The H.E.A.R.T. (Heart Energy Amplitude Recognition Test) was developed by psycho-neuro-immunologist Paul Pearsall, PhD, mainly for use with heart disease patients. It can be applied to anybody, however, to estimate how much your "head" energy is interfering with your "heart" energy. In other words, are you living in your heart or in your head?
Research has shown that the heart has a sophisticated nervous system of its own, and is intimately connected to the rest of the body's nervous and endocrine systems. Just as we innately sense that much emotion seems to center in the heart, science is telling us that this may indeed be true. The heart may even contain memories of people and events, as the experiences of many heart transplant patients suggest.
Moreover, the heart's powerful electrical field may provide a type of communication between people, a sort of "energetic" link. When we sense a special connection with another person, it could just be that our hearts are communicating without our knowledge. There is even a field called cardio-energetics that postulates another energy, unique to the heart, which is separate from the electricity that we can measure. Sometimes called "L" energy, it may be the same as, or related to, energy that the Chinese call "Qi" and the Indians call "Prana." It may thus represent one of the basic "life forces."
People who let their heart energy flow freely are typically calmer, happier and healthier. They are less "stressed" and their stress hormone levels are lower. Not only do they feel better, they become ill less often. The problem is, all too often our heads interfere without hearts, stifling this heart energy. We think too much, we do too much, and we have too much adrenaline and other stress hormones in our veins. If we could tap into our heart energy more consistently and let it flow, we could enjoy longer, happier and more productive lives. And so would those around us, because of the heart energy's ability to affect others.
The H.E.A.R.T. measures how strong and balanced your heart energy is compared to your head energy. The lower the score, the more balanced and healthy your heart energy is. A high score means that you're living in your head and stifling your own heart energy, and probably that of others as well. The average American tends to have a relatively high score, while Polynesians tend to score in the low, laid-back, range.
Take the H.E.A.R.T. to find out whether your heart energy is balanced or not, whether you're living in your heart or in your head. Then follow the Recommendations to lower your score and your stress level along with it.