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The Four Dimensions
of the Heart
Everyone's heart has all of these dimensions, to a greater or lesser
degree:
- Collaboration - Harmony The width of your heart is
shown by your ability to extend your arms to embrace others.
It is the quality of being "big hearted," able to take disappointment in
stride, reach out to many people, and harmonize with situations and groups.
- Courage - Creativity The second dimension of your heart is also horizontal,
but extending forward and backward instead of sideways.
It is shown by the force of your heart: the ability to give, to radiate,
to lead, to innovate and to create.
It produces charisma and magnetism.
- Compassion - Compelling Idealization
The vertical dimension includes both height and depth.
The height of your heart is shown by your idealism and optimism;
the depth of your heart by your ability to empathize with others and be
deeply moved by the world around you.
- Capacity for Constructive Change
The final dimension is inward; it consists of all that your heart
contains. The heart has a capacity, like a bowl.
This dimension shows the size of that capacity.
Your capacity is your potential for growth in the future.
It makes a person rich, complex, multi-faceted and resourceful.
Each of the four
dimensions can be developed by
Heart Rhythm Practice, including Recognition,
Meditation and Application.
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The Two Sides of the Heart
LEFT: Receptive,
Tender |
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Qualities: sensitive, accepting,
responding, attractive, reflective
Used for listening to others,
understanding others, taking in impressions,
experiencing your inner emotions, finding contentment |
RIGHT: Expressive,
Powerful |
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Qualities: giving, nurturing, creative,
courageous, outgoing
Used for self- expression,
taking risks, creating art,
making an impression, changing your world |
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Your heart responds very well to your breath, and your breath can be used to
bring out either side of your heart.
The dimensions of your heart can be perceived directly.
IAM has several experiential processes
that measure the heart's capacity in each dimension.
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