Sunday, February 6, 2011

Within...

There are many things that come from deep within our heart and brain.

Peace
Growth
Happiness
Love
Satisfaction
Contentment

Unfortunately, our heart and brain also allow us the polar opposites of such positive feelings. There will usually be a fairly good balance of the Yin and Yang.

Hatred
Sadness
Loathing
Dissatisfaction
Contention
Disgust

The human heart is an amazing, diverse thing. As is the human brain.

Our minds (which try to analyze and reason) in combination with our hearts (which only feel) are supposed to guide us on a positive, seemingly fulfilling path through our lives. If there isn't a balance between mental and spiritual desire things are most certainly bound for failure.

Let's take a look at the Scarecrow vs. the Tin Man for just a minute.  Scarecrow has no brains but has the all the ability in the world to love and feel for his friends. Tin Man has no heart; he is all logic and lacking ability to make a decision based on feelings.

It seems as though this is not going anywhere, and maybe it's not, but next time you sense one or the other of these going on within yourself try to be what you are not feeling or reasoning. If you are all emotion, pretend you are Tin Man. If you are all logic and not capable of any sympathy (or at the least empathy) be Scarecrow for a minute.

See if there is the ability to balance the two within you to make a whole and right choice by seeing the entire picture.

2 comments:

  1. Actually, that makes a lot of sense... something that me and my group are finding out for ourselves. Your train of thought is going places... don't give up until you reach the destination!

    Melissa
    (Kayla's Aunt)

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  2. Thank you... I hope that someday I will find wholeness. I don't know how else to explain it.

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