Remove Barriers to Consciousness – Cleanse Heart and Then Mind
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When you live in a materialistic civilization, cleansing of the mind is very difficult. The heart is cleansed by your devotion to the Higher Self spirit within. If allowed, the mind takes over and subjugates and suppresses the heart so you can’t see that beautiful light that emanates therefrom. That light is your portal to the Divine Knowledge. Our amazing challenge while here on earth in earth clay bodies, is to let that Divine Knowledge into our consciousness and to allow our Higher Selves to rule our lives. This is very advantageous, however until we’ve attuned to the Spirit consciously we are unlikely to fully understand that.
Since mind cleansing is difficult, let’s talk about heart cleansing first. That’s where the power comes from… the heart!
When you look within during meditation you’ll see your heart light… though it may seem dim at first. Perhaps it is like a tiny candle flickering, barely visible to your inner sight. Focus on it. Devote your attention to it. Visualize the light coming forth and shining throughout your body – in every section and extremity. Visualize the white/golden light as inhabiting and illuminating every cell and molecule of your physical body. Cleanse your heart with your devotion. Paramahansa Yogananda wrote in his autobiography – “…a true yogi … comprises within himself pure devotion and consequently pure knowledge.” (p. 322) It is the devotion you put into your meditation and spiritual growth that dissolves the barriers and cleanses the heart so that more light can pour forth to be reflected in every aspect of your body and life.
Thus we find the answer to cleansing of the mind. The heart comes first… polish that with devotion to meditation and your unity with your Higher Self. Once that comes into your life, cleansing of the mind will happen naturally. You may have this cleansing take place right away, or you may have to constantly check yourself to assess your progress, and I suspect that people vary in this. It could all be based on the level of devotion to heart-centeredness taking place. I am no expert on how spiritual growth takes place in others especially when so many others are much more advanced in the spiritual path than am I. I do, however, have faith that we all can cleanse heart and mind, and be illumined with Spirit.
Some barriers to being able to walk on this spiritual path are substances like drugs – including some pharmaceutical drugs, and alcohol, smoking, and eating of meat. All these will interfere with the opening of the heart portal and reflection of pure spirit. Cleanse your life, your heart, your intentions, your mind… and you’ll see beneficent changes in the content of your life.
Tags: consciousness, devotion, purity