Heart to Heart

Heart of the Matter

One day years ago I was driving and listening to the radio. Sometimes I listen to music when driving, but more often I check the talk radio stations to see if there’s anything of interest.

That day, I tuned into a talk show with a guest physician who shared something I found absolutely incredible. The topic kept returning to my mind and I was excited to do a bit of my own research and then share this fascinating information. Perhaps you’ll find it as stunning as I do.

The radio guest was a doctor who specialized in heart transplants and research. He was sharing the latest discoveries in this research and offered specific real life examples to support them.

What does this have to do with prosperity laws and our ability to manifest our desires? Stay with me…you’ll find out.

Heart to Heart

In brief, the researchers had followed the lives of many heart transplant patients. And even though the patients did not know who their donors were, they incredibly took on the personality traits and preferences of the donors. The findings were most often based on accounts from the patients’ family members.

Here is just one example that was shared…

A man received a heart from a young black man who died. After the transplant, the patient suddenly developed a strong passion for classical music. His family couldn’t understand what had happened as the man’s life began to revolve completely around classical music. When asked his opinion about the kind of music young black men enjoy, the patient said he had always assumed it was rap music. But what the patient did not know was that the young man who gave him the heart was returning from his violin lessons when he was hit by a car.  The donor’s life had completely revolved around classical music.

In the interview, the doctor covered much detail about the research findings and it was obvious this was a common occurrence.

I spent some time assimilating the information and waiting for insights of my own about this subject. So many thoughts were going through my mind…

It would appear that our heart is not just a bodily organ. I teach that the subconscious mind has a perfect memory of every cell in our body and can heal us. It is also a perfect record of everything we have ever heard, said, felt and experienced. This is common knowledge in both psychological and metaphysical circles. In fact, in metaphysical terms, the heart represents the subconscious mind.

But the thought that the actual physical organ of our body — the heart — is also a living blueprint of our personalities that can transcend the body — is a striking revelation.

And then I thought…perhaps every living cell of our bodies contains our personalities. Could this mean that any transplanted organ would carry the personality traits of the donor to the recipient? Or is our physical heart truly the center of our most passionate, beloved desires, spiritual ideals, and aspirations that it will carry with it wherever it goes, even if it leaves its original body?

And what if the donor is not a positive loving person with high aspirations — perhaps a criminal donor? Would those personality traits carry over to the recipient patient? Would the patient’s own personality traits be able to buffer any negative potential?

And of course, we can even conjure up a bit of Twilight Zone. If the donor’s passion for a kind of music can transfer to the recipient, could the donor’s passion for a particular person be transferred — if the patient were to meet that particular person? Yikes! My imagination was going wild. Except….except…

Heartfelt

I did catch a movie on television shortly afterwards about a female heart transplant patient who had an irresistible attraction to the young daughter of a man whose wife had died. The patient was accused of stalking the young girl but could not stay away from her. Long story short, it turned out that the patient had received the heart of the father’s wife — the young girl’s mother. Oh well, it was only a movie. Except…except…

As I researched the subject, I happened to meet someone who had read a book written by a woman who was one of the first heart and lung transplant recipients. The patient had been a classical dancer, but after the transplant surgery, she immediately started craving beer and hot dogs and impulsively driving fast cars. She later discovered that her donor was a teenage boy who died in a motorcycle accident. She eventually was able to find and meet his family and they confirmed that everything she now craved were things that were important to him. And this was a TRUE story!

A little more research and I found the book. Claire Sylvia’s story was made into a feature film for television in 2002 titled Heart of a Stranger and starred Jane Seymour. You can google Claire Sylvia to find lots of detail. This quote from the book jacket says it all:

This is a story that must be told and heard…a fascinating example of how cellular memory can outlive physical death. —Deepak Chopra

Heart in the Right Place

A short time later I saw the film based on Claire’s story. The movie not only highlighted her transformation with her donor’s characteristics following the surgery. It also focused on her ability to “see” through the eyes of her donor and her compelling need to find out his identity. When she does find his family, it’s obvious that this was no mere selfish discovery meant to prove her sanity. It appeared that her teenage donor was directing her to find his family to bring them closure and peace. The tagline for the film:  “A second chance at life leads one woman on a journey that will make you believe in miracles.”

You Gotta Have Heart

Now I ask you to think about this…

If a physical heart can travel to another human body and carry with it the passions, preferences, and desires of its former owner, what is the impact that your own heart has on you? What kind of influence does your heart have on your life experience, your circumstances and the manifestation of your desires?

In studying prosperity laws, we learn that our words and our thoughts create dominant ideas in our mind that become our circumstances. But if your words and thoughts are infused with feeling — specifically the feeling of the end result — you possess the greatest manifesting tool in the universe indeed.

When we put real feeling into something we are doing, isn’t it said that we “put our heart into it?”

We can say all the words and affirmations we want…we can even fool ourselves — and others — with our words and actions. But ultimately the greatest impact in our lives and in the results we gain from applying mental and spiritual laws will come from the whisperings of our heart. That’s where the truth of the matter lies. It’s in the whisperings of our heart — and the seat of our subconscious.

You can’t fool your heart. It knows the truth about you.

But to me the most amazing thing in the world is that we can have a change of heart (of course I don’t mean a transplant, but that’s equally amazing!)

What’s in your heart right now? Could you use a change of heart?

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