If youve ever been in love, you understand the metaphor. But did you know that there are actual physical, measurable indications of that truth? In studies using electrocardiograms (again, from information provided by Joseph Chilton Pearce, with his permission) it has been shown that a mother and child, when separated, will have different heart rhythms and rates, but when brought to close proximity, their electrocardiograms will match. Its not limited to Mother and offspring. Other studies have been done that showed a person in emotional distress could go to a person for comfort and, while being held, their heart would fall into rate and rhythm with the person holding them. The affected person, taking the energetic lead from the comforting person, would calm down. This is called entrainment. Entrain literally means, To pull or draw along after itself. Metaphorically, that is one way of describing what healers do: pull or draw along people in need through a challenge or crisis. On an energetic level, using heart-consciousness is a powerful force. On its own, the heart projects a measurable electromagnetic field surrounding the body for a distance of twelve feet or more. This field is so powerful that in a study it was found you could literally do an electrocardiograph reading of heart activity from three feet away -- without wires! Further studies have shown that some individuals have control of how intense the field is, or how far it can project. Im sure you can recall many a time when youve walked into a room and suddenly been drawn to a particular person or group of people because there was, literally, the feeling of an energetic pull, or attraction. Something in you was naturally attuned to something out there and you needed to be close to it. This is not a one-sided relationship. Whether we are conscious of it or not, we are both sending AND receiving signals from our hearts back and forth to each other. Witness how you can sometimes be walking behind someone and you know they are in a mood. We know its there, because we do get it in glimpses. Its just a matter of strengthening our abilities to actively use heart-consciousness in our lives. As a paramedic, I was tricked into a state of heart-consciousness by compassion. I would find myself in the midst of an emergency and some facet of the circumstances and/or patient would strike me so personally that I united my own will to live with theirs. I attained a deep connection to the others experience on a very primal level. In that state I found myself able to juggle what appears to be two different worlds. While riding the waves of the other persons emotions which, essentially are expressions of their lifes force I would also be able to sort and assimilate physical data, and then make appropriate choices for emergency intervention. In an emergency, the key to effectiveness is getting the patients into a state to where they can accept the treatment youre offering. The more receptive the patient, the more effective will be your treatment. One way is to overcome the bodys natural responses (abject fear, for example) by administering medications. Another way is to connect with the person and, using the moment-to-moment cues you get, move his or her attention off of themselves and on to you as a sort of focal point for their hope. From there, you build bridges that help bring the patient into a more favorable state for healing to begin. In that case, you actually become partners in the healing process. When I was able to attain a connection like that, I had some amazing experiences. If I had to put them all in a blender, the conclusion would come out that a part of me would receive information from a part of them that would help, if not lead, me to take the most effective next step in their care. Ive come to the conclusion that our hearts were in communication and telling each (and both!) of our heads what to do next. This has been my same experience while working in personal growth workshops and counseling. After having established a connection with the person I was with, I found myself reaching into my past experience and pulling out an obscure happening in my life as an example or illustration. Were talking something like It popped out of my mouth more than something that I consciously searched for! In those times, whatever I brought forth was so on target with the persons next step toward transformation/healing we were both astounded! Out of moments like those, I, too, experienced a form of healing -- to realize that every moment of my own life can find its place to heal others. When you gain practice in getting in touch with the consciousness of your heart, you will be able to strengthen what I call the muscles of choice that have to do with projecting and receiving that energy. With more practice, you can read what comes to you from others much better, and use that to influence how and when the intelligent energy that is your heart expands and contracts, and who it affects and how. In our last installment, well discuss heart-consciousness and the healer. |
