The Human Heart: The Body's Most Vital & Delicate Organ Spiritually

In the world of anatomy, the brain is considered the body's most vital organ. Some professors claim that it is also the body's most delicate organ because the brain is about 75% water and has about 60% fat. It has the consistency of butter. 

The brain indeed is soft and fragile and gives the body commands. Genius minds have advanced human life to the world that we know today. 

However, on energetic and emotional level, the heart is what drives humans to do the most amazing and the most atrocious things. Some people have a heart that is white as snow where others have a heart that is black as coal, and linking that emotion to their mind and ego makes or breaks people, communities and the planet. 

So yes, maybe the brain is the most vital organ; however, there are people who still live and are "brain dead" or in a coma. They are still a living and breathing organism although unable to perform cognitive  and motor function. Life support is necessary. 

Is it possible that the human heart is the most vital
​organ in the body in a spiritual sense?

I noticed how powerful the human heart is at the age of sixteen. My grandmother had a second stroke that left her as a "vegetable." The decision had to be made to unplug her. This to some extent traumatized me, but more so for my mother who was in tears, screaming, "Mom I love you." 

On some level, we were able to recognize that her brain understood the words we communicated to her. At the point of unplugging, we noticed her will to live. The breathing got deeper and the heart continued to pump electricity; although over time decreased, which eventually flatlined. The brain stopped its communication line to breath and once the heart flat-lined, that was the moment of death. 

On this earth plane, the mind is riddled with fear, doubt, guilt and shame. 

However, it is the human heart that drives us to the light or the dark.  The heart is the gateway for many artists. By analyzing art one can sense the emotion, or pain, that lays in that person's heart. The heart is the doorway to what goes on in one's mind. And for those who believe in God, only God knows what goes on inside people's heads and hearts. He is our ultimate surveillance camera. 

Some research states that it takes a man 8.2 seconds to fall in love at first sight. 

​Physiologically, if the heart is not functioning at an optimal level, the other organs including the brain will die from a lack of oxygen. The heart is a complex organ that completes many tasks while under pressure. The heart's pumping action moves many substances throughout the body including nutrients, waste products, hormones, oxygen and our chemical messengers. 

The heart has four chambers, each one that pumps blood into a specific part of the body, and it also has four valves. In the world of spirituality, we have four directions, four seasons and four elements.

In the Bible, Genesis is the book of creation and God is the Creator. And the fourth day is very significant to our creation on earth. 

Genesis 1 verses 14-19: And God said, “Let there be lights in the vault of the sky to separate the day from the night, and let them serve as signs to mark sacred times, and days and years, 15 and let them be lights in the vault of the sky to give light on the earth.” And it was so. 16 God made two great lights—the greater light to govern the day and the lesser light to govern the night. He also made the stars. 17 God set them in the vault of the sky to give light on the earth, 18 to govern the day and the night, and to separate light from darkness. And God saw that it was good. 19 And there was evening, and there was morning—the fourth day. 

This is symbolic to the light and the dark features of many human hearts. The outer world is symbolic to our inner world. But God also created the seasons, elements and directions on this fourth day. The energy of our heart can move in various directions. 

​Humans have four limbs. Two arms and two legs that drive or direct us though life. The irony of Jesus being crucified on a cross dictates the power of the human heart. 

YOU ARE THE CROSS!

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Stand in front of a mirror, with your feet hip distance and reach your arms to shoulder height. These four limbs shape a cross and at the very center of the cross in the human heart. 

In my life experience, I've endured much physical pain through pursuits like studying yoga in India, hiking the camino, playing rugby etc. and the irony is that the human body recovers from pain. The mind has the ability to numb pain. 

The human heart, if not worked through, sometimes will never recover from pain. Energy work, therapy, meditation, yoga, support groups etc. can heal the human heart. 

The human heart also has three layers of tissue that make up the heart wall. â€‹According tobiology dictionary.net the human heart consists of: 

• The Epicardium. The epicardium is also sometimes considered a part of the protective pericardial membrane around the heart. It helps to keep the heart lubricated and protected.
• The Myocardium. The myocardium is the muscle of the heart. You can remember this because the root word “myo” comes from “muscle,” while “cardium” comes from “heart.”
  The myocardium is an incredibly strong muscle that makes up most of the heart. It is responsible for pumping blood throughout the body.
• The Endocardium. The endocardium is a thin, protective layer on the inside of the heart. It is made of smooth, slippery endothelial cells, which prevent blood from sticking to the inside of the heart and forming deadly blood clots.

Why is this important? 

Symbolically, we humans guard our hearts and have protective layers and barriers that we hold because of our past and former pain. Getting to the root of many issues or gaining access to someone's heart is like peeling back the layers of the onion. The more layers you peel the stinkier it is, but also notice the balance between toughness of the core and the delicacy of the protective petals that is removed.

Deep down, our walls are "thin" like the endocardium, which is the seat of our emotions and love. Being vulnerable is not easy, and those who lack moral convictions often take advantage of the vulnerable. They are perceived as weak or prey to the predator.

And that is where the mind comes in. One must use the mind and analytics and guard the heart to know if the other party is genuine. Playing with people's hearts and emotions in my eyes is demonic, and continuing to destroy people's hearts and emotions will continue this negative cycle of violence and pain in society. 

​We all have a choice in this life. We can continue to follow the sheep of mind games, and toying with people's hearts, or we can walk against the grain and live a life with morality and convictions. This life is not easy as one can take many "spiritual bullets" for being different, but that is part of the process and the change one must see in the world.

Love is the most powerful energy on this planet. Love is what makes people thrive. Love saves lives. And love also takes lives. Wars have been started or created in the name of love. Musicians create songs in light of love. And wives have been murdered as the result of pain in love. 

What do you think? Is the heart the most powerful and delicate organ in an energetic sense? 

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