I recently learned a teaching from the Beit Yaakov:
Why do our arms reach higher than our heads?
Because the effects of our actions have far more ramifications than our thoughts. What we do in the world is much more important than what we think. When we work on personal growth or shamanic development, we have to pay the most attention to what we are actually doing. What we do with our hands matters more than what we do with our head.
Monday, October 12, 2009
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I completely agree that our actions are vital...and yet if we do not balance those actions with heart mind and soul they can potentially cause harm...the same is true if we are stuck in any one of those worlds without respect for and attention to the other aspects of our beings that make us whole.
something to consider.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I6q1puhkUNg
Hi Aaron...here's a perfect example of balancing all four worlds.
I agree. I think this teaching is talking about unintended consequences. If I think something, the chances of unintended consequences is very low. When I act, I can accidentally cause a lot of results (both bad and good). We should be more careful about what we do than what we think, though we should never act without thought.
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