Taking heart

SI think I finally know what it means 'to take heart'. How disconnected I'd been! - Been trying to orchestrate my life and body from an outside standpoint somehow; when what I needed was to reside in the place deep within my body's living center (the heart) to respond to the more immediate, subtler, finer voice (like a liquid filament) that appears as vaporous threads unraveling from my heart. I'm happy there, perfectly blissful - and that gives me courage whenever I - my mind - believe I'm somehow failing in my efforts. All this time I'd been second guessing everything to do with myself, because I had been disconnected from this center, my heart. The heart of me. Not only of my body, but of my life, of 'me through time'.

In a way, I'd been trying to bypass the intricate system of involuntary communication that connects all of my body to one another via my brain, and replace it with a less intricate, bumbling, second-guessing one of conscious control via my conscious mind. I'd been doing double work! And all this time, all I had to do was reside in my heart, and let go of control. My body then moves freely to make itself more comfortable, more efficiently productive and nourished, perfectly happy when I would have imagined fatigue, boredom, impasse, defeat, etc., looking on anxiously from outside.

This must be the yoke that Jesus was talking about - 'my yoke is easy' - for all who labor (unnecessarily). I feel blessed, protected, safe, hopeful, blissful, quiet (peaceful), and in harmony with the ever-growing world that is ever being created to perfection.

So take on the yoke, and take heart!