Daily Meditation: Thursday, November 22, 2001

On the physical plane you can see that we have two feet and …

11/22/2001

On the physical plane you can see that we have two feet and must move forward one foot after the other in order to walk; similarly, on the psychic plane, we must move forward by calling alternately on the intellect and the heart. But this is more difficult: on the psychic plane, most people are one-legged; they use either their intellect or their heart. Besides they do not know when the intellect or the heart should intervene. It is true that there are less one-legged persons on the right side - the intellect - for, on this side, some effort has to be made to study and reflect a little. Whereas, on the left side - the heart - there are many one-legged persons; it is so much easier to give way to feelings and emotions! Seldom do we meet persons who have succeeded in developing harmoniously the faculties of both the intellect and the heart, who know how to be penetrating and rigorous and, at the same time, very indulgent, flexible and open towards others. To succeed in doing this, one must learn to consciously alternate the activities that nourish the intellect with those that nourish the heart.