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HEAD versus HEART
by Michael Hampson
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To follow the head or to follow the heart? So often we find this conflict in our inner life: logic and reason pull one way, emotions and dreams another. So often a decision has to be made: to follow the head or to follow the heart?
There may be time to contemplate the options - or the time for a decision may be now. In the moment of decision, either head or heart may take priority - or both may be eclipsed by another influence - an almost physical response - the one we call instinct or intuition, or the feeling in our gut or in our bones.
These three form the foundation of all that follows: in the inner life, both the 'head' for logic and reason, and the 'heart' for emotions and visions and dreams; and then the 'gut' - as in "gut reaction" - for instinct and intuition, and a more direct and immediate engagement with the world around.