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  This week's book back story features How to Live from Your Heart by Nanette V. Hucknall.  from the editor -- her original summary of the book while in its planning stage: OVERVIEW Imagine yourself in a deeply loving and completely fulfilling relationship, excited by each new day. Imagine you awake to intellectually stimulating work that matters in the world. Picture the deepest longings in your heart blooming into real, tangible manifestations of your creativity. You can have all of this. You already have the road map and the knowledge to create this beautiful life, and all that wisdom resides in your heart. Your heart knows: Right from wrong Creativity from procrastination Love from lust Joy from mania Honesty from falsehoods And more. And here’s the best news. Tapping into your heart communications skills will: Bring you a deeper perspective on events in your own life and in the world Help you attain and retain emotional balanc

    excerpt from  How to Live from Your Heart  by Nanette Hucknall - Understanding the Heart   Imagine yourself in a deeply loving and completely fulfilling relationship, excited by each new day. Imagine you awake to intellectually stimulating work that matters in the world. Picture the deepest longings in your heart blooming into real, tangible manifestations of your creativity. You can have all of this. You already have the road map and the knowledge to create this beautiful life, and all that wisdom resides in your heart.  Your heart knows:       • Right from wrong       • Creativity from procrastination      • Love from lust      • Joy from mania      • Honesty from falsehoods And more.  And here’s the best news. Tapping into your heart communications skills will:      • Bring you a deeper perspective on events in your own life and in the world       • Help you attain and retain emotional balance      • Unleash your creativity and make it easier to tap into throughout your d

  Photo from "Feeling Your Life's Energy," The Light Gap https://www.thelightgap.com/feeling-hearts-energy/ HEART ENERGY – WHAT IS IT? Heart energy flows through the heart from a source in the universe. Different religious sects label this source according to their belief systems. It can be called God, Brahma, Shiva, The Divine Mother, etc. Essentially, this energy comes from a Higher source and passes through several stages before reaching an individual. It flows through the heart center in waves, very much like solar energy. These waves of energy change as they pass through the heart. They vary according to the makeup of the individual and also in the way that the individual uses them. With each use of the heart, these waves become stronger and purer. They vibrate in the heart center and affect others. Again, this energy is as strong as the individual’s capacity to contain it and use it. The heart that is activated with this energy uses it for its many functions

  excerpt from How to Live from Your Heart by Nanette Hucknall - Introduction Buddha said: The way is not in the sky. The way is in the heart. Living from your heart is a way of life. It means to listen with your heart, to relate to others with your heart, to receive and give to others with your heart, to access knowledge with your heart, to inspire and be inspired, and to learn discrimination, trusting in your heart’s ability to recognize right from wrong. It means being open to any possibility and any creative thought. The heart is the way to higher wisdom and the spirit within. Using your heart as an instrument brings an acceptance of nature’s beauty, the containment of opposites and a way for healing energies to flow. But what is the heart? The physical heart, of course, is an organ that keeps us alive, but the physical heart is very different from the heart this book is referring to. Where does one feel love or pain? It always comes not from the physical heart but from a place in

  Excerpt from How to Live from Your Heart : The Heart’s True Functions  The heart chalice has many functions. Some of these were mentioned in the last chapter on the different types of energy that pass through the heart. Besides energy, the heart also contains knowledge that is part of a person’s individuality. The individuality is comprised of all the positive and negative characteristics that have been played out and accumulated through many lifetimes. If you don’t believe in past lives, you can call these accumulations part of the collective unconscious, a term coming from the research of Carl Jung, a famous psychotherapist in the last century.  These accumulations carry aspects of the different cultures on the planet, and those aspects in turn constitute hidden qualities that can emerge during your lifetime. If your heart is functioning with the positive qualities, then you will appear to others as a warm-hearted, kind, and loving person. If your heart is functioning w