 | lmorovan (12)
05/11/2008 | "The mind can never follow the heart". Wrong and misleading statement. The mind can, and usually follows the heart. What we really are is what's in our heart, not in our minds. A wicked heart will always influence a mind to say or do wicked things. And a pure heart will always influence a mind to say or do pure things. You can indeed control and destroy the mind, but you can never do that to the heart. Vivid example: communism was able to control and even destroy the minds of millions, but when it fell, the hearts were there, untouched.
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 | abichara (60)
03/15/2006 | Not necessarily. The relationship between the mind and the heart is a mutually receptive one. The mind is needed to rationalize, while the heart looks into the more "non-tangible" aspects of life. It allows us to "feel" the world; there is nothing delusional about that. That, in addition to reason, is part of the human experience. Passion is the motor which allows us to express ourselves and these motivations.
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 | oscargamblesfro (77)
03/15/2006 | These rather sanctimonious phrases sound like lines that were part of scenes left on the cutting room floor of a bad movie that has a little to do with Buddhism...like...say..."The Golden Child." Either that or Yoda got over his dyslexia problem.
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