Vault Human

The 88 · keys for the heart

Eighty-eight keys. Each one for love.

The mind has its 360 keys and the body its 180. The heart has 88: eight in each chamber, arriving every fourth morning. They move from love for who you are, to the people near you, to love given away.

The first heart key

Stay in love.

Love is something you stay in, whether or not it comes back. The 88 begins there.

01It arrives

Every fourth morning, a heart key comes with your mind key: a short video and one small step.

02You carry it

It stays with you for four days, until the next one comes.

03You notice it

One line: where you brought love today, and what you appreciated instead of expected.

04It opens

Eight in a chamber, and the heart opens a little wider before the next room.

The Vault Approach

88 keys. Eleven rooms.

Eight in every room. A heart key arrives every fourth morning, in the room you are in.

START WITH YOUPASTPRESENTFUTUREpauseYouby Being8 keysBodyby Breathing8 keysAwarenessby Attending8 keysMeaningby Making8 keysHealingby Honoring8 keysIntegrationa pauseCircleby Connecting8 keysRhythmby Repeating8 keysFreedomby Forgiving8 keysFutureby Planning8 keysServiceby Serving8 keysSharingby Showing8 keys88KEYS FOR THE HEARTone every fourth morning

The keys, chamber by chamber

Eight keys in every room.

From love for who you are, to the people near you, to love given away.

01
You by BeingBe the love
8 keys

Know yourself first.

Keys for the heart
Stay in love · Ethan HawkeSqueeze the orange · Wayne DyerFind where love is · Leo TolstoyBe love now · Ram DassLet go of fear · Gerald JampolskyGreet yourself · Derek WalcottStart the romance · Oscar WildeOwe nothing · after Hafiz
02
Body by BreathingLove lives in the body
8 keys

Change enters through the body, not the argument.

Keys for the heart
Love what you love · Mary OliverHear your reasons · Blaise PascalLove the mirror · Louise HayCelebrate yourself · Walt WhitmanTake off the mask · James BaldwinHug them longer · Leo BuscagliaSmile as charity · Prophet MuhammadRest your heart · Wayne Muller
03
Awareness by AttendingLove is attention
8 keys

What you attend to grows.

Keys for the heart
Say I'm here · Thich Nhat HanhGive your attention · Simone WeilNotice the gift · Br. David Steindl-RastNotice a delight · Ross GayFace the other · Emmanuel LevinasSay I see you · Sawubona, the Zulu greetingWonder again · Abraham Joshua HeschelAnticipate their need · Japanese omoiyari
04
Meaning by MakingWhat love means across traditions
8 keys

A reason you can say out loud, in your own words.

Keys for the heart
Name the four · C. S. LewisExtend yourself · M. Scott PeckKeep no record · 1 Corinthians 13Love first · 1 John 4Love for love's sake · Narada Bhakti SutraLove kindness · Micah 6:8Begin with mercy · ar-Rahman ar-RahimMove the stars · Dante
05
Healing by HonoringBroken open
8 keys

Name what is hidden. The unspoken runs you until it is spoken.

Keys for the heart
Break open · Parker PalmerLet grief love · Jamie AndersonGrieve honestly · C. S. LewisHeal from the wound · Henri NouwenKeep your heart open · Etty HillesumHold the space · Heather PlettRest in love · Julian of NorwichHonor your parents · Exodus 20:12
Integration a pause, not a chamberAfter the first five chambers we stop adding keys. Rest, restore and let the first five settle in before the next six.
06
Circle by ConnectingLove the near ones
8 keys

You grow in a circle. No one changes alone.

Keys for the heart
Guard their solitude · Rainer Maria RilkeFind your soul friend · John O'DonohueKeep true friends · CiceroLet them lean · Takeo DoiGo where they go · Ruth 1:16Belong to each other · Song of SongsSet the table · Abraham at MamreDo no hateful thing · Hillel
07
Rhythm by RepeatingAppreciation, every day
8 keys

Rhythm beats intensity. The small thing, repeated.

Keys for the heart
Appreciate, don't expect · Tony RobbinsBless one hundred · the Jewish berakhotSay it's enough · DayenuGive thanks first · the Haudenosaunee Thanksgiving AddressThank the unseen · Japanese okagesama deWant what you have · Rabbi Hyman SchachtelThank in everything · 1 Thessalonians 5:18Wake to mercy · Lamentations 3
08
Freedom by ForgivingUnconditional
8 keys

Let go to move forward. Release before reach.

Keys for the heart
Love your enemies · Matthew 5:44Win them over · Martin Luther King Jr.Forgive again · Matthew 18:22Ask forgiveness · MaimonidesRun to them · the prodigal son, Luke 15Extend your hand · Corrie ten BoomAccept your acceptance · Paul TillichLove and let go · Buddhist upekkha
09
Future by PlanningLove that lasts
8 keys

The horizon makes the day matter.

Keys for the heart
Hold steady · Shakespeare, Sonnet 116Harness love's energy · Pierre Teilhard de ChardinLet everything belong · Richard RohrLove, then act · AugustineDo it anyway · Kent M. KeithPlant the carob · Honi and the carob treeTake heart · Tao Te ChingSay the four things · Ira Byock
10
Service by ServingLove in action
8 keys

Every key had a teacher. Now you are one.

Keys for the heart
Welcome the stranger · Leviticus 19:34Cross the road · the good Samaritan, Luke 10Feed anyone · Langar, the Sikh community kitchenAnswer with love · Dorothy DayChoose kinship · Fr. Greg BoyleDisarm with love · Abdul Ghaffar KhanTake the little way · Thérèse of LisieuxServe with joy · Rabindranath Tagore
11
Sharing by ShowingBring the joy
8 keys

It ends in sharing: how the world's traditions hold and give.

Keys for the heart
Share their joy · Buddhist muditaChoose joy · Rebbe Nachman of BreslovMake joy together · Desmond Tutu and the Dalai LamaPlay freely · Hindu lilaLeave it better · Robert Baden-PowellLet love be all · Emily DickinsonBe the beloved · Henri NouwenLet love outlast · Song of Songs 8

Love comes to you, too.

A heart key every fourth morning, with a coach beside you.