04-02-2012, 01:43 PM
I admit I do not understand your conception of balancing. If a tight-rope walker is leaning too far in one direction, it will do them no good to go equally as far in the other direction.
I understand that you believe "the mind is ahead", but if we consider that human mental processes are in fact much "newer" than instinctual and heart based processes, I think we can conclude that in fact the Mind was at first trying to catch up to the heart. Of course, then they kept going, as my tight-rope example, and now once again we have to bring ourselves in to a balance. However, I don't think this can be done by emphasizing the heart and putting the mind on the backburner. The only way the Mind and Heart are going to be integrated is if such a conception is worked with and both are considered and utilized and in conjunction.
Of course, this is just my conception. Just seems to me that it would be easier to now consider the Mind and Heart as one, rather than to "overcompensate" for what is perceive as a "mind dominance". SO rather, I guess I feel the Heart should be awakened, but I don't think the Mind should be considered 'inferior'.
I understand that you believe "the mind is ahead", but if we consider that human mental processes are in fact much "newer" than instinctual and heart based processes, I think we can conclude that in fact the Mind was at first trying to catch up to the heart. Of course, then they kept going, as my tight-rope example, and now once again we have to bring ourselves in to a balance. However, I don't think this can be done by emphasizing the heart and putting the mind on the backburner. The only way the Mind and Heart are going to be integrated is if such a conception is worked with and both are considered and utilized and in conjunction.
Of course, this is just my conception. Just seems to me that it would be easier to now consider the Mind and Heart as one, rather than to "overcompensate" for what is perceive as a "mind dominance". SO rather, I guess I feel the Heart should be awakened, but I don't think the Mind should be considered 'inferior'.