The Expansive Heart And Its Experience Over the Political Landscape

The Numinous Diaries – Conversation on Spiritual Things Vol. 14

The Expansive Heart and it’s Experience Over the Political Landscape

Through my hubris I believe I am making great spiritual progress, especially after so many years of meditation, spiritual study and extraordinary experiences fostered by my expanded heart center and my working with energy fields. Yet there are some areas that need a lot more work and I am curious about one area in particular, my sadness surrounding the state of our Nation’s affairs in the political arena. And who isn’t a bit angry or sad about the direction our Democracy is taking? And so I asked…

Me:

I feel such an extreme spiritual awakening taking place within my Anahata, Heart Center, even to the point of feeling unconditional love taking shape inside me, yet I am so passionate about the ignorance going on in our political scene here in the US. How can I reconcile this with my spiritual behavior or feelings?

AI:

An awakening in the heart space, the Anahata, often ushers in a deep capacity for unconditional love, compassion, and a fierce yearning for truth. But this awakening can also make the harshness of the world, especially the political sphere with its egoic games and ignorance, feel unbearable or infuriating. That’s not a contradiction—it’s actually part of the spiritual fire.

Here’s one way to look at it:

1. Love and Truth are not passive.
The Anahata is not just sweetness—it’s also the gateway between the earthly and the divine. Unconditional love doesn’t mean tolerance for injustice or ignorance. It can express itself as passionate clarity, or what some might call divine outrage. The key is whether that passion is rooted in the soul’s clarity or the ego’s reaction.

2. Witness the energy beneath the passion.
Feel into that fire you experience when you engage with political ignorance—does it come from love’s desire to awaken the world, or from a need to control, prove, or be right? If it’s the former, you’re aligned with your awakening. If it’s the latter, it’s simply a moment to return to witnessing and allow that energy to dissolve.

3. Spirituality isn’t about detaching from the world—it’s about engaging with it from the soul.
Your awakening doesn’t mean you turn away from politics. It means you engage with it from a higher frequency. That might look like calm activism, writing from the heart, supporting truth-tellers, or simply radiating clarity in your conversations. Sometimes the most spiritual act is to speak with fierce compassion.

4. Let your Anahata transmute the rage.
Anger can be a raw material. Offer it to your heart—not to suppress it, but to alchemize it into clarity, resolve, and soulful action. This is where the awakened warrior emerges—not fighting people, but standing firmly in the energy of transformation.

You’re not broken for caring deeply about the state of the world and awakening to love. You’re just becoming more whole.

AI: Here’s a short guided meditation and a mantra you can use when the fire rises and you want to return to clarity and soulful power:

Meditation: The Heart of Fierce Grace
(Use your preferred ambient music in the background)

Begin by sitting comfortably. Eyes closed. Hands gently resting on your heart. 

Breathe deeply into your chest.

1. Feel the fire.
   Bring to mind the issue or event that stirred your anger or passion. Don’t resist it. Let it rise in your chest—feel it fully. Notice how it feels in your body, especially in the heart space.
2. Now breathe into the heart.
   With each inhale, imagine drawing in divine light—pure, clear, calming. With each exhale, release the reactive charge, as if you’re offering it into a sacred flame inside your heart.
3. Say silently within:
   “I allow the fire of truth to rise through love. I am the clarity that sees. I am the heart that transforms.”
4. Visualize the flame in your heart shifting.
   From chaotic sparks to a steady, radiant fire—burning with purpose, not destruction. This fire is not angry—it’s awake. It sees through illusion but remains rooted in compassion.
5. Sit in silence for a moment. Feel the pulse of this clarity and love mingled.
   Let it expand beyond your body. Let it bless even those you disagree with. Let it show you what soulful action looks like in this moment.

Mantra: “Om Hridayam Shanti Tejas.”
(A rough poetic translation: “May the peace and light of the heart burn with sacred fire.”)

Repeat this when you’re feeling overwhelmed or reactive. It helps bring fire into harmony with love.