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The Hearts Center Community is a spiritual community based in Paradise Valley, Montana with about 20 centers in the United States and abroad. It brings members together for periodic quarterly conferences and for pilgrimages to sacred sites around the world. The community depends on daily services and weekend events that are broadcasted over the internet for most of its fellowship. Meru University is the educational arm of The Hearts Center, conducting teleconference and webinar courses on various spiritual and self-help topics.

The Hearts Center was founded by David Christopher Lewis. The Hearts Center is placed directly in the lineage of other Ascended Master organizations and teachings from Theosophy to Agni Yoga to The I AM Activity to The Bridge to Freedom and to its parent organization, The Summit Lighthouse. In The Hearts Center Rudolf Steiner's prophetic statement that Buddhism will in the near future merge with Christianity was in fact fully realised. In this organisation the Buddhist Bodhisattvic and Christian initiations have merged under a constant stream of new revelations from the Ascended Masters. The Hearts Center views and practices display a much broader world outlook than the Summit Lighthouse and other offshoots such as the Temple of the Presence. For instance, it prominently incorporates other teachings like those of Master Peter Deunov (1864 = 1944) and Omraam Mikhail Aivanhov (1900 =1986), both Bulgarian mystics, Omraam being a pupil of Peter Deunov. Peter Deunov was contemporary to Rudolf Steiner. Rudolf Steiner said of him in conversation with Boyan Boev "The Slavonic people are destined to have a great mission. They, and particularly Bulgaria, will contribute a good deal to the elevation of humankind. Return to Bulgaria, there is a powerful spiritual movement in Bulgaria, headed by a great spiritual Initiate." (Munich 1910). The Hearts Center also recognises the spiritual efforts of Rudolf Steiner and collaborates with spiritual organizations and leaders at the forefront of the Aquarian Age transformation, such as Dr. Natasha Kolesar of the I.D.E.A.L. Society, Hira Ratan Manek of the Solar Healing Center, Bob Stevens of the Conscious Language movement, Bill Wilson of Midwest Permaculture, Cynthia Scherer, Hans and Katri Nordblum, and teachers of Ho'oponopono and nonviolent communication.

David Lewis served for 22 years on the staff of The Summit Lighthouse, and after Elizabeth Prophet retired from her duties as head of The Summit Lighthouse (1999), he was directed by the Ascended Masters (late 2004), from whom he had been receiving communications privately, to apply as messenger for the Summit Lighthouse. This request was rejected by the Council of Elders of the organization. David's only comment on the event was to say that his application was met with the statement, "There won't be any more messengers." So David Lewis formed The Hearts Center to carry on the work that the Ascended Masters desired. The Hearts Center movement has avoided public denunciations by choosing to honor the rich heritage and truth in all sponsored activities, to focus on shared understanding and to build upon the great body of Ascended Master wisdom released through varied organizations. David Lewis receives regular communiques, or dictations, from the Ascended Masters which are released for the enlightenment of all, more than 1,700 Heartstreams since 2004. These messages are known as HeartStreams. Sometimes HeartStreams are in the form of simple discourses or darshans. ("HeartStreams" and "heartstreaming" are trademarked terms). They are available to the public on The Hearts Center Website.

The Heart Center Community invites seekers of all faiths to share in its broadcasts, webinars, teleconference classes, weekend events, and periodic conferences. Besides the online community, there are centers in about 20 cities in the United States and other countries.