By Dorothy M. Neddermeyer, PhD
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.Your heart is a powerful listening tool to capture the subtle nuances of tone of voice, body language and choice of words. All too often people listen on the surface with their egos--hearing the words, but failing to notice the subtle nuances--as they patiently wait for their turn to speak.
Too often we are preoccupied by what we want to say or by projecting our hopes or fears onto the other person's words. Consciously using your heart, however, allows you to access a deeper part of yourself--a part that is both receptive and willing to listen to the depth and breath of the message that is being conveyed. In so doing your heart allows you to connect to others on a soul level, taking you beyond mere words into the realm of truer and more soulful, thus meaningful communication.
Consciously listening from the heart and thoughtfully hearing the nuances and deeper emotional meaning of the words is a wonderful way to truly tune into who people are.
You can learn to listen with your heart by imagining that your ears are in the center of your heart--that your heart is receiving the sound vibrations of the words, which helps you to access the more profound level of meaning. Listening from your heart brings greater meaning to your interactions as well as making it easier for you to respond in a genuine and heartfelt way to the emotional content of what is said.
As a metaphysical and energetic realm, the heart is the center of the human energy system. The new field of energetic cardiology has revealed that the heart is more than a muscular pump. It has wisdom; it is the metaphysical and energetic center of love, and knowing. It is unfortunate that we have been taught to distrust the wisdom of our hearts. We have become disconnected from who we truly are--spiritual beings having a human experience. We work when rest is called for, we eat even though we are not hungry, and laugh when it is a sad situation, and we harbor angry when forgiveness would set us free. It is our ego/intellect that drives us to prove ourselves when our heart may be hurting, we feel rejected or we are struggling with a sense of unworthiness. The intellect/ego personality knows only fear and lack. We have forgotten to forgive, nurture and honor ourselves. We have forgotten to live with an open heart.
The metaphysical wisdom of our heart is a gift from Spirit and our Higher Selves. Listen and develop the ability to discern and balance the intellect with heart wisdom. When you listen from your heart, you have moved into your Spiritual Consciousness. You are raising the energy frequency of your being, the Planet, and yourself. That is what you are here to do; that is your love to yourself and others made manifest.
Dorothy M. Neddermeyer, PhD, Life Coach, Hypnotherapist, Author, "101 Great Ways To Improve Your Life." Dr. Dorothy has the unique gift of connecting people with a broad range of profound principles that resonate in the deepest part of their being. She brings awareness to concepts not typically obvious to one's daily thoughts and feelings.
