Heart Notes

      by Sharda Chaitanya                                                                                                              

"It is important to develop intuition, for he who is God-conscious is sure of himself. He knows and he knows that he knows . We must be sure of God's presence, as sure as we are that we know the taste of an orange. It was only after my Guru had shown me how to commune with God and after I had felt His presence everyday that I assumed the spiritual duty of telling others about Him."  

-Parahamsa Yogananda- 

Jagadguru Paramahamsa Yogananda

Dear Friends.

To whom I write, I do not know.  I see we are getting more hits here on the blog all the time.  Yesterday  we received 30 visits to the site.  For us, me and Vanya, this is very exciting.  My initial premise for doing this, as the blog title would indicate, was to write about Feng Shui and to give tips that you might use in your home or office.  But clearly other topics have seemed, for the moment, to have taken precedent.  I am quite taken with the current and very important energy that is swirling around the planet in anticipation of our ascension at the end of this most auspicious year. It's what I'm interested, what I read about and what consumes much of how I operate on the day to day.  A plethora of information, much of it very excellent, is available regarding the numerous aspects related to ascension.  Whether they be personal, political, social or spiritual; they are all being impacted by this universally recognized shift.  Once you start becoming involved with what is happening in your world, our world, their world, it is hard to turn away from the truths that are showing themselves in all their glory.

It is with that in mind that I am compelled to share channeled and other information as it relates to the tone that I wish to maintain on this blogsite.   The main reason, the only reason really, is that I wish that everyone come to know what a wonderful, exciting, loving and unifying time we are all very blessed to have been born  in. Ascension is for everyone and everyone on the planet has been born at this time to participate in this experience.  If we are even partially aware of what is very actively taking place then we can begin to tune in, ask for what we want and watch ourselves blossom into  citizens of the beautiful world about to be born.   So when I see that we had 30 hits in one day, then my work has not been in vain.  It is in the spirit of sharing the abundance that is waiting for all of us - abundance of prosperity, peace and pure joy!

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Vanya is my guide and where I feel it is appropriate, I will use the plural pronoun.  What part of my journey and my humble work with the blog has been impacted by his arrival  requires a whole post unto itself.  It is deeply intimate.  Our paths and the relationships we have with our Guru, teachers and guides, all of whom are extremely important, are bound by sacred trust and respect.  My spiritual path is largely defined by my teachers, not because they are bigger and better or older and smarter, but because their love is large.  Unconditional, selfless, balanced-toward-all, love.  When we experience that love, when we can be near it, see it, feel it and know it, truly and honestly, nothing else matters.  The world falls away.  If we are blessed enough to have it touch our heart repeatedly, then the stronger the bond becomes and more of our attachment to the illusion of the world turns away.  The power of love that we receive by being in the company of saintly people and the joy we have because of our connection to our guides is something that is permanently with us.  Once you have been touched by the Light the search for secular knowledge and gratification of the senses, the pursuit and indulgence of ownership of possessions and identification with ego, is greatly minimized.  Unconditional God Love is subtle and all-encompassing, it needs and desires only Itself because it perpetuates Itself with Itself.  That love reveals to us, to our heart, the One to Whom there exists no second.

So it is that very intimacy, the kind that the world cannot influence, the nature of which is intuited with an unequivocal knowing, that is not for prying eyes, it is not possible,  Once one has seen the depth of the Self from the perspective of unconditional and perfect Love, one is shielded from external influences and thus free to nurture this other-worldly, divine emotion through spiritual discipline and meditation.  There is no chore too difficult nor discipline too daunting if we do so for the Love we seek.  In truth, one needn't have to do anything, Perfect Love is always present.  Once we get even a passing glimpse of Perfection, a tiny taste of  Divinity, our journey has begun and we cannot be stopped;  no worldly satisfaction can match the serenity and peace of  Guru's grace.  Perfect Knowledge is known through the heart, because God is Love.  When the heart is purified by the fire of Wisdom  bestowed by the Jagadguru, the world teacher, nothing remains that can harbor lower energy or negativity, we are not longer in bondage to the lower dimensions.  We are free to soar the realms of the higher dimensions and take in the scenery of a blissful existence.