Heartfire Project is a workbook, a journal, and an experience. It is an opportunity to slow down and cultivate a deeper dialogue with yourself. Here is where the answers to ALL questions live. That is not to say it has to be a lonely or entirely solitary path. No. For most of us, contemplating the nature of the universe and our relationship to it from a cave or on a mountaintop in solitude is not an option. In our ”modern” world, we hit the ground running in daily life. Much of life can feel like a race, a test, or a blur. Many of us live in a way that, at least part of the time, can feel out of alignment with our innermost wishes and dreams and more like a manic rollercoaster. But is it really? Maybe we learned that productivity is the way to gain approval or that making sure everyone around us is happy allows us to feel safe. Are we still trying to perform and live in a way that will make mother proud? Are we looking for the attention we never received when we were young and really needed it and didn’t understand why we weren’t getting it? At what point in life will you stop and consider the origins of your emptiness or feeling of unworthiness? Maybe now. Maybe you are ready to start choosing how your life will go. Maybe you are ready to feel the hard feelings that you’ve run from but never go away. Can you consider that life is trying to get your attention so you may unmask the boogeyman and learn that he is only a story from your past you keep retelling yourself? You are meant to feel loved and fulfilled, and the things that don’t feel good in your body are signals that you are not aligned to that basic birthright that originates from within.To be human is inexplicable. Every approach imaginable exists to make sense of how crazy and confusing it is. Perhaps there is very little that can be agreed to because it is an individual journey at the core. Of course, we need and desire connection and commonality, but when does that diminish our relationship with ourselves and cloud our ability to hear our own truth? This journal is an invitation to be with ourselves. To ask, listen and have a slow conversation through writing. To expand the definition of who we are by allowing a private dialogue with the tender, maybe abused or bruised parts, along with dusting off the old ideas you had before it all got so serious and responsible. Is there room for all of it?
This is not a quick fix or a multiple-choice test. This is a lifelong journey. Whether these ideas are new to you or you have spent plenty of time working to understand yourself, Heartfire Project is a friend and a structure, offering inspiration, insight, and entertainment for the ride. The beauty of the process lies in what you are open to and contribute to it. The path back to self is built on openess and compassion for your life’s experience and a willingness to push the boundaries beyond what you’ve known, and give yourself permission to change and evolve even if you don’t know the outcome. We’ve been trained to seek outward approval. This is a strong motivator but is limited. The outer world and other people can never give us the fulfillment we need to feel whole. Only we can do that for ourselves. Embodying true sovereignty is so powerful that people often shy away from holding it, fearing isolation and rejection. It could be argued that we’ve collectively been trained against it. How can you control one that knows she is the sole center of her universe from which her experiences spin?
Here we are now. At this moment, you have ventured into the fertile space of the Heartfire Project Journal. You are choosing to dig in and ask questions. This is for your benefit and the benefit of your personal sphere and the world at large. You are here to own the authority in your life, but with the gentleness of allowing yourself to receive guidance and support along the way, giving space for vulnerability and deep honesty. The HFP journal is a unique juxtaposition of self and other, by addressing you directly and offering some wisdom of the ages. This is a dynamic project. You are dreaming, building, and sculpting your world from the inside out—bringing in material from many sources to add beauty and complexity to the creation, which is you. Check-in with yourself right now. How does it feel to read these words and know you are putting the quality of your relationship to yourself as a priority? This is where you start—feeling and acknowledging your inner truth right now.
