As people struggle with a problem, often they say, āI canāt figure out what to do here. Iāll just have to follow my heart.ā
Although that might sound wiseāeven spiritualāthe potential dangers of this path need to be examined. For most of us, the heart is ruled by fear, so following our heart would meaning following or responding to our fears, which rarely produces a happy result.
When weāre afraid, we need to find and trust the love that will eliminate our fears. Only then can we choose wisely. Without fear, our āheartā becomes indispensable, because it represents an unconscious accumulation of all our lifeās knowledge, as well as a link to the divine source of knowledge. If we canāt eliminate our fears, we might need the help of wise men or women to help us examine our decision or path.