Listen For The Signal In The Noise–It’s Your Heart

The signal in the noise of this moment in our world comes from our undivided knowing hearts and expresses itself loudly.

Rage, grief, helplessness, exhaustion, and cynicism, when allowed their due, follow their transformative journey from the heart and back again. It is a regenerative process that allows us to engage skillfully. 

Rage, when it burns us clean, brings clarity. Grief, when allowed to flow, reveals what is essential, helplessness, when accepted, shows us primal unmet needs, exhaustion, when admitted makes obvious where we’ve forgotten joy, and cynicism, exposes where despair has gotten the better of us. 

When these heart states are acknowledged, we are fluid and awake. Being able to discern between the signal of our hearts and the noise around us is essential right now. Self awareness protects us from complicity in the gratuitous cruelty.

Here’s a poem from Nikkita Gil which speaks to this moment:

“The rage you are feeling, comes from the same place in your heart as you love.

This is why you refuse to accept a world where cruelty reigns and the fire consumes all.

You have known hope and joy and kindness like you have known water.

And justice is a river that demands you do not give up on it.”