Do you imagine running fast as Usain Bolt? Or swimming like Aquaman himself, Michael Phelps?
Did your heart open and your eyes fill with tears during the recent Olympics?
My heart did. It soared, it swelled, was held captive by the dazzling athletic performances.
Our hearts generate such powerful energy. I wonder: what would it be like to have an Olympics entirely focused on heart energy & love?
On our daily excursions through life, we squeeze our hearts, riddling them with stress and strain. At times, we even fill them with hatred and rage. But there are other moments still when only radiant love can be found within us – and when that happens, we are golden.
Imagine that today, we could choose to be like those athletes who train for years to excel at their sport – in that we could train our hearts to be even more luminous, compassionate, and rich in love. What would such a world look like, if all members of our families focused on the development of their heart muscles, or whole communities studied the evolution and expansion of love and mindfulness.
These “heart” Olympics would be open to all, from babies to elders.
So today let’s take a few moments to connect to our own Olympian hearts, and pulse with love, wonderful love.
Here we go:
Take a couple of deep breaths into your body and close your eyes.
Allow your senses to shift from the outside to the inside. Give your body a few moments to become attuned to this inner awareness.
On your next deep breath, take your awareness to your heart and see how it feels in this moment. Does it feel heavy or light? Constricted or open?
Now ask your heart what color it wants to wash out any old residues of fears, conclusions or vows that stop it from being in the moment. Imagine that color coming in from the universe directly into your heart, and begin rinsing it with that color. Take as much color as your heart wants or needs. Breathe and relax as you do this exercise.
Once you feel the heart tingling and fresh, ask it to open the essence of its most radiant love. Feel into this essence. You might perceive it as light, or a ripple of loving emotion. Breathe into it. Open it with your trust. Breathe. Expand. Glisten with the energy of love as it moves into your cells. Feel its vibration bathing you as your heart taps into its deepest knowings through this channel of love.
Stay in this energy for as long as you would like. Then, when you are ready, take a few more deep breaths and open your eyes.
How do you feel now?
Keep in mind – this is just one round of this exercise. Imagine putting this practice into play several times a day for many months, or even years!
Look into the future, and see how much you have grown with the great power of love in your heart.