Musing of the education of heart, head and being.
We usually think of education is about what, when, where, why and how. We use our heads for theory, logic, and the science of what, when, where, why and how. We define and measure through science, logic, empiricism, and statistical validation of what we can see, feel, and experience.
The heart is about our internal experience of feelings and being. The focus is on the meaning and purpose of existence; sense-making. Regardless, besides and despite logic. Feelings do not require logic. Yet, feelings require a connected relationship of being in an experience. Without direct experience, feelings are merely phantoms of imagination, scientific theory or from the indoctrination of past experiences. Existence is independent of logic and feelings.
This brings us to being. Being is about execution and coincident experience. Subsequently, the head processes the experience of being in a linear logical model that makes sense from experiences of the past (i.e., knowledge). It is a way of making sense; in short, a relationship to, but not of the experience. And the heart has feelings of the experience, but again, is not of the experience.
The head and the heart are not sufficient for an experience. But because of an experience, the head and heart make the experience “seem” real. Being is beyond merely the feelings, how and why. Being is the operationalization and actualization of experience. Without being, there is no experience. The head and heart are a bridge or relationship to the experience. Without the connection of being, is there an experience?
It is in the being, where infinity blooms the subtly of experience. Experience is the glue, articulation and weight that precedes education (knowledge).
Being, sets the scene for the experience, which then becomes knowledge (gnosis) of life, death, and beyond.
“Out here in the perimeter there are no stars…” (“Stoned Immaculate,” An American Prayer (album), The Doors, 1978). (Also see: An American Prayer, (poetry book) James Douglas Morrison, 1970)
Blessings,
Tim