Mind And Heart Gg

Want Your MIND and HEART to Make the Same Decision?

    Suryava Sarkar
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    The mind represents our thoughts, while the heart represents our feelings. The mind is much more logical, while the heart is more about emotions. Over the years, we have tried many ways to make the mind and the heart work together so that we can lead a better life. Unfortunately, the result has mixed opinions.

    Why are both of them important? because taking our every decision from big to small depends on these two things. If mind says one thing and heart says a different thing, then it becomes a problem for us which decision to take. If the decision is insignificant, then it does not create much of a problem. But if it is a life-changing decision, then it becomes very important for us that our mind and heart come to the same conclusion.

    We become more aware of our surroundings and people when our mind and heart are working together. In the present time we can’t say for certain who is our friend or enemy, so staying aware always is the safest option. If a close person of ours suddenly changed their behavior, we need the help of our mind to analyze that. While someone close to us is feeling sad, in order to comfort them, we need the help of our hearts. These are a few of the basic examples; there are many more out there.

    I am going to share my understanding here about how to make them work together. One common link that connects both the heart and the mind is experience. Rather than thinking of them as an organ of our body, we need to think of them as a system. The two most important systems, for that matter, are constantly saving information.

    Since we are babies, we start gaining knowledge about our surroundings using the heart and the mind. For example, who are our parents, who loves us more, how to manipulate them to do what we want, etc. Now I know ‘manpulate’ is a strong word, but we do manupulate whenever it serves our purpose. While as a baby, we do it subconsciously but as adults, we do it consciously. And we save all this information on a regular basis.

    As a baby, our world was smaller, consisting of small groups of people. So there was no need to differentiate between the mind and the heart. We used to listen to the one that benefited us the most. But after growing up, that world had become vast, and slowly the difference between mind and heart became vast too. And if we only listen to one of them, we won’t be able to make reasonable decisions. So for them to work together is very important for us.

    I hope all of you have heard the following phrases: ‘Listen to your heart’, ‘Control your thoughts/mind/emotions or it will control you’ etc. All of them might seem like some trending topics on the internet and nothing big, but they are important. They just did not appear out of nowhere. People around the world must face issues regarding these two. That’s why these quotes, lines, or phrases whatever you want to call them, came into existence.

    Now, to make them work together completely depends on the situation you are in, the person you are dealing with, or the decision you have to make. Then, based on that situation or decision, you have to choose which one of the two you have to put first.

    For example, if you are dealing with a family member or a loved one, you should put your heart first. Because the basic function of the heart is feelings. Most of the time when we are dealing with a person, feelings take the driver’s seat. And if the person is close to you, then you have all the more reason to listen to your heart. Then mind comes into play; based on the decision you take from your heart, you need to give logical reasoning to that decision to make that decision all the more solid to yourself. Like when you want to marry someone or propose to someone, letting your children decide their future, being honest with your parents, etc.

    In these situations, your heart knows best if a person is good for you or not; your parent or parents will listen to you or not; and your child or children is mature enough to decide their own future or not. Here I should also mention that in these situations, listening only to your heart is not right. But if you use your heart and mind together in the correct order, you can avoid the negative outcomes.

    And if you are dealing with career-oriented or professional life decisions or workplace choices, you need to use your mind first. Because logical reasoning and analytical judgment are very important in those situations. Situations like hiring someone or firing someone or getting a promotion that both you and your friend wanted but you are the one who got it. Clearly there is a chance you might feel bad, so in that situation, after listening to your mind and doing the thing that is best for you, finally you can use your heart to make yourself understand why the decision you took or the choice you made was right. And if you use your heart first, you won’t be able to take that decision or make that choice that is best for you because all the feelings will cloud your judgment. You can use the heart later to convince yourself why you had to do that.

    I want to conclude by saying that if it is personal life decisions, put your heart first, then your mind, and if it is professional life decisions, put your mind first, then your heart. In our lives, we need to make tough choices and choices that are based on feelings. If you use too much mind, people will call you a critical or judgmental person. Use too much heart; they will call you an emotional or sentimental person.

    So the balance between the heart and the mind is very important. The above-mentioned ways worked and still work for me. One way to know that the process is working for you is by observing how many decisions you can take using both your heart and mind equally.

    Thank you for staying until the end!