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What does it mean?
Feeling and spiritual vitality are essential for connecting with the divine, more so than intellectual activity.
In plain terms
You need deep feeling to reach God, not just thinking.
What can you take from it?
Prioritize spiritual feeling over pure intellect in your practice.

Where it applies

  • meditation
  • prayer
  • spiritual study

Putting it to work

  • focus on heart during worship
  • balance mind and emotion

Questions to consider

  • How do you balance head and heart in your beliefs?

Another view

It may undervalue the role of theology or intellectual study in faith.

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