_Question:_ How can one open the heart when one feels it is closed?

Sri Chinmoy: There are two simple ways. One way is to cry inwardly with utmost intensity, like a child crying for a doll. Inside your heart is your real Reality, the Beloved Supreme. If you can cry for your Beloved Supreme the way a child cries for a doll, then you are bound to open your heart's door. This is one way. The other way is to be cheerful in every aspect of your life. If you can be cheerful no matter what happens, no matter what circumstances you are in, then you will be able to open your heart's door. A lack of cheerfulness immediately closes your heart's door. If you are sincerely cheerful, then your heart's door will remain wide open.

From:Sri Chinmoy,AUM — Vol.VII-7, No.2, February 1981, Agni Press, 1981
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