I've talked before about how our cultures are developing personalities with overdevelopment of the head and underdevelopment of the heart,
And it's making us stupid in a way because the heart has neurons too,
And has a very valuable intelligence.
In fact,
It's more valuable than just the intellects.
It's sort of like the importance of greeting a child with love when the baby's born.
The love coming from the heart,
That is the most important thing from a parent,
And various parenting techniques are less important than whether the mother or father really loves the child or not.
So the heart is actually the most important,
And we access our souls through the heart,
But our knee jerk is our head.
So I want to talk about the difference between how the head operates and the heart operates so you can begin to discern which you're using.
So the intellect will come in,
And if there's new information,
The intellect will come in and try to box it,
Try to connect it up to existing structures.
And it's very much like a box,
What the intellect does.
And you could also call it a coffin,
Because the intellect will often kind of kill what it studies,
And the dramatic example of this is scientists and laboratories.
You know,
We will kill animals as part of this to gain scientific knowledge.
Now the heart will never do that.
The heart will always find a way to learn that validates life.
So coming into understanding the spiritual journey,
What will happen at first with all of us,
If we have any kind of opening,
Is the intellect will box it,
And it will kind of give us a set of rules that we have to follow to be good boys or girls,
Because this is what has been taught over and over.
So you know,
That can be useful,
But not if it divorces from the knowledge of the heart,
Which is,
You know,
For the spiritual journey,
Actually the most important quality is a deep sincerity,
More than anything else.
Yeah,
A really deep sincerity.
That's the key.
A really infinite yearning to know the Creator is the most important,
Because you know,
If you have a lukewarm desire to know the Creator within you,
You could do practices,
Spiritual practices,
For decades and maybe not make much progress.
But somebody who really,
Really want to know the Creator could walk in nature and get insights.
Now,
I'm not saying,
You know,
Spiritual practices are very important.
But we're so lodged in our heads,
That it's making us very confused.
And it is our hearts that bring us out of confusion.
Just like if a child is starting to cross the street,
You know,
A little toddler is sort of running around and starts to cross the street.
The mom or dad drop everything and go and grab the toddler.
And this is the power of the heart.
It makes everything simple and clear.
Yeah.
So if you just have a door open in all your explanations to yourself about life,
Just have a door open to greater understanding,
To material outside the box of your current understanding.
And honor that door.
Because that's where grace comes through and your understanding can deepen.
And just remember that you're really loved and the universe is on your side.
Yeah.
Okay.
Bless your
