Life lived through the head leads to a more gray, tamed, calculated existence.
Life lived through the heart leads to a more saturated, wild, spontaneous existence.
By default, many of us live predominantly through one or the other.
The magic of inner work is that rather than living primarily through just one of those places… we can re-route that energy and filter it through the other center before acting on it in reality.
This gives our judgment the balance it needs to guide us forward in a more holistic and complete way.
If we let our head guide us through relationships, for example, the above words is the kind of relationship we’ll get: gray, tame, calculated.
If we let our heart guide us through work… we might spontaneously quit our job, commit to something wild, and live a life saturated with polarizing emotions—on the street.
But when we filter our head through the heart in relationships, we get something that’s not only sensical… but passionate.
And when we filter our heart through our head… we get something that’s not only exciting… but practical.
Without space and time for inner work, energy and insight shoot directly from our head or heart and is used to make raw decisions that often end up feeling incomplete, lopsided, or even regretful.
Slowing down and redirecting that energy through the filters of the other center gives us the balanced perspective we need to make complete decisions that often end up feeling more whole and rewarding as life unfolds.