Moving From Head to Heart (part 4)

yinyangmichael (61)in #life • 6 years ago

4. The head is primarily selfish and seeks things that are good for me; the heart is selfless and only works on things that will benefit all beings.

Being primarily head driven only acts to fortify the ego and the intellectual ego. The intellectual ego often acts as a trap and keeps us bogged down, not able to live from the heart because one has invested a lot of time and money into education and has learned how to harness the gifts of logic and reason. One develops pride in one’s own intellect, claiming their intellect as ‘mine’ and therefore losing touch with the heart.

When living from the heart, one sees that all things, even an advanced intellectual capacity, is but a gift of grace and is therefore not actually ‘mine.’ The heart person, because of their capacity to see things as ‘not mine,’ acts in a way that supports all beings. The head person, unable to see the greater picture and taking pride in things that are perceived as ‘mine,’ can only act in a way that supports the desires of the immediate self.

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