World View Perspective: Compassion for closed minds
When the conditioning of the closed mind refuses to open, to consider, to contemplate, to realize that more beyond it exists, it effectively prevents the Heart from opening. It captures the whole system in some kind of downward tumble of unacceptable options that would begin to transform one's human system into a much more receivable position. It is like slamming the door shut because we fear the wind outside when, in fact, it is a healthy breeze that will blow stagnation away. The closed mind can become so righteous that any hint the Heart is stronger will freeze it shut for long periods of time. So deep in its refusal, it only grows more convinced it should remain shut. If an old thinking pattern exists in the system, no matter how unhealthy or harmful it has been, once the mind is closed, opening it again to let the sunshine of illumination in can become problematic. The Compassion found in the High Heart is a mechanism that opens even the...