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Heart and Mind

The True Color Of Heart by Fiery-Fire

“I change my mind.”

“I have a change of heart.”

Why are these two conditions stated differently?  It seems the mind is being controlled by us, as we are able to select from whatever thoughts and ideas that it has formulated to make a decision.  But the heart!  The heart “sees” and decides, and the change has already happened before we know it.  I think that’s why we say follow your heart and never follow your mind.

The heart is a pure source.  Like the right peg in the right hole, when they are engaged a new dimension opens up.  The heart declares.  It doesn’t provide information or analysis.  It doesn’t compare and contrast.  All that is the work of the mind.  Perhaps that is why the mind is in constant conflict.

It is a matter of trust when following the heart.  Life will be different, not better or worse; and it will be true—at least for the moment.

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To Be A Radical

Does our heart speak a different language that we don’t understand?  What does it mean by “listen to your heart?”  The only time I really hear my heart is when in a crisis, it thumps in my ears.  Maybe we’re talking about a gut reaction—to act with our instincts instead of assessing the situation with what we know.  But I also think it is much more than that.  I think it is asking us to find the essence of our being and let its wisdom to be our guide.

A pure being is often compared to a fool because his/her actions are outrageous and inconsistent.  But the heart, when examined at a distance, is steadfast as a rock.  Such is the feeling I have after reading the book, Agnes Smedley, the Life and Times of an American Radical by Janice and Stephen R. MacKinnon.  Smedley’s passionate involvements in the Indian Independent movement and the Chinese civil war between the Communist and the Guomindang (1927-1950), her triumphs and defeats showed a heart that could neither be borrowed or bought.  Such was a human life in all its harshness.  Such was a heart that was true to its end.

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