![]() Ancient Vedic and Chinese culture (and many others) also locate love and other emotions not in the heart, but in the gut. ![]() ![]() The Greeks believe our emotions literally lived in our gut, and were not just created in them. We often say we “have a gut feeling” about something. ![]() It means something like: “To be moved, as in the bowels, hence to be moved with compassion” It denotes a deep seated “feeling” and “emotion,” a visceral reaction of love and empathy. She was referencing what I call my favorite word in all the Bible: “Splagchnizomai” (Pronounced: “Splagh-Neats-Oh-My-ee”) “Splagchnizomai” denotes a kind of deep-level love and compassion that far outstrips romantic love. Some years ago, when I opened my Valentine’s Day card from my wife, inside she had written: “I love you with all my intestines.” Taking that too literally might make you wretch a bit or worry about us as a couple.
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