The Powerful Wisdom of the Heart

I was talking with Baptist De Pape about his movie "The Powerful Wisdom of the Heart", which he's aiming to complete next year. He has already gathered interviews with Deepak Chopra, Marianne Williamson, Jane Goodall, Desmond Tutu, John DeMartini and others, and it promises to be an exquisitely fine movie.

Its aim? All these good people (and others) will be telling us that we need to listen to our hearts to guide us through the maze that is our world. Listening to your head, with all the ego-centered chatter, will let you survive, of course. It just won't get you to a place of peace, beauty, or love. And it almost certainly won't get you to a place of holiness in which you are doing what feels authentic.

Working from the head will get you to a place a bit like Bernie Madoff's. Rich, famous, tortured, and inauthentic. It feels great, but only for a while.

Of course, listening to your heart — really listening and paying attention to it — isn't easy. But it's the only game in town.