Your current reality is a direct result of your perception of yourself in your heart. “For as he thinks in his heart, so is he,” Solomon said. You are exactly the kind of person you believe you are in your heart.
The way you really see yourself and the world around you derives from your heart. Your heart consists of your core belief or feelings about yourself and the world in which you live. Throughout your life you have had a series of experiences that made a deep impression upon you. These experiences gave rise to meditative thoughts bathed in emotions that formed a portrait of who you are in your heart.
What is the secret heart? Volumes of books could be written on the subject and it is impossible to fathom every aspect of the heart. Knowing the nature of the heart and will empower you to experience change.
The only experiences that really matter are those that move you in your heart because the heart is the center of your life. Your heart leads you in everything you do. The heart is the non-conscious level of your being that directs your thoughts and actions. You hold your beliefs about yourself in your heart, and these beliefs define your approach to life and how you automatically respond to every situation.
The third step to ending guilt is to:
Quickly return to love when guilt seeks entrance into your thoughts. Through daily loving-kindness meditation, your mind is renewed, guilt comes to an end, and new instincts of peace, grace, and love emerge naturally and effortlessly from within.
