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In this book, our intention has been to provide research and understandings about the “heart” as a dynamic, unifying, creative intelligence. A coherent alignment between our spiritual heart, mind and emotions can lead to a new way of perceiving, thinking, and relating which we call heart-based living .

Heart-based living is a natural self-maintenance, self-transformational practice. It begins with each one of us, by befriending the intuitive guidance within our heart and bringing it forward into how we conduct our lives day-to-day. Our heart’s intelligence can offer us, personally and collectively, a chance to create (not wait for) our fulfillment. With genuine practice, we can find within our heart the answers and directions for the next steps along our path to becoming our empowered, true self.

Our heart’s intuitive feelings and discernment regarding life’s issues are natural gifts that we can refer to, no matter what religion, personal growth, or spiritual path we may believe in or practice. We don’t have to be on a particular path to experience the limitless benefits of our heart’s intelligent directions. My approach is that of practical spirituality— such as the practice of integrating love, kindness and compassion into our daily interactions with others, and allowing for differences without creating separation.

The accelerating changes of these times offer us increased opportunities to advance in consciousness—by integrating our spiritual heart’s wisdom with our human intelligence into a oneness relationship. The continuous availability of new information is helping humanity to realize we are all connected, and that caring for others and ourselves is caring for the whole. More people are prompted from within to be kinder with each other. These times are lit with positive opportunity regardless of how it can appear throughout the planet.

People all over the globe are talking about and practicing compassion. There are “compassion centers” being created at universities and other locations. Compassion (and self-compassion) is a higher vibrational feeling sourced from the love and wisdom of our heart and soul .

People are becoming more sensitive to their heart’s promptings to care more, not just for the sake of being good, but because it’s intelligent and harmonizes the energetic environment. More people are practicing meditation to find inner stillness and to release identification with thoughts and attitudes that no longer serve who they want to become.

Increasing numbers are exploring a deeper connection with their heart’s feelings and guidance for the reason that nothing else seems to fulfill certain empty spaces in their life. Many are sensing that the heart is a natural intuitive conduit to their soul’s love and assistance.

Accessing our heart’s intuitive intelligence for discerning choices and directions will eventually be accepted as practical common sense. As more of humanity practices heart-based living (or heart-centered living), it will help qualify the “rite of passage” into a next level of consciousness and intelligence. We have offered in this book a few heart intelligent strategies and exercises that we have found helpful. There are many effective tools nowadays for supporting an upgrade to our higher potentials, and our heart’s intuition can guide us to them in perfect timing .

Coherence occurs at all levels in nature, from the micro to the macro, and within the human experience. While in a heart coherent state we experience a distinct quieting of the inner “noise” generated by the normal stream of unregulated mental and emotional activity; we have a greater sense of alignment as well as a stronger connection with our heart’s intuitive feelings or inner guidance.

Heart coherence does not disesteem the mind; it increases our mind’s potentials and helps it expand into balanced viewpoints that are more inclusive of the whole. Our basic systems (heart, mind, emotions and body) create more harmony and fulfillment when working in partnership to shape our lives. The practice of sitting in heart coherence accumulates higher vibrational energy that has a carryover effect through our day; it provides more clarity in discernment and ability to access flow. This often draws creative solutions where there seem to be none. In a coherent vibration we draw more synchronicities and clearer choices, along with heightened heart textures of love in our life’s interactions. We don’t have to be perfect without challenges to maintain a coherent life expression. It simply requires general maintenance, like any practice which deals with influences that steer our decisions and behaviors. Coherence is a natural state that accompanies who we are at the core of our being.

Scientific research is also indicating that as people practice heart coherence, it generates an energetic field that makes it easier for others to connect with their heart—facilitating social coherence . It’s our job to become responsible for our energy, which raises the vibration of the collective energy field, making it easier for others to access their higher potentials and increased joy. The emerging field of interconnectivity research is exploring how this higher vibration can be amplified, creating the potential for global coherence. As collective awareness increases, science and spiritual exploration will join together in partnership which will create unlimited benefits for the whole of humanity. A higher vibration of unconditional love and non-judgment stands to become the new baseline for increased coherence, harmony and cooperation between our own heart and mind, with each other, and with Earth.

As collective consciousness increases, this will eventually reveal that love is an advanced mode of intelligent living. People have just scratched the surface of awareness regarding the focused power of love and its capacity to create a heart-based environment; one where individuals can transcend fear and what it brings, while manifesting their undiscovered gifts and fulfillment. Unconditional love is the next vibration of love that humanity is transitioning into and this will eliminate much of the standard complications and problems that seem to form around love’s powerful transformational energy.

The increasing influence of the collective heart opening will help dissipate humanity’s darker cloud covers. As the heart opens, this creates the long awaited opportunity for humanity to start getting along with each other and allow a budding renaissance of enlightenment and increased fulfillment to unfold.

One aspect of the HeartMath mission is to work in alignment with other systems whose intention is to increase harmony, kindness and compassion throughout the planet. Millions of people are participating in collective prayer, meditation and compassion initiatives to affect a higher outcome for our planet. I suggest that this won’t be a passing trend; it will become a common sense practice for the good of the whole. The effectiveness of these outpourings will increase as participants’ coherence increases, which raises the collective vibration. It’s this higher vibration of our spirit that creates the benevolent outcomes, more so than the numbers of people involved—yet numbers help, especially as people increase their personal coherence. As our heart, mind and emotions resonate in coherent alignment, this allows more spirit and heart energy into our individual and collective intentions. The collective intention for the Global Coherence Initiative is to help bring about this transforming environment, however long it takes. Many people throughout the planet are practicing coherent alignment to unlock their higher potentials and free up the spirit of who they truly are.

It’s time to realize that powerful, life changing positive movements are growing in the midst of the transitional chaos that the planet is going through. More people are sensing that some of the rough edges humanity is experiencing are the release of old energies that no longer serve us, which creates an opportunity to reset our lives. As a result of these energetic changes, people will progressively wake up and recognize (not just quote) that we can become much more than we ever thought possible—yet we have to individually pedal some to create that ride.

Our present global situation is not the same as a storm where we bunker down and wait it out, and then back to business as usual. The ball is in our court, as we are all players in the outcome. The global intensities won’t last forever. For now, we can view the chaos and unrest as neon signs which indicate it’s time to open our hearts, grab our toolbox and techniques, and make some needed changes for the better. In doing so, we are repurposing the global stress and uncertainty into a positive momentum to get us off the couch. Love, compassion, kindness and cooperation have been sparsely represented in our collective social consciousness for too long. Let’s place these transformative heart qualities on the top shelf of our toolbox as we pitch in to co-create the highest best future for the whole. I feel that being kinder and more compassionate to each other is the best kept secret for quickening the advancement of humanity. As we do this, the rest of what we need will follow. Accessing our natural heart intelligence can create an energetic field of unconditional love and harmonious interaction—helping humanity to realize we are one Earth, one yard, one people. Love is the one thing that can bring all this together coherently and eventually thrive.