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Follow Your Heart (But Bring Your Brain Along With You)


Tuesday, October 3, 2023,

To make money, and profit from human emotion, the entertainment industry (which includes news, commercials, music, movies, etc.), has romanticized all aspects of life.  

The phrase "I love you" in a movie has become the ultimate thing, and isn't that just the ultimate thing to say to someone, and it's it just the ultimate thing that someone can say to you, etc.

Unfortunately, hearts/emotions are subjective and fickle, and change with the day, mood, blood-sugar, etc..........in a way, that means that emotions and "feelings" aren't real.

One of the many unfortunate side-effects of the entertainment industry is the over-romanticizing of normal day-to-day life.  Over-romanticizing things distorts our thinking and, if allowed, will begin to distort how we act and react to things in our lives. 

An example of this distortion is over-interest and over-complication on emotions and feelings.  Emotions and feelings are not real and, while they should be observed and understood, emotions/feelings shouldn't be paid much attention, as they are not reality.  

Follow your emotional heart, but bring your unemotional brain along with it otherwise, you'll fall victim to the entertainment industry and you'll be crying at the drop of a hat and over-engineering your life.

Part II:

I always write the first portion of my posts before I complete my practice, and then I follow up with Part II after my practice is complete (usually 2 to 2.5 hours later). 

Very often, when I'm coming out of my practice, I re-read what I initially posted, and I say to myself, "you need to practice what you preach".  I, like all humans, can fall prey to my emotions sometimes; anger, stubbornness, superiority, etc. are emotions/mind-sets that are just as fickle and subjective as pride, anxiety, etc.

Today, I shall try to remind myself that my emotions are subjective, fleeting, and not reality.

Time to enter the world. 

Namaste

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