In reality, both thinking and feeling are gifts and divine tools. Dividing them, and seeing them as originating inside ourselves, limits and warps them. See thinking and feeling as part of the Divine Knowing. Feel Spirit present in them. Listen with humility for what they might teach you.
Our culture has done much damage by separating thinking and feeling. Those who value thinking see feeling as a distraction and an indulgence, governed by drama and irrationality. Those who value feeling see thinking as cold, calculating, and distancing from life and intuition. We divide genders into thinking and feeling, ascribing thinking to men and feeling to women. We divide social class, giving the formally educated groups thinking and the less educated feeling. We divide ethnic groups into thinkers and feelers.
In reality, both thinking and feeling are gifts and divine tools. Dividing them, and seeing them as originating inside ourselves, limits and warps them. See thinking and feeling as part of the Divine Knowing. Feel Spirit present in them. Listen with humility for what they might teach you.
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AuthorTarn Wilson is the author of the memoir The Slow Farm and numerous essays. You may read more of her work at tarnwilson.com. Archives
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