We tend to be consumed in the right idea of what is good for us.  In an effort to unravel the mystery, our minds construct fantastic stories about how things should go. Mystical teachings suggest following the wisdom of Spiritual guidance by hearing it with the heart, rather than analyzing it in the mind.  The same can be true in regards to conversations, learning, or even turning points in our lives.

In the mind, things we experience need to relate objectively through a weighing process.  Everything is measured in the mind against past experiences and a false appreciation, called perception, is generated.  This is all based on personal memory, the sum total of all our experiences, including our feelings, thoughts, imaginings, sensations etc.  In general, the result is a perception of the world that is safe and predictable to our mind.

When we enter the heart, what we find may not be safe or comfortable.  It might scare us to bits.  We are not ready for the love of our heart to be unleashed because we are not ready to let go of the drama that comes from perception.  Knowledge and perception are two completely different things.  We are not ready for true knowledge of the heart because it cannot exist in our awareness so long as we cling to illusion.

The truth is that we have been given false ideas about ourselves and the world and most importantly, what is possible.  Imagine there is infinite possibility and infinite potential, but so long as we identify with our perception, “what is possible” remains outside our grasp.  So long as what we perceive in the mind is what we identify as “who we are”, there will always be limitations to our experience.  Likewise our choices will be coloured by that perception and our life’s path directed by a limited understanding of who we are.

We are beings unimaginably vast.  In the heart this is clear.  In the mind, our perceptions are doubtful because all things are judged based on our illusion of who we are.  Every moment is an opportunity to dismantle illusions and recognize what we truly are.  There is tremendous power in love, the face of which truly makes us tremble.  Few “go there”, yet we must all go there.  It is the silent peacefulness, awaiting our return to our own truth.

What is required of us is a leap of faith into the unknown.  It is scary, mysterious, unsafe, blind, hard, impossible, but this is only our perception of the matter.  In Reality, it is waiting for us with open arms and a heart that is bare.