{"id":719,"date":"2012-01-31T06:35:36","date_gmt":"2012-01-31T11:35:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/everydayspirituality\/?p=719"},"modified":"2012-01-28T08:54:27","modified_gmt":"2012-01-28T13:54:27","slug":"head-and-heart","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/everydayspirituality\/2012\/01\/head-and-heart.html","title":{"rendered":"Head and Heart"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>How do we know Cause and effect? How can we believe in God? Is it through the head or the heart?<\/p>\n<p>God has been defined as divine Mind, Love.<\/p>\n<p>Instead of answering, or bickering over, the above questions, I ask, What is an infinite Mind? How would a compassionate, principled Love express itself?<\/p>\n<p>I find, the head and heart don&#8217;t get to know God.<\/p>\n<p>God knows and loves our head and heart.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>How do we know Cause and effect? How can we believe in God? 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