The Heart Transcends Space and Time

As we approach Christmas and come to the end of another year, we might wonder: how far have we really come? What was the goal we were aiming for? Perhaps, in the confusion of unexpected and unprecedented world events, we may even have lost sight of our goal or wondered if what we were aiming for was all that we thought it would be. With our trust being eroded by failing systems, superficial spin, and materialistic goals, our hearts begin to long for – and so aim for – something more foundational and eternal in which to place the anchor of our trust. And so we begin to align with the evolutionary goal for humanity towards which all experience and its consequent learning is carrying us.

Our marvellous inventions have permeated the fabric of our world and are testament to the collective power of human mentality. Whether used for good or ill, this has provided vast experiential learning, but the key to the next phase of our evolutionary progress lies in the eternal nature of the human soul and its realisation through the human heart. Increasingly we turn to the heart‘s perception to guide us through these times of great change. The heart hears across vaster distance than our physical ears; it sees further than our physical eyes; and it can speak through all separating illusions. It transcends space and time, for everything comes together in the heart where it is seen and known in truth. The Agni Yoga teaching remind us:

To see with the eyes of the heart; to hear the roar of the world with the ears of the heart; to peer into the future with the understanding of the heart; to remember past accumulations through the heart—that is how the aspirant must boldly advance on the path of ascent. Creativity embraces the fiery potential and comes to be saturated with the sacred fire of the heart. Therefore, on the path of the Hierarchy, on the path of the Great Service, on the path of Communion, synthesis is the one luminous path of the heart. … It is precisely the quality of a magnet that lies latent in the heart. The loftiest creativity is pervaded with this great law. Thus, every consummation, every unification, every cosmic union is achieved through the flame of the heart. In what way can a foundation be laid for great steps? Truly, only by way of the heart. The arcs of consciousness merge in the flame of the heart.
So let us keep in mind the wondrous attraction of the magnet of the heart, which links all manifestations…” Heart 1.

We are told that: –

…the objective of the evolutionary purpose for the fourth kingdom in nature is to enable man to manifest as a soul in time and space and to tune in on the soul purpose and the plan of the Creator…” Esoteric Psychology II, page 6

To help us navigate the chaotic shift between the ages which we are currently experiencing, we need a guiding star that can lead us through – a new goal and a new vision. The journey is no longer on the same plane as the past but heads interdimensionally into the subtler worlds of finer vibrational frequency. The Tibetan Master points the way:

The growth of telepathic rapport will bring in an era of universality and synthesis, with its qualities of recognised relationships and responsiveness. This will be outstandingly the glory of the Aquarian Age.
As the race achieves increasingly a mental polarisation through the developing attractive power of the mental principle, the use of language for the conveying of thoughts between equals or of communicating with superiors will fall into disuse. … Already voiceless prayer and aspiration and worship are deemed of higher value than the pleadings and proclamations of voiced expression.” Telepathy and the Etheric Vehicle, page 33

As our conscious awareness expands into subtle dimensions of being, we come to realise that we exist beyond the material forms we inhabit, and to which we give temporary life. We learn this through lived experience, and the heightened tension of extreme situations around the world is helping to speed the process. We are reminded that:

…the purpose of form is simply to enable the self to contact worlds otherwise closed to it, and to develop full awareness in all parts of the Father’s kingdom, and thus demonstrate as a fully conscious son of God. Through the form, experience is gained, consciousness awakened, faculty is developed and powers are unfolded.” The Light of the Soul, page 321

Through experience we realise our awareness is not limited to the sense organs of the physical form, and we begin to perceive the subtle worlds with subtle senses.

 

Through meditation the aspirant becomes aware of the counterparts of the five senses as they are found in the subtler realms, and through their awakening and conscious use he becomes able to function as freely on the inner planes as he does on the physical. He can then serve intelligently in those realms and cooperate with the great evolutionary scheme.” The Light of the Soul, page 322

 

Christmas ignites memories that flow with the subtle currents of the heart carrying us back to the wondrous moment when Christ manifested through form. We look back in joyful commemoration, but we also remember that He demonstrated the future goal for us all – being in the world but not of the world. His subtle power flowed from attunement with vast spiritual sources as he healed the sick and raised the dead, and so opened the way for us all, regardless of worldly stature, to realise the subtle dimensions of our being and the eternal nature of the soul. With the awakening of the human heart Christ consciousness re-enters the world, and we follow His example remembered as in this account from the Agni Yoga teachings:

… Only a few of the Great Pilgrim’s Indications and Advice about healing are recorded …, but one should not conclude that these few recorded miracles comprise all of His healing activities. There was much healing, mainly of two kinds, when people came to Him, or when He Himself would touch a person because He saw the onset of an illness. Often the ailing one did not understand why the Stranger had touched him. Such an act represented true generosity on the part of the Great Spirit, who, like a tireless gardener, sowed such seeds of goodness. …
There were those among the disciples and followers whose lives were filled with misery and daily hardship. The Teacher would first help them by uplifting their spirits, and only when balance was established would He discuss their problems. He never condemned their past, but led them into the future…” Supermundane 151

 

 

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