Seeing the Creator in All Entities

[Sacred Fool]

It seems generally more difficult for me to maintain an open heart in the workplace. I've made some progress, but the bad energies around me (the "I want, I want, I want" energies from the non-spiritually awakened) really exhaust me at the office. When I'm at home it's easy to say to the angels "I have an open heart and I invite you in."

It's definitely not easy, and that prompts the question: why bother??

I can think of two reasons off hand.  (1) Regarding the catalyst of this planet with an open heart is good preparation for working with 4D light and (2) doing this is helpful to the planet here and now.  It offers an example of love to those who witness it and it allows more 4D energy to be anchored in to the planet, as I am given to understand it.
  

I thought of a third reason. When your heart is open, you are not shut in by darkness--even if you are conscious of darkness--you continue to have access to the light; but when you contract because you feel threatened, those resources become hidden behind a closed door, so to speak.

[Louisabell]

It seems generally more difficult for me to maintain an open heart in the workplace. I've made some progress, but the bad energies around me (the "I want, I want, I want" energies from the non-spiritually awakened) really exhaust me at the office. When I'm at home it's easy to say to the angels "I have an open heart and I invite you in."

Trying to keep the heart open by brute force can only go so far, in my opinion.

Maybe instead of seeing it as though you must keep an open heart in spite of the "I want, I want, I want" energies around you, why not question how these energies can act as catalyst which opens the heart?

For example, why do you classify the "I want, I want, I want" energies as "bad"? Is there no virtue in knowing what you want and going after it? Can't you identify the same energetic movements in yourself (even if you desire other things), thereby finding some way to relate to the humans around you? Can you find nothing endearing about it (much like how endearing a toddler, which stomps his feet and scrunches his face in order to get a cookie, can be)?  

The heart, delicate and precious, cannot be forced to perform. It is up to the mind to balance the biases (the unacceptable) in order to allow the way of the heart which loves unconditionally.

However, the heart does not need to be open 100% of the time. I think it's OK to be a "regular" person every now and then.

[Ohr Ein Sof]

The mind, I do not think it should be regarded as such. Afterall, your mind and the Creator's mind is one of the same at least that is the way It sees it. You live and move inside the Mind of God therefore, you also think within this Infinite Mind. The Entire Universe is mind-stuff.

For the purpose of mechanical practicality, I'm making a distinction between consciousness and mind.  On the level of consciousness, you may compare your consciousness with the Creator's, but the role of the mind is to filter out most of what's available to the consciousness so as not to overwhelm the conscious self with TMI.

So, I would phrase it that we live and operate within the Consciousness of Divinity and that Creation is made of consciousness-stuff.  These terms may be clunky and worthless in general parlance, however, when trying to learn the craft of maintaining an open heart in the face of a stressful encounter, I find these concepts pointedly useful. 

For instance, when one is, let's say, insulted unexpectedly, one can be conscious of that fact and remain open hearted, if doing so is one's personal preference.  But if one makes no conscious choice, and reacts in fear and the heart closes down, that's a function of the mind taking that of which one is conscious, then filtering and framing it in a knee-jerk, (2D) defensive manner.  Viewing it this way narrows down how one might approach the discipline, if one cares about such things.

  

Yes understood. I began to ponder this same point looking more deeply into your response after I had written. You are correct. First things first on our way to consciousness. And you are correct in that because we contain all the 7 rays within; some activated and some in potentiation, we may contact any one of them with and through our actions whether they be conscious or unconscious. In this I am saying, I understand completely your comment. Please forgive me for jumping ahead of your comment.
The mind unmanaged is man's worst nightmare therefore creating all kinds of fantastic sufferings. The balance is the keen awareness that the mind needs management by the conscious entity thereby bringing its awareness into a point of pure focus.
Thank you Peregrine.

[AnthroHeart]

It seems generally more difficult for me to maintain an open heart in the workplace. I've made some progress, but the bad energies around me (the "I want, I want, I want" energies from the non-spiritually awakened) really exhaust me at the office. When I'm at home it's easy to say to the angels "I have an open heart and I invite you in."

Trying to keep the heart open by brute force can only go so far, in my opinion.

Maybe instead of seeing it as though you must keep an open heart in spite of the "I want, I want, I want" energies around you, why not question how these energies can act as catalyst which opens the heart?

For example, why do you classify the "I want, I want, I want" energies as "bad"? Is there no virtue in knowing what you want and going after it? Can't you identify the same energetic movements in yourself (even if you desire other things), thereby finding some way to relate to the humans around you? Can you find nothing endearing about it (much like how endearing a toddler, which stomps his feet and scrunches his face in order to get a cookie, can be)?  

The heart, delicate and precious, cannot be forced to perform. It is up to the mind to balance the biases (the unacceptable) in order to allow the way of the heart which loves unconditionally.

However, the heart does not need to be open 100% of the time. I think it's OK to be a "regular" person every now and then.

Agreed. When you open up by releasing resistance and clearing blockages to enough love and light, the heart stays open on its own. I still find myself casting judgment on things, but before long I am back to my resting place of loving.

[Sacred Fool]

(1) Please forgive me for jumping ahead of your comment.

(2) The balance is the keen awareness that the mind needs management by the conscious entity thereby bringing its awareness into a point of pure focus.

1. Well then, you provided a good example of the energy system getting clamped down by the body/mind in order to respond to a perceived threat instead of remaining open to the influence of Infinity (such as that influence might otherwise have been).  I've done the exact same thing here hundreds of times over the years.  No worries.

2. Yes, sometimes focus, sometimes flow.  That's my experience: disciplining the mind to bias (and thus distort) consciousness as little as possible leads to greater clarity of being.  At the same time, of course, discharging longstanding personality structures can feel quite uprooting.  On balance, though, the process of reconnecting with my heart has outweighed the discomfort brought on by the sense of internal instability or discontinuity.  The trade off has been worthwhile, in part because of the relief felt due to a sense of forward progression from less clarity to more, from less harmony with All to more.
   

[KaliSouth]

It seems generally more difficult for me to maintain an open heart in the workplace. I've made some progress, but the bad energies around me (the "I want, I want, I want" energies from the non-spiritually awakened) really exhaust me at the office. When I'm at home it's easy to say to the angels "I have an open heart and I invite you in."

Trying to keep the heart open by brute force can only go so far, in my opinion.

Maybe instead of seeing it as though you must keep an open heart in spite of the "I want, I want, I want" energies around you, why not question how these energies can act as catalyst which opens the heart?

For example, why do you classify the "I want, I want, I want" energies as "bad"? Is there no virtue in knowing what you want and going after it? Can't you identify the same energetic movements in yourself (even if you desire other things), thereby finding some way to relate to the humans around you? Can you find nothing endearing about it (much like how endearing a toddler, which stomps his feet and scrunches his face in order to get a cookie, can be)?  

The heart, delicate and precious, cannot be forced to perform. It is up to the mind to balance the biases (the unacceptable) in order to allow the way of the heart which loves unconditionally.

However, the heart does not need to be open 100% of the time. I think it's OK to be a "regular" person every now and then.

I accept that people are who they are. I have no intention of changing anyone. Just being around thousands of confused versions of the Creator can wear one down when one "feels" energy.

[Louisabell]

I accept that people are who they are. I have no intention of changing anyone. Just being around thousands of confused versions of the Creator can wear one down when one "feels" energy.

That's understandable. I was just using what you said to say some general stuff I had on my mind. Wasn't meant to call you out or anything, maybe just stating some good reminders for us all.