of others, we have a deep rooted wounding. Our wounded pathology of the heart has become a cultural normality. Our wounded heart leads us to problematic relationships with others resulting in feelings of sadness and loneliness. This blocks us from experiencing any true sense of heart connection.
To resolve the wounded heart, we once again turn within, shifting false self-images and quieting the harsh critic. We follow a path inward towards our personal wisdom of who we really are, and who we were truly meant to be...a loving human spirit extending and receiving love.
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