When we begin to listen to the
community with our hearts rather than our heads, our whole world changes and
becomes softer.
Most of us
were born and raised in cultures that value the head over the heart and, as a
result, we place our own hearts below our heads in a sort of inner hierarchy of
which we may not be conscious. What this means is that we tend to listen and
respond from the neck up, often leaving the rest of our bodies with little or
no say in most matters. This is a physical habit, which sometimes feels as
ingrained as the way we breathe or walk. However, with effort and awareness, we
can shift the energy into our hearts, listening and responding from this much
deeper, more resonant place.
The brain has
a masterful way of imposing structure and order on the world, creating divisions
and categories, devising plans and strategies. In many ways, we have our brains
to thank for our survival on this planet. However, as is so clear at this time,
we also need the wisdom of our hearts if we wish to continue surviving in a
viable way. When we listen from our heart, the logical grid of the brain tends
to soften and melt, which enables us to perceive the interconnectedness beneath
the divisions and categories we use to organize the world. We begin to
understand that just as the heart underlies the brain, this interconnectedness
underlies everything.
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