Kirt:
 
Hi.
 
I think they mean, the soul.
 
I hink in this instance you give here the heart and soul are one and the same thing.
 
What do you think?
 
I think I know what they mean by sorrow.
Oh yeah.
I sure do.
 
John Steffan Riccio.
 
And mind?
That's different.
 
On Wed, 18 Jan 2006 01:45:34 -0600 "Kirt" <TheHeavenLetters [at] heavenletters [dot] org (TheHeavenLetters [at] heavenletters [dot] org)> writes:
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Hi Gloria,

Just a question to pick at your mind. When God makes statements pertaining to the heart like:

I am sowing seeds of love in your heart.

Your heart will sing a song of love again.

Your heart cannot be filled with emptiness.

or when we say statements like:

I love you with all my heart.

In my heart, I know.

You're breaking my heart.

What heart is being referred to? Obviously not our physical heart as it is just a organ and no more able to harbor Love than say a pancreas. So is the word heart symbolic for mind? Is it in each individual or in the mind of God? Or how about in the Son of God's mind? Does the physical brain connect to this mind?

Confused in Colorado,
Kirt

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Thanks for your great question, Kirt!

And I think Stefan gave a perfect answer. Simple and says it all.

My understanding is that there is a center of the physical heart in which the soul (or ?) resides. I believe God is referring to what we call the heart, but also to love itself of course, and to the concept heart that we mean when we say heart and mind. Deep in the heart lies the connection to God.

Bernie says in his foreword to the Heaven print book:

"As studies are showing, the heart contains nerve cells very similar to the brain and endocrine cells. The heart is more than a pump, believe me. I am speaking as a physician and scientist…The heart is the cord that binds together the spiritual and the physical, the soul, and the finite world. Heavenletters is like that cord….”

I also read somewhere, Kirt, about people who have received heart transplants, that their personalities undergo some kind of change, even to their likes and preferences changing to what the heart donor’s preferences were.

A Course in Miracles talks all the time about the mind in the same way that God in Heavenletters talks about the heart. God in Heavenletters makes a distinction between heart and mind. That’s no problem for me, Kirt. I just wanted to mention that heart and mind are words that we give meaning to.

Now I just came across something I have been wanting to write about, and now your question, divinely provided, motivates me to sit down and do it. How intricately connected each thought is. It is like you were prompted to ask your question so I would get this down on paper.

For Christmas, someone gave me a book called Where God Lives by Melvin Morse, M.D.

“In 1997, neuroscientists from the University of California at San Diego bravely proclaimed that they had found an area of the human brain that may be hardwired to hear the voice of Heaven…They found that certain parts of the brain – the right temporal lobe, to be exact – were attuned to ideas about the Supreme Being and mystical experiences.”

They called this area the "God Module” Later the author refers to it as the God Spot. “..that is an area of untapped and unlimited potential where God lives in each of us. This region is instrumental in facilitating mind-body healing. It is responsible for visions as well as psychic powers and vivid spiritual experiences… In short, the right temporal lobe allows us to interact actively with the universe.

“The neuroanatomy necessary to perceive the Divine is all there. Our reliance on the ‘rational world’ comes from the fact that modern man is truly not using the right temporal lobe…religion was born because most people no longer heard the Voice of God, and only certain individuals were recognized as having that ability. This evolved to the present day, where only people who lived in earlier times are recognized as having heard the true word of God. People who claim to hear God’s voice these days are considered crazy. By not using our right temporal lobe, we are cut off from one of the most important sources of information we have – nonlocal reality, or, in spiritual terms, God’s grace….

"Connecting with this universe is my personal challenge. I do not want to wait until I die to learn to hear God’s voice.”

Do we not live in a wonderful time when all these wonderful things are coming to light?

Thanks for your question, Kirt.

With love and blessings,

Gloria

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