heart-based living

The Institute of HeartMath is dedicated to helping people develop heart-based living and global coherence. 

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• Science of The Heart: Exploring the Role of the Heart in Human Performance, a research article
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Enjoy exploring all that HeartMath offers. Life is a pleasure and each of us creates it individually!

coherence and love

Howard Martin and Rollin McCraty created a presentation, 3 Keys to Increasing Personal & GlobalCoherence. They spoke about a fundamental shift in consciousness that is creating both chaos and advancement, which are aspects of change. Indeed, we are the new stage of social, spiritual and cultural evolution through our participation.

How do we conduct our lives in this time of great change to maintain balance? The three keys are:

• Moving through the rhythm of resistance (exercising intuition, patience and awareness in the moment)
• Maintaining a feeling of ease within (navigation technique).
• Creating a more heart-based world (living your interconnectedness with all things).

Dr. Franz Halberg, the originator of the term circadian rhythm, known around the world for his study of the relationship between the body's time structure and health, stated “...invisible magnetic influences emanating from the sun and earth affect life from birth to death.” The Institute of HeartMath conducts research that demonstrates this and much greater interconnectedness!

At the beginning and end of each day, ask yourself, “How can I contribute more?” More care inspires and reassures us of our value and role. A single act of caring may be the stimulus for another to help a third person create game changers on the world scene, so make a difference every day. 

Each person matters!

Listen to the 3 Keys presentation when you become a member (free). Be sure to check out the other free information to improve the quality of your life (e.g., remove stress). 

Help yourself to a more joyful life!

love energy field, part one

Love has many facets and directions. It is human nature to feel beloved feelings for another Human Being. It is Human nature no matter what race, no matter what culture. Humans fall in love with Humans. What a glorious feeling!

Remember the first time you laid eyes on the one that meant so much to you, and all the emotion that followed beyond that time. Now tell me, is that a falsity or is that true? Is it real or imagined? And what is it that happens with your body? There’s chemistry. Your very brain is affected. All these things, together, create energy between the Human Beings that can be felt. And you know of what I speak. It’s pure energy and it’s thick with reality!

And is this also true with animals? How many of you are in love with an animal? Don’t you love the unconditional love you get back from an animal? When you look in their eyes, you see the preciousness there. Are you surprised that the animal feels this? So often, the love is returned. How is it there can be love between a Human Being and a simple animal, some very small and some very large. Here is a creature that has no intellect and cannot even speak your language, yet they have love. What if this energy called love was a universal property?

It’s a very energetic and powerful thing, this love. When even the animals of the planet can feel a Human Being giving it to them, do you think that there is actual energy being transmitted with the emotion of love?

Dr. Masaru Emoto, author of The Hidden Messages in Water, asked Human Beings to direct their thoughts of love into the water and obtained visual proof that the water changed. There is a very strong field connected to this emotion. It can change the chemistry within a Human. It is a field that is felt by the animals of the world. Nature even responds to it. So is it a stretch of your imagination to think of what it might also be doing esoterically? What kinds of effects might it also begenerating around you?  What if you could somehow direct the effects of thisinterdimensional love energy to a place? Would it make a difference?

The emotion that is love and compassion has an interdimensional field. It is like a bright light that illuminates the darkness. Can you allow the thought, for even a moment, that the emotion of love might be able to change your own DNA? This is a profound truth. The energy of love is absolutely universal, that it is global and everywhere.

(Refer to “Kryon Book 11, Lifting the Veil” or the recordings for October 2005 in Tel Aviv and Jerusalem at www.kryon.com.) 

short list for ascension

Imagine one drop water in the Atlantic Ocean. Each drop of water is a part of the whole ocean, yet each has experienced a unique path in the hydrologic cycle of the planet. Likewise, each of us is a piece of God-consciousness in the All-That-Is. We proceed through the cycle of life like a drop of water proceeds through the hydrologic cycle….over and over, coming and going. Like the water drop, each of us is forever.

Furthermore, we have divinity in our DNA and a process of development that has seeding of purpose. What purpose? We are each an expression of God (aka creative energy, Source, universal intelligence). This means that God experiences itself through us. Since God is love, our purpose is to express ourselves with love.

So, you ask, “What do I do with that nebulous response?” Abraham-Hicks identified an Emotional Guidance Scale which is the range of emotions from love (connection) to depression (disconnection). We express ourselves with love in each and every moment by reaching for the best feeling place right now, and now, and now, always reaching for the best feeling place. For example, choose to see the cup as always half filled!

Here is a short list for ascension:

• Expand your consciousness. See yourself as more than an expression of your biological parents and the physical environments in which you live. Things that you like or dislike may not have any basis in your current life experience. Perhaps you have meditations or dreams in which those who are no longer physically present communicate with you. Everyone has intuitions (gut feelings) about something about to happen. All of these are your consciousness trying to expand beyond your current belief system.


• Release bias. Accept that for all you know or have learned, you do not know it all. Much of the science and history we have learned are theories in which the events are made to fit the story that current experts choose to put forth. What we know is a limited view of the whole picture!


• Success is living joyfully as you define joy. Whatever you do, do it because you choose it. Why? Your light shines brightly when you live joyfully, and, end-of-life transition is an easy passage because joyful people have no regrets.


• Ancient remembrance. We hold innate truths within. People like Gregg Braden show us the evidence of these truths, such as our ancient history of self-destruction, missing scriptures, and artifacts that defy documented archeology. Organizations such as HeartMath measure our consciousness connection with Earth. We must allow ourselves to relearn our relationship with Earth.

heart intelligence

Let's watch these three YouTube videos on heart intelligence. Why? Heart intelligence is the foundation of our being – that we intuitively understand because we experience love (attraction to something desired). Our physical world is (has been) largely driven by rational thought which often preempts or misuses heart intelligence. These videos give us the opportunity to create better balance in our feeling and thinking centers to increase coherence which equates to vibratory ascension.

The Heart's Intuitive Intelligence: A path to personal, social and global coherence
(Published on Apr 22, 2013)

The Institute of HeartMath shares fascinating understandings of the human heart as explored in more than 20 years of its research. The 'Did you know' facts are lesser-known gems of information to enlighten curiosity on how your own thoughts and emotions are affecting yourself and others.

HeartMath Research Director Rollin McCraty, Ph.D., says, "It's important to take a pause and really consider what our emotions are contributing to our environment and to other people. Our research and its applications can help people create a positive emotion-based environment that has real effects on physiology." 

McCraty said that the true nature of human emotion is one of care and love. He said HeartMath and other research shows that by focusing on these core heart-felt emotions, it can enhance one's connection with others, and that this connection extends far beyond the individual.

Learn more at http://on.fb.me/explore-IHM where you can also download a free ebook.

Gregg Braden - The Field, Miracles & Heart Emotions
(Uploaded on Aug 8, 2011)

Author Gregg Braden discussed the science behind miracles, the existence of an energy field that connects everything, and the power of heart-based emotion. Miracles appear inexplicable to the laws of nature as we understand them, yet they could be linked to the interconnected field around us, he outlined.

Our hearts generate strong electric and magnetic fields in our body which can change the structure of atoms; through heart emotions (as opposed to just thoughts) we contribute to the larger field around us, and can create peace and healing, he continued.

Recent discoveries about how the heart works show that it's in communication with the brain all the time-- a kind of coherence. Interestingly, he noted that the layers of the earth and its atmosphere (such as the ionosphere) share the same frequency as the heart/brain coherence. The Global Coherence Project is being developed to monitor how positive heart-directed intentions affect the field. Life affirming feelings help to perpetuate the field, whereas negative emotions contract the field, Braden suggested.

Gregg Braden – Institute of HeartMath 
(Uploaded on Oct 7, 2010)

For over 22 years, Gregg Braden has searched high mountain villages, remote monasteries and forgotten texts to uncover their timeless secrets. Combining his discoveries with the best science of today, his original research crosses the traditional boundaries of science, history, and religion offering fresh insights into ancient mysteries. 

The Institute of HeartMath is an internationally recognized nonprofit research and education organization dedicated to helping people reduce stress, self-regulate emotions and build energy and resilience for healthy, happy lives. Personal coherence, also known as psychophysiological coherence, refers to the synchronization of our physical, mental and emotional systems. It can be measured by our heart-rhythm patterns: The more balanced and smooth they are, the more in sync, or coherent, we are.

Global coherence refers to the mental, physical, emotional and spiritual well-being of the greater community of human beings, while acting in concert with their own hearts, each other and nation to nation in harmony with our living planet. HeartMath believes coherence on a grand scale is highly achievable when large numbers of people focus their heart intelligence on a common goal.

Pallet of Awareness

The pallet of awareness is changing. For those paying attention, it is expanding. This is evidenced by an array of elevating information readily available through the Internet. Thank you Tim Berners-Lee for the Wold Wide Web enabling freedom of information for all!

My field of view arises from seeds of change:

• Researches of Gregg Braden – pointing to a more positive interpretation of historical evidence.
• Reconnective Healing originating with Eric Pearl – balancing an individual's energy field through intent. 
• William Tiller's psychoenergetic science – science that includes human consciousness. 
• HeartMath – connects hearts and minds. 
• Global Coherence Initiative - a science-based, co-creative project to unite people in heart-focused care and intention (positive emotions affect DNA). 
• Gematria – products that combine research, technological development (laser acoustic resonance of molecular structure), and instruction in the art and science of well-being. 

I know that industries, politics, and media influence our lives into a holding pattern benefiting special interests. The basic question I have asked about life is, “What purpose?” Each of us observes and experiences life uniquely. Like my mentor, mythologist Joseph Campbell, I seek a common denominator, a fundamental premise that includes all the possibilities life offers. All of my seeking has resulted in Mr. Campbell's simple finding, “Follow your bliss.”

In following your bliss, a pathway is opened to you of the interconnections which the principals of my list above bring into physical reality. Each of us has the experience of love, whether for a person, an animal, a natural setting or an interest that becomes a passion. You cannot quanitfy love, but you feel it and you radiate it. Therefore, each of us experiences beyond this physical reality. So, we know there is more to life. Something pervades the physical construct, and if you pay attention to your own doings, you realize that your feelings drive your life. Feelings are intent, love, caring, compassion, gratitude and a long list of descriptors. Simply put, you drive your life!

A great question to ask yourself is, “Do I want to pay attention to what I want or what I do NOT want?” A restatement of this question is, “Do I want to invest my energy in moving toward what I want or to push against what is not wanted?”

A realistic ponderance is a road trip. You have decided that you want to drive from point A to point B. You get to point B by taking actions that move you along the path to point B, such as getting the car keys, starting the car, proceeding down the road and making appropriate turns in the direction of point B. If you push against the desire, you put other interests before it and the opportunity passes leaving you dissatisfied for not driving to point B.

Let's stay in the car for a few minutes. It is now nighttime and you are driving on a road that is not known to you. Your headlights shine a few hundred feet ahead of the car to show the way. You believe the road continues ahead as shown on your map and indicated by the road signs. You do not really know that the road continues ahead of you, but you believe (feel, sense, intuit) and so you proceed. It is this powerful belief that transforms.

In conclusion, here we are in the energy of 2013, a new beginning. I feel it in the air, my body, the faces of others and individual actions that probe into the underlying reality. This is the way of it – to move beyond our current awareness and discover all manner of interconnections, that is, our quantum nature. Enjoy the trip!