When you see this symbol, what do you relate it to? For many humans, this symbol is considered sacred and is associated with the physical organ of the heart, the emotional state of being of love, acts of compassion, and passion, and love relationships.
However, if you actually superimpose the above symbol over an image of the actual heart organ, they don't really jive. In fact, I often thought it was a little strange that the sacred symbol above would be associated with the heart organ because they don't really physically resemble each other, unless you stretch your imagination. In fact, Who Says they should?
The other day I was reviewing Suzi Hately Aldous’ text on sacro-iliac joints, and more specifically, an image of the pelvis. As I gazed at that image, it hit me and I was astounded…if you superimpose an image of the sacred symbol of the heart over an image of the physical pelvis, they align almost perfectly! What the what?! Suzi writes: “Sacrum is derived from the word sacred. It is short for the medieval Latin os sacrum (‘holy bone’)…”
The source of life, the channel through which all souls arrive onto this planet, the womb itself, they are all sacred vessels and it is this most horribly maligned part of our anatomy that was and remains the ‘sacred heart of all being’. Instead of being something that we should deny or exploit, this so very sacred part of us has always deserved to be honoured. Instead of sacro-iliac joints, perhaps they should be referred to as sacred-iliac joints… (thank you Frances!) the joining points between the pelvis and the spine that connect this sacred part of us to every other part of us…including, of course, the heart.
The source of life, the channel through which all souls arrive onto this planet, the womb itself, they are all sacred vessels and it is this most horribly maligned part of our anatomy that was and remains the ‘sacred heart of all being’. Instead of being something that we should deny or exploit, this so very sacred part of us has always deserved to be honoured. Instead of sacro-iliac joints, perhaps they should be referred to as sacred-iliac joints… (thank you Frances!) the joining points between the pelvis and the spine that connect this sacred part of us to every other part of us…including, of course, the heart.
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