The rose of the heart.

[Matt1]

"Some entities seek to balance their open and loving hearts with more wisdom. Other wise souls come into incarnation hoping to break open their hearts and link that unconditional love vibration with wisdom in a more balanced and equal fashion. There are also some who seek the right use of power, balancing it either with love or with wisdom or with both. These are the usual areas of which concern the soul going into incarnation."

I believe the paths to the heart are many. I am not sure how open my heart truly is. I can say that i have an intellectual compassion in an analytical sense, to give an example i could say that if i was to view an event i could tell what is compassionate and what is acting through ignorance, that is if my mind is focused on the present moment and not clouded. Being mindful or aware of ones actions and interactions or rather simply the self i believe is a great benefit to doing the correct thing. If one is not aware of the thoughts we think, how can one make a choice towards the service to others path? I have been a rather emotional stern individual for most of my live , perhaps other than say childhood or during growth such as the natural emotional uncertainty of puberty. This seems to be a fairly common emotional pattern for most normal people. I guess my main question is when does one move from the intellectual understanding of the heart, which is to say a moral or ethical philosophy and into the direct emotional or feelings of the heart? I have mild moments when i have an warm feeling in my heart, that great joy, that sweetness, the closeness but i cannot be said to have that feeling greatly often.

I do not consider myself to be an negative person, but i believe i have a stronger intellectual ability towards compassion rather than an direct emotional experience. I can understand right from wrong through common sense or moral values. This is surely a good place to be and with mindfulness i can bring that choice into each moment, to choice understanding over ignorance. Is it simply the fact that i am an emotional unmoved type of person? or is my heart still in potential and awaiting further activation?