A Language Beyond Words

​By Laurel Elders

A Course in Miracles teaches that words are three times removed from reality. This makes sense because there is a phenomenon that happens, then we interpret what we've seen, and then we judge it to be "good, bad, right or wrong." Today's exploration journeys into the heart of the teaching and into the heart of a language beyond words.



​Step one: Watch this video.
The Power of the Heart 
https://youtu.be/4MNHsNn19ug?si=-0zd8UOH0jnPG_8u
 
Step two: Consider the following.
 
This research is one body of work that helps us understand how to develop our integrative intelligence. Imagine what your heart is connected to.
 
First of all, let's be real. Surface science tells us the results to that study are 100% physically impossible. This would be a rational conclusion. Yet, quantum physics tells us space and time do not apply to energy in the same ways they impact physical relativity. Much like a radio antenna picks up on waves, the heart is capable of picking up on something much greater. 
 
Before the scientific method was popularized, the Egyptians seemed to respect this greater truth. During the mummification process, they removed all of the organs except one. They left the heart. Why? It was deemed the center of knowledge.
 
What does all of this have to do with our self-knowledge, efficacy, and life purpose?
 
I'm about to make a statement that may seem absurd to you.
 
In this day and age consider how we've viewed the heart and various emotional states as wishy-washy. We've determined that emotions include the most prominent experiences, such as happy, mad, sad, joyful, etc. I now see two overlooked emotions that may be the most important ones we have and are embedded in the heart of this exploration.
 
I posit that "yes" and "no" are the most important and yet the most overlooked emotions we possess. 
 
Why is it the most overlooked? The ego's version of "yes" and "no" is based on judgment. Somehow, somewhere, we missed the essence and felt-sense emotional components of "yes" and "no." 
 
Why the most important? Yes and no are the language of the heart. When we confuse them with judgment calls, we accidentally overlook their true meaning and rich value. 
 
Moving from egoic living and leading into a heart-centered, service-oriented, integratively intelligent way of being requires us to learn the language of our heart. The heart speaks in a simple language, which perhaps caused it to be lost on us. 
 
The heart has three emotional responses: yes, no, or maybe. These three could also translate into: love, fear, or unclear. And within the yes, sometimes there is a fourth response: yes, but not now.
 
In life, we sometimes discount our emotional states. The ego judges emotions as "good, bad, right, wrong." Yet emotions are a mirror to our soul. They reflect the deeper emotional response that our heart is telling us: yes, no, maybe, or not now. Or: love, fear, unclear, or patience. 
 
The heart's emotional response speaks to what is in or out of alignment with our values, purpose, and truth. The heart is the only part of us incapable of self-deception. 
 
Next time you feel a strong emotion, consider, "What is the deeper yes, no, or maybe swimming beneath?" How well do I know the language of my own heart in my life or as a leader? What does this lesson have to teach me?

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