| Jane Chin | asks | How does one attain a happy blending of the head and the heart? How? |
Jun 26, 2008 -
04:39PM
| Jane Chin | asks | How does one attain a happy blending of the head and the heart? How? |
| LivSimpl.com | asks | What is the conflict between head and heart? |
| robdubya | "What the head makes cloudy, the head makes very clear....." - New York Minute, Eagles |
| LivSimpl.com | ? |
| TheTick247 | says | I don't claim to know, but wouldn't it take more than 140 characters to explain?  |
| robdubya | SORRY, what the head makes cloudy, the HEART makes very clear....... |
| codyrobert | says | lead with your heart, follow with your head |
| Jane Chin | says | an example is someone who is said to be materialistic vs. one who is said to be "spiritual". |
| Jane Chin | says | another example I'm thinking of is whether one can blend business approach with spiritual approach. |
| Jane Chin | has | seen ego-bashing by so-called gurus who claim to be enlightened. I think we have egos for specific reasons and it's all about perspective. |
| Nethead | asks | ego is what makes mankind; for good or bad |
| Nethead | asks | or womankind  |
| gassho | says | ego is software to live in this world. it's needed. best kept in check by spiritual bird's eye view. |
| gassho | says | head & heart aren't incompatible, neither is material & spiritual. i'm a soulpreneur for instance & that's service marked. |
| gassho | says | b4 the heart let's look at brain: 2 hemispheres, with band of nerves in middle, corpus callosum designed to let 2 hemis communicate. |
| gassho | says | whole brain thinking, not lopsided 1 or the other. wholeness can start right in the brain & continue to the heart. |
| gassho | says | will get back to you on heart. |
| gassho | says | the heart is mystical. the sufis have an expression "see with the eyes of the heart" which i love & attempt to live by. |
| gassho | says | the heart has an intelligence all of its own |
| gassho | says | when we cultivate deeper brain waves thru various practices the heart opens & leads. |
| Jane Chin | wants | to find a happy blend of head and heart where both contribute to one's conscious evolution |
| LivSimpl.com | What are everyone's thoughts on spirituality and/or organized religion? Just curious. |
| Jane Chin | thinks | an analogy is critical thinking and science. one (science) is supposed to foster another (thinking) but sometimes cause becomes the effect. |
| LivSimpl.com | I agree w/ janechin. New question: what is spirituality? Is it a belief in God? Discuss. |
| gassho | says | religion doesn't give true access to spirituality. it could but it's become too rigid & authoritarian. it may aim at spirituality but misses |
| LivSimpl.com | gasso - That's a fairly broad statement considering how many different types of religions there are out there. |
| gassho | says | theism isn't necessarily a component of spirituality. |
| gassho | says | it's broad but ppl are leaving religions in droves. why? |
| gassho | says | all i'm saying is that the pulpit isn't serving the way it was designed. it could, but there's too much dogma. |
| LivSimpl.com | Out of curiosity, how *should* the pulpit be used? |
| gassho | says | i'm not a *shouder* as they say don't should on yerself. |
| gassho | says | since you asked tho: to access spirituality. |
| Jane Chin | thinks | the original intent of religion is to create access to spirituality, but ego loves to set up structures and rites, and behold, religion. |
| Jane Chin | thinks | and religions themselves aren't necessarily antithetical to attaining spirituality, but ego loves to interpret, and behold, fundamentalism. |
| AmberCadabra | thinks | janechin and i will get along just fine |
| Jane Chin | asks | and who says we can't go deep in 140 characters or less (Ok some of us write multiple strings but STILL!) |
| gassho | says | i find it reduces redundancy. |
| LivSimpl.com | However, I don't think all rites/structure is ego-based. |
| Jane Chin | (the "I" meaning authority figure that is not God or the Godhead) |
| LivSimpl.com | Right. |
| LivSimpl.com | janechin - as a scientist, do you struggle with science v. faith? |
| gassho | says | spirituality *is* a science. |
| Jane Chin | has | no problem admitting I don't know/can't explain everything and the fact that "science" by definition is aimed at seeking truth. |
| Jane Chin | has | also observed that some scientists behave similarly to fundamentalists in narrowmindedness and intolerance for other p.o.v. |
| SandyBBerry | says | FIrst, know your heart's desire. |
| Jane Chin | asks | SandyBBerry what's a good approach to know your heart's desire |
| SandyBBerry | says | Listen to the echoes... those thoughts and ideas you return to. Watch your dreams for repeating themes. Our hearts speak. |
| Jane Chin | likes | sandybberry 's suggestion of listening to echoes. I'm learning to hold a thought in my heart and feel what comes. |
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