{"id":4491,"date":"2016-04-20T20:45:52","date_gmt":"2016-04-21T02:45:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/disabledangel.ca\/?p=4491"},"modified":"2016-04-20T20:45:52","modified_gmt":"2016-04-21T02:45:52","slug":"break-your-heart-open","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/disabledangel.ca\/?p=4491","title":{"rendered":"Break Your Heart Open"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/disabledangel.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/12552935_948757865208298_5697232642458076030_n.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-4492\" src=\"https:\/\/disabledangel.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/12552935_948757865208298_5697232642458076030_n.jpg\" alt=\"12552935_948757865208298_5697232642458076030_n\" width=\"480\" height=\"456\" srcset=\"https:\/\/disabledangel.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/12552935_948757865208298_5697232642458076030_n.jpg 480w, https:\/\/disabledangel.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/12552935_948757865208298_5697232642458076030_n-300x285.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><\/a>A willingness to have one\u2019s heart broken open will allow the highest evolution.<br \/>\nIt is a heart-first process.<br \/>\nThe mind must symbolically step aside.<span class=\"text_exposed_show\"><br \/>\nIt is when one learns to do this that one\u2019s true evolution can begin.<br \/>\nThe heart breaks open.<br \/>\nSelf-actualization begins.<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"text_exposed_show\">\n<p>So seek out the lover.<br \/>\nSit beside your neighbor\/your friend after tragedy or grief.<br \/>\nLook straight on when you see another\u2019s heartbreak in progress.<br \/>\nResist the temptation to look away.<br \/>\nNot to judge or scold, but to feel the heartbreak as it is our own.<br \/>\nNot required to fix it but to fixate upon it \u2026 even for a short while.<br \/>\nRecount your stories of heartbreak.<br \/>\nNot to be victim but to be real.<br \/>\nIn this fashion, we chip away at our collective hearts.<\/p>\n<p>Witness the grotesque masterpiece.<br \/>\nFeel the discomfort as the tragic characters fight upon the stage.<br \/>\nSteady your gaze.<a href=\"https:\/\/disabledangel.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/12742463_955959041154847_8294996785751266425_n.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-4493\" src=\"https:\/\/disabledangel.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/12742463_955959041154847_8294996785751266425_n-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"12742463_955959041154847_8294996785751266425_n\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/disabledangel.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/12742463_955959041154847_8294996785751266425_n-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/disabledangel.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/12742463_955959041154847_8294996785751266425_n-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/disabledangel.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/12742463_955959041154847_8294996785751266425_n.jpg 604w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The walls of our hearts crumble slowly at first, then suddenly collapse.<br \/>\nAfter a lifetime of assault against the heart, it opens.<br \/>\nAs is its innate function.<br \/>\nWhat we have been taught to fear is the most beautiful milestone of all.<br \/>\nHow is it that the heart can be open all the way, yet can always open<br \/>\n\u2026 just a little bit more?<\/p>\n<p>(1000)<br \/>\nPosted on Beautiful Truth Facebook Page January 28, 2016<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A willingness to have one&rsquo;s heart broken open will allow the highest evolution. It is a heart-first process. The mind must symbolically step aside. It is when one learns to do this that one&rsquo;s true evolution can begin. The heart breaks open. Self-actualization begins. So seek out the lover. 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