The Heart Alone Must Not Be Forgotten

One of my favorite quotes of all time is, “the heart alone must not be forgotten.” This quote is taken from the book, Heart, published by Agni Yoga. The heart guides us to find real love, real happiness. The heart rules all senses with authority. And, if we listen the keys to happiness in love will be ours.

Why is the heart so important in dating?

The heart is not just an organ. When we use the word ‘heart” in this way we refer to our deepest sense of inner guidance which is part of our intuition and feeling nature. But the heart also has incredible intelligence as well. When dating, your heart is the most reliable source of information for who to spend time with, and who to let go of.

Of course, there are hunches or feelings that we have about things, such as, when you’re driving and you feel like the stop light is going to change. Or, when you feel like you should turn left and center right winger lost while driving a car to a new friend’s house. Hunches or feelings are not really intuition, they’re more related to instinct, which is part of our left over from our animal ancestry.

Heart really means a higher form of intelligence which guides you through life, keeping you safe, and acting as a soulful compass. The heart gives us our moral compass, as well as our spiritual guidance and personal compass. The heart is connected to conscience, which is our inner sense of what is right and good between ourselves and our fellow man. The heart always knows what is right when choosing to partner. When using dating sites like Match.com, let your heart and mind work together in order to guide you towards lasting love.

I find it interesting that many times when we begin dating there is a feeling of knowing when you meet someone that they’re the right one for you. How does that work?

The heart is part of our intuitional apparatus. Intuition is sometimes called “straight knowledge” because this higher sense knows things before they happen. It’s knowledge without sequential logic or a series of experiences that add up to an understanding of something we’ve gone through. Intuition is not linear like logic or life experience.

I met my partner Trisha through Match.com. But it was heart that guided me towards whether this connection was the right one.

On our first date there was a moment of ah ha. There was a growing sense that was not yet clear to the mind. The message was coming through, as if to say, “Yes, there is something’s going on beyond us which was not apparent to the naked eye. Pay attention!”

The date lasted maybe 10 minutes at best because she was called away on an emergency. In that short 10 minute meeting the heart knew the story. It took time to play out, but there was this knowingness almost immediately. Have you ever experienced that? We knew that Match.com was a good way to find potential partners.

Yes, it does take time to understand what the heart knows in seconds. But if we are patient, then in time we began to see clearly what the heart and intuitional feelings are telling us in each moment. The heart is always correct in guiding us.

How do we both know there was some connection without having experienced time together? The heart only knows. We often sense deeper truths when listening to the heart, but you still need all of the practical ways to connect. That’s where Match.com comes in. We used Match.com, and many couples I know have enjoyed great success while dating because of Match.com connections. Common sense has to become part of the process as well. But when you listen with your heart, great things come about. The thing is, don’t hesitate after that heart knowingness takes place, act on it!

The same kind of experience happens in dating. Many times we don’t listen to our heart, and that’s we get into trouble. It might make for dating choices because of what we think we need or think we should do. It might be better to combine how we feel about the person and the situation and what we logically think we should do. The blend of these two parts of ourselves is important, but the heart usually leads to the best decisions when dating or in any other major life decision.

To Your Happiness,

Christopher Lee May

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