“When there’s fire in the heart, there’s smoke in the head.”
The fewer impurities in the fuel, the ‘cleaner’ the fire burns and the less smoke rises from the flame. As you evolve, you purify and the heart fire burns cleaner so you think more maturely… i.e. less smoke in the head.
You do well to reflect upon how you think and behave when something triggers a fire in your heart. You do well to manage that wisely as you continue to evolve. At first, the management may require effort, keeping the fire in check with patience, humility, reflection, and self-honest exploration. As you work with it, and as you evolve, the process gets better and also easier. Working with this responsibly is called the path to wisdom. With wisdom comes success.
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This blog triggers a thought of one of my favorite Don Henley songs where he sings..Have you ever noticed how an angry man can only get so far..until he reconciles the way he thinks things ought to be..with the way things are.
I think it sort of fits here
Thank you Brahmarshi..have a truly wonderful day!
Growing up in Germany, I had never heard of that saying before –unfortunately I must say. Maybe that explains why it still does get quite smoky in my head at times. Even though I’m joking about the explanation, the smoky part is still true. Great blog, very relevant.