Coming Home
By Aruna
November 15, 2010
We've all heard the phrase "Home is where the heart
is", but the true meaning of this phrase is often lost in translation.
Some think of home as the house they currently live in. Others think of it as a
place in which they would like to live, someday, because the home they grew up
in lacked the kind of love they had wished for, or the current home they are
in, which is missing the love their heart is seeking. I have often said that
Japan is the home of my heart, primarily because it is the place that I feel
the most comfortable, and also enjoy the most. But lets take another look at
that phrase, because none of these interpretations are exactly what the phrase
is pointing to when used in a spiritual sense.
When the average mind thinks of "home", it
conjures up a memory, or a fantasy, of a physical location. The mind says,
"This is, was, or will be my home", and puts a mental image together
with an energetic feeling that equates with that particular memory or fantasy. In
doing so, the mind is looking for a physical place where the body feels good,
making the heart a resident receptor of whatever the chosen location provides.
The heart is "at effect" of its location.
Thus, the mind concludes that the heart needs a certain kind
of physical environment to be happy, and if it is happy, this is
"home".
Now I'd like you to look at this phrase another way. What if
"home" does not really refer to a physical place? What if you could
find comfort and solace wherever the body is located, no matter what the
circumstances are, in that location? Wouldn't it make more sense if the
location that you grow up in and eventually leave, or get a divorce in and
eventually leave, or take up a new job at, and eventually leave, etc. is not the
reason for your heart's happiness? If this home is where your heart must be to
be happy and fulfilled, why would you have to continually experience the loss
and potential suffering associated with these kinds of life changes.
The Truth is, the heart is not the seeker of comfort and
solace, it is the giver of both, and the only time we will ever feel totally
"at home" is when the mind turns within and discovers the one thing
that never changes - the unconditional love that has always been in the quiet
inside of us, waiting for us to discover its existence. "Home is where the
heart is" means: we are always at home when we live from the heart.
Copyright (c) Aruna Byers, November 15, 2010. This article can be freely distributed without any changes made to it.
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