5 – What Are Heart Clouds?
Q: What are Heart Clouds?
A: Thoughts that surround our hearts
Sunny had a bad day and created some dark Heart Clouds. Spot explains that dark Heart Clouds come from our imagination when we imagine things that aren’t true about ourselves. They make it hard to hear our Best Friend Forever talking to us and guiding us, but there’s always a way to get rid of them.
Spot explains that thinking God Thoughts – the Truth about us – dissolves dark Heart Clouds. Sunny dissolves her dark Heart Clouds by thinking God Thoughts, and she feels better.
Things to Do
Things to Think About
- Have you ever had a bad day? What thoughts were you thinking?
- Is there a story or movie that scares you?
- What God Thoughts make you feel better?
- Have you ever noticed that your imagination and your thoughts create your feelings? And that when you change your thoughts, or imagine something good, you feel better? That's great! You have learned something REALLY important ... Your thoughts create your feelings and YOU can CHOOSE what you think about!
Things to Do
Practice Dissolving Dark Heart Clouds
Think of some things that are not true that could create Dark Heart Clouds. There are LOTS of them around all of us! Do not believe them! Then think of the God Thought that would dissolve the dark Heart Cloud. The more you do this, the faster you will be able to spot things that are not true about you. And you will know how to dissolve the Dark Heart Clouds before they find their way into your heart space.
Make a Plan for the Future
When you're sad, or afraid, or disappointed –
- Write about what happened
- Identify the thoughts in the Dark Heart Clouds
- Think of what you will do differently next time (If you weren't being your Very Best Self, you might need to apologize for hurting someone)
- Go back and imagine yourself doing things differently
- Feel things changing
- Dissolve Dark Heart Clouds with God Thoughts
- Know that all is well and things will be different next time
Pop the Soap Bubbles
Think of thoughts you have that might make dark Heart Clouds. Those are things you tell yourself that aren’t true about you. You don’t want them around your heart! For every dark Heart Cloud, think a God Thought that is true. Then make soap bubbles and pretend they are dark Heart Clouds. Then think a God Thought and pop the bubbles!
Ideas for Your Discovery Book
- I am good at thinking God Thoughts! Here are God Thoughts dissolving Dark Heart Clouds ...
- Here's something that happened that made me feel bad. And here is how I will do things differently in the future.
From Ernest Holmes
Love dissolves fear.
Living the Science of Mind, p. 331