Heart Centered Living

I know there are people in the world that do not either understand a heart-centered approach to living, or do not wish to operate from that vantage point. From what I ascertain some people prefer a more integrated scientific approach. All paths to understanding are welcome on the path to learning.

I have considered myself an intellectual for many years and from a societal viewpoint felt this was the equivalent to being intelligent. But I have come to realize spiritual understanding, at least for me, needs to be more heart centered. Those who do not understand this believe it may be “woo-woo” or touchy-feely new age stuff…it really is nothing of the sort! It is the way of wisdom gleaned from teachers over time.

I awakened more to the concept of the difference between intelligence and intellect when reading Hindi mystic Osho’s work explaining the fundamental differences. Science must always utilize logic in order to prove its reasoning, while humanitarian study gives more credence to intuition, sensory perceptions and spiritual ideals.

Intelligence is accessible to anyone, while intellectualism is deemed to be more of a regurgitation of the ideas of others without thought to the ideas of ones self. To discount heart-based intelligence is to throw the baby out with the bathwater. Intellectualizing as a total approach to thinking removes critical analysis based on accumulated life experience.

I do not want to change another’s way of dealing with their learning, as we all need to come to our own conclusions. I do however invite others to be open more to possibility rather than needing to find evidence from some book or source to prove something. If the ideas do not resonate, so be it. But allowing oneself to be open to the ideas and a more intuitive way of approaching them, provides another opportunity for growth on the paths we are traveling on the roads of our lives.