A million dollar question
In the blog before yesterday, I had copied over Chetan's question here. I answered his question as best I could, and now he has come up with a million-dollar question that every human being on Earth must want the answer to.
Chetan asked:
This stuff left me mystified, especially the sutras. It is so beautiful, I can't just make out where to begin from. If God had given me 100 eyes I would have read it avariciously!!
OK, here I would like to ask a million dollar question.(For me but it is!!). God has always said to follow our heart and not our intellect.Tell me,when a thought comes to mind, how to know whether it is coming from the heart or from the brain?
When people fall in love, they always follow their hearts and later they are left repenting and weeping!
I would like to know from you.
The stuff Chetan refers to includes:
The Story of Heavenletters http://www.heavenletters.org/the-story-of-heavenletters-all-in-one-page.html
The early early Heavenletters before they were numbered: www.heavenletters.org/sutras.html
I answered his question based on what I remember from Heavenletters:
Okay, here is what I wrote back:
Beloved Chetan, I do believe that you are asking the million-dollar question. When is it our heart, our mind, and/or our ego?
Which one of us has all the answers or any of them?
I do remember some of the themes that God gives us in Heavenletters™. Two related points come to mind.
God says we don't measure our lives based on outcomes and results. We can fall in love, just as you say, and wind up heart-broken. Because the romance did not turn out to be what we wanted doesn't mean that we were wrong. Following our hearts -- life altogether -- doesn't have to mean worldly success. We ask why: I loved this person so much, our hearts were pure, and it didn't work out. We don't have to know why, God tells us.
God also tells us again and again not to become attached. If we could love without attachment, would we suffer when someone breaks off with us or whatever?
Interestingly, just in yesterday's Heavenletter #4279 True Grace --
God said:
Humility is no more nor less than knowing you don't have to have your own way.
This is a nice big insight. You don't have to be first in line. You don't have to be first in life.
...you can easily let someone else go first. You can let Me go first, My Will not thine.
Chetan, it's possible that every single Heavenletter addresses, in some way, your million-dollar question.
Then I remembered something else important to say:
Anything that comes from less than love is not from the heart. Negative emotions certainly seem to be heartfelt, yet negativity, no matter how strong it may feel, is not from love and, of course, negativity is not to be acted on.
Then in today's Heavenletter #4280, The Waves of Life, there are also lines relevant to Chetan's question!
I am guessing we could find thousands of lines from God in Heavenletters where He addresses this universal question which is: How do we know?
Tomorrow's blog will be about the new writing project that came to mind. It's not really new, but it seems to want to be done now. It won't take long and I'm pretty sure it will say more in response to Chetan's question.
Well, God did say that everyone and everything is connected!
Comments
Two beautiful Heavenletters that address the heart? or mind? question in relationships:
#1120 The Heart Knows
"Your heart has been made suspect. You think it is your heart that falls in love, and that your heart has let you down or even betrayed you. But somewhere in the back of your mind, your intellect whispered: "This is the one." And you went full steam ahead. It was your mind that fooled you, not your heart. Your mind had an idea, and it did not want to be shaken from it.
"Your heart doesn't make decisions. It has nothing to decide. It sees the Truth before it. But the eyes in your heart can be turned off. The intellect blames the innocent heart. Your intellect has convinced you many a time to take its word and then say it was your heart that led you down the garden path. Contrary to what the world may say, your heart is not a pushover. Only, the mind has been deferred to.
#1288 Knowing the Difference
"I understand that it is sometimes difficult to know when it is your heart speaking or when it is your mind. But life gives you the opportunity to learn the difference between impulse of heart and impulse of mind. Part of your tour on Earth is to learn them. Of course, if you always knew the difference, you would follow the heart. As it is, you only sometimes know the difference, and even when you do, you often choose the mind's tales. But you are learning to follow your heart. Thoughts have gotten in the way.
And two beautiful Heavenletters that address the aspects of karma and eternity in relationships
#1427 This That Is Called Karma
"What is called karma is not as described. It is not payback. It is a continuation of something unfinished. That's all.
"Most of your relationships are unfinished. No divorce is final. Even death does not end your relationships. You just haven't gotten to the good part of the story yet, that's all. But, of course, at some point, the story as you knew it, the story as you wrote it, goes up in smoke. It turns out it was only a story, after all. Then, perhaps, you are finished with it.
"It may give you some comfort to know that you are at the beginning or middle and not at the end of your relationships. You are given another chance. You are given as many chances as you need to come to the place of love supreme.
"Seen from a distance, there is little difference between hello and goodbye. The embrace is the same.
"Perhaps goodbye is the greeting.
#4118 In The Mirror of God’s Heart
"Here's something you will like. Your soul, even as it is One with Me, will know other souls. Your soul will be swept to the souls that you have loved. Of course, you will be immersed in love, and yet the heart of your soul will recognize precise loved ones. You will have that moment's surge of joy. You will reunite, soul to soul. You will have that reunion you crave. You will blend. You will have that. Of course, you will, for wishes come true, and, if not in Heaven, where?
Bev, these are fabulous selections! Wow! I mean Wow! Thank you so much. I will grab these.Especially salient points.
Frankly, I am amazed at these quotations. Several layers of insights.
Much appreciated, Bev.
A thousand blessings!
Love, Gloria
P.S. Bev, some of your quotes emphasize for me that two important 365-day books of quotes are the one on Human Relationships and the one on God's Relationship with us. Will work on them both at the same time.
Of course, there are thousands of choices for topics of such books.
God seems to have a perfect answer for my questions. What a wonderful collection!