Are you my Conscious?

Have you ever had the problem where your head and your heart dont agree?  When that happens which do you listen to? Who is right? Is  it better to judge things with the  heart and feeling or with the mind an logic?
Those are all great questions and the answer for you might be different depending on the situation. But read this  quote by  Tony De Mello and see what you think.

"People mistakenly assume that their thinking is done by their head; it is actually done by the heart, which first dictates the conclusion, then commands the head to provide the reasoning that will defend it."

If you have meditated for a while or done any amount of energy work this doesn't surprise you much because you know where your consciousnesses lives.  If you dont know, I mean really KNOW where your consciousness lives  take a min and find it.
Take three slow deep breaths.
Sit in  a royal stature (situp strait with shoulders back and  neck long,  you can smile if you want.)
Continue to breathe in and out slowly and deeply and ask yourself.  Where is my consciousness? Where does it live in my body? If you are good at "seeing things"  your consciousnesses looks like a small ball of light.  If you are like most people you will find that  this ball of energy, this light, your conscious does not live in the area of your head but at your heart.

 Side note....I love the part of Finding Nemo when they are in the dark abyss and Dorie asks Marlin  "Are you my Conscious?"

 As you read the scriptures pay attention to references of the heart... there are a TON of them.

Here are a few
  1 Kgs. 3:9-12 The Lord appears to Solomon and promises him a wise and an understanding heart

Proverbs 3:5  ¶Trust in the Lord with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding.

So if you are listening with your heart and understanding with your heart  you are paying attention to your conscious. We dont lean unto our own understanding (the mind) but we do what our heart guides us to do.
This is really important when it comes to listening to the spirit. Because the spirit also lives in our hearts.  Check out   D&C8:2 Yea, behold, I will tell you in your mind and in your heart, by the Holy Ghost, which shall come upon you and which shall dwell in your heart. 
This is great as long as we are doing our best to  listen to the spirit and be close to God. However the Holy Ghost is not the only thing that likes to dwell in the hearts of men.  We read  in Mosiah 3 :6 "And he shall cast out devils, or the evil spirits which dwell in the hearts of the children of men."
The devil knows that if he can block our hearts, put up walls around them, (Read about Heart Walls Here) fill them full of fear or possess them all together that our hearts will not work as they should.  The heart and its right to communicate the  promptings of the Holy spirit that dwells there in will fail in its responsibility if Satin and his devils are dwelling  there.  This gives new light to the scritpure found in   D&C 45:26  26 And in that day shall be heard of wars and rumors of wars, and the whole earth shall be in commotion, and men’s hearts shall fail them, and they shall say that Christ delayeth his coming until the end of the earth.

In conclusion. Listen to your conscious so that the Holy Ghost which dwells there can  speak to your heart and mind. Keep your heart pure and free from the evil that seeks to inhabit  it. Our hearts will fail in their purpose if we dont make them pureand a place where the Spirit can  dwell in us.

Ways to do just that
Repent
Cast out Devils Demons  heart walls and other things that block the spirit
Be humble and keep your heart soft
Regular practice of Meditation
Yoga for the  4th chakra 
Fasting with intent
Reading the scriptures
Act on promptings even when they dont make sense to your head.
Do anything that helps the Holy Ghost burn in your heart regularly.

Prayer- and how to get more out of it.

So Grandpa says "It's time for prayer! Everybody be  reverent!"
So what happens when this is said at your house?- Well on a good day what happens?  The men in the room remove their hats, everyone is  quiet,  the moms  rush to the side of their  noisy children to help keep them from ___ ( insert whatever you want here... any thing from eating the food before the blessing is said, to picking up  flatware and  using them as drumsticks, or talking loudly about how they have a dog that goes to the bathroom in the back yard.).  OK  but what else happens?

What is everyone doing?  Well on a good day in your house  they would be bowing their head,  folding their arms,  closing  their eyes,  and doing  whatever they need to do to keep their feet still. Right? Does that sound like your house on a good day?  That used to be my house too until I discovered a better way.
So did you happen to go to college and then get lucky enough to take communications class?  Well lets go back to  the communications basics and then we will expound from there.   What did you learn?  You learned about  enunciating, turn taking, showing attention and interest, leaving a conversation, and other basic manners.  Then they had you practice on each other Right? Well  in my class they did. The teacher put  us in groups and said  #2 you are the speaker here is your topic ... toothbrushes. #1,3,and 4 show great interest in whatever #2 has to say.  Then we would  review afterwards. #2  how did you know  they  were interested in your toothbrush information?  Then #2 said something like, They were looking at me,  they were facing me,  they took notes, they asked questions or  gave me nods or whatever to show they were understanding me. Good! the teacher would say.  Now lets do it again #3 you talk about your favorite book or movie.  #1,2,4  you pretend you don't care one bit about  anything she has to say.  Okay #3 how did it go?  What did they do that made you feel like you just didn't want to talk to them any more?  Well  they didn't look at me, they started talking about other things, they crossed their arms and legs and ducked their head.  Right!  So then you have this big discussion about  open communication and closed communication body language.
 We reviewed that  open body language means opening the heart center or the area of the chest.   Back is straight so not slouchy,  hands are open, the face is not down. Check! We got it. Then we reviewed closed body language. And that is folded or crossed arms,  slouchy back, tucked chin, crossed legs.
Now you know where Im going with this.  Look at the poor boy in the picture above. Now most of us would say  look at how relevant that is. But if you look at the nonverbal communication ... he is totally closed off.  You know we as LDS members are the only people I know  who pray like this.  Why?  It started way back in primary somewhere as a way  to get kids to be still.  Being still is great and I recommend it, but being reverent does not mean  hugging yourself into a little ball.  Being reverent means showing respect. We do this by being  open and still and good listeners as a prayer is said.
Are you feeling closed off when you pray to God? Do you feel like you have open communication with him? Do you feel like you are hearing anything He has to say to you? Maybe you are closing yourself off from the communication you could be getting if you were more open when you pray.
Take a look at this and see what you think.

Now praying with  your hands at prayer pose with your shoulders back and your spine straight might feel uncomfortable at first.  You can also sit in receptive pose. Its like sitting criss- cross- applesauce (Indian style) but then uncross your legs so the ankles lay side by side instead of  on top of each other. Sit with a straight back, and then cup your hands lay the back of your hands on your knees.
Try this one simple change in how you pray and see how it makes a difference for you.  If you want open communication with God then get in an open position to talk to Him and to listen to Him.

Read more about Bowing Here
Read about becoming a living prayer  or praying always  below

Become a Living Prayer for the Aquarian Age By Catalyst Yogi

"The head is a computer. The heart has the power of 108 suns. The Heart Center is the strongest of all centers. Whenever you pray with the head, it will take so long—you have to go through the intellect, thought, circumstance, environment, space and time. Whenever you sing or pray from the heart, it will be timeless, spaceless and absolutely effective." –Yogi Bhajan
In these tumultuous times on planet Earth, there are many who are suffering and in some kind of distress and it can seem as though we are moving far from peace. You too may be feeling a general sense of unease, or know others that are going through extremely challenging times.
As a teacher and leader of the Aquarian Age, the most effective tool you have to bring peace to our planet is your power of prayer. Prayer is not begging or pleading or even asking for help. This is the ego's version of prayer, “Get me out of this problem and I promise I will go to church every Sunday.” The ego sees prayer as pleading with God as a savior that you need to negotiate with in order to get yourself out of trouble.
Prayer is your divine gift to be used to help your fellow brothers and sisters. When we pray only from our mind, it lacks ‘oomph’ because it takes a long time to penetrate through the Maya. Bring in the frequency of the heart and look out – your prayer has just received a rocket booster.
Prayer is a frequency of energy that is created when the heart and mind are one. In prayer, the frequency of the heart and the thoughts from the mind are in perfect harmony. This alignment of energy calls on the power of Grace that does not obey the laws of time and space.
Prayer brings you to a state of Shunyia. It zeroes the ego so that your mind, body, heart and soul are consolidated as one. That is why we bring our hands into prayer pose when we pray. Palms come together and this connects the left and right brain hemispheres and connects our masculine and feminine energies. This mudra sits at the heart center at a 45 degree angle which links the heart energy to the Infinite as well as brings our infinite and finite selves together.
The next time you pray, zero yourself in this way by becoming an empty receptive vessel. Feel the frequency of your heart and simply allow the words to surface without mental force to your lips. Then send your prayer out as a ray of love into the infinite.
Have a prayer on your lips as you move through the world. I remember being on a bus once and people were loudly talking on their cell phones, arguing, and the general energy was ungrounded and negative. Instead of listening to the mental complaining of my ego and feeling powerless to the situation, I chose something different.
I closed my eyes and went deep within and brought each person on the bus into my heart. Then, it seemed as though my soul started to spontaneously pray that each person be at peace. As I came closer to my stop, I opened my eyes and it felt like a buddha bus—people were quiet, grounded and smiling.
Don't underestimate your power of prayer. Your prayers create miracles in a hopeless world. Your prayers are a vibration of love that clears the path of obstacles for others. Your prayers bring you to the YOU inside you—a living prayer for the Aquarian Age.