Thank you for the opportunity to respond. "Living from the heart", to me, means noticing that I am one with everyone and everything. That is beyond "philosophical." As a Western student, I have been taught that being philosophical is being somewhat different from living from the heart as St. Exuperey's "Little Prince." I have been told that the ancient Chinese word "hsin" means "heart/mind." I find that useful, as I find it useful to notice that the ancient Chinese never separated philosophy from poetry. I notice that at one time I hated Richard Nixon. I am now sorry about that hating and while I do not love him as I love my wife and family, I intellectually love him without a lot of feeling because I think that is best and because I am one with Richard Nixon. Karl Rove and some Republicans are difficult to love, but when I stop to think about it I find that I too have some of his and their tendencies. I forgive and love them too even though much less so than my wife, family and other members of ServiceSpace.org. Warm and kind regards to everyone.
On Sep 28, 2012 Conrad P. Pritscher wrote :