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This is Marie T. Russell, co-publisher of InnerSelf.com, wishing you a day of balance (today and every day).

COMMENT BY MARIE: We are used to letting our mind (and our ego) make decisions for us. However, that often brings us problems, stress, misery, etc. The key to a happier life is to let our heart weigh in on the decision. It can feel risky or scary, and might make us feel vulnerable, but it is really the most rewarding way to live our life. What's your heart guiding you to do today?

InnerSelf's Daily Inspiration

December 12, 2024


The focus for today is:

I bring my physical, mental, and emotional systems
into balance with my heart’s intuitive guidance.


Today's inspiration was written by Alan Sanderson:

By tradition we think of the heart as one of the body’s central points. It is formed from a unique type of branching muscle fiber and is closely connected to other body organs. Science regards it as a pump, a machine like the rest of us.

Personally, I speak to my heart daily, breathing deeply, and I congratulate it on keeping me going. Even though it has been irregular for eighteen years and is far from robust, I fancy that we help each other as best we can. The Eastern view of the heart as the emotional center of the subtle energy system has my respect.

In the West we regard the heart with reverence although we are unclear about its true depth and value. One example, the HeartMath Institute in California, which emphasizes bringing the physical, mental, and emotional systems into balance with the heart’s intuitive guidance, is active and growing in influence.

CONTINUE READING:  Read the complete article here.
Today's inspiration was adapted from the InnerSelf.com article:

Heart Transplants: When Memories of the Donor Live On

by Alan Sanderson.

Read the complete article here.

The focus for today: I bring my physical, mental, and emotional systems into balance with my heart’s intuitive guidance.


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RELATED BOOK: Psychiatry and the Spirit World

Psychiatry and the Spirit World: True Stories on the Survival of Consciousness after Death
by Alan Sanderson.

Dr. Sanderson shares his extensive research on the afterlife, the survival of consciousness after physical death, and paranormal phenomena related to the spirit world. He explains his practice of psychiatric spirit release, centered on the spiritual and psychic aspects of emotional disturbance, and shares case studies complete with full accounts of treatment sessions. He offers first-hand accounts of the survival of the spirit after death, from ancient times to the present day, and explores end-of-life experiences, out-of-body experiences, and reincarnation. He examines evidence for mediumship, clairvoyance, telepathy, and the psychic aspects of heart transplants. He also details cases of remote healing, further proving the existence of connections beyond the material world.

Presenting a wealth of evidence, as well as suggestions for new treatment possibilities for mental health problems, Dr. Sanderson offers a comprehensive examination of spirit existence and the survival of consciousness after death.

Click here for more info and/or to order this paperback book. Also available as a Kindle edition.

About the Author

photo of Alan SandersonAlan Sanderson (1931-2022), M.D., M.R.C.P., M.R.C.Psych., was a consultant psychiatrist who qualified in medicine at St. Thomas’s Hospital in London in 1954. After his retirement in 1998, he began lecturing on the practice of spirit release at the College of Psychic Studies in London. In 1999 he cofounded the Foundation for Spirit Release, which attracted more than 100 members. After the Foundation ended in 2012, Dr. Sanderson continued researching and writing on the survival of consciousness after death until his own passing in 2022. Visit his Facebook page.