Monday, April 19, 2010

Heart & Mind

Heart & Mind conflict has been in place ever since Adam & Eve. Heart has its own mind & Mind has its own heart or something in similar nature. Its always a conflicting thought which originates from heart & mind. So the point is what one should pay heed to?
Mind in all probabilities gives you a scientific & practical ideas whereas Heart usually has emotional & sentimental angle attached to it.
Reason I am dwelling on this age-old conflict is that I have also been getting these conflicting ideas from Mind & heart for sometime now. And they are related to everything from job, personal life, etc.
If someone is practical with no emotional strings attached then it is pretty simple. Go with what your mind says. But when emotional tangle comes into picture then mind starts taking a beating from heart.
Now I know every person has their own way of thinking, some even club the heart & mind to take their decisions. Some go by just with the heart which some even say as gut feeling.
I have seen friends who keep emotions on backburner and just go by what the mind says and for the world they are doing good. The very same folks had no qualms about doing stuff which their wives/GFs might call acts of infidelity if they get to know. They dont care about if their decisions will have any bearings on friends/family. But then why give stress on heart which already has so much to take care of.
Just for the record this blog is not about infidelity or anything related to that.

Point I am pondering upon is how one can just keep sentiments on one side and go with your mind. But then that is easy said than done. For some folks (like me) emotions play a huge part in the decisions they make. But I have seen emotional folks getting a beating from folks who know how to curb their sentiments.

Guess this question & debate will go on. I better get back to what my mind telling me right now. For a change heart's idea is easy to ignore here.....