The integral heart-mind

In a Q&A after satsangh on Mon 14 Oct 2024 @ Param Dham, BLR, KA,Daaji referred to Dr KCV's article on Eclipse of Conscience.

Covering developments in the understanding of Truth in India, the article is an intellectual tour-de-force and a traditional Indian philosophic perspective of a vital existential problem.

But it did not touch my heart like Daaji's simple summary - heart and mind are not different.

"Mind is the superficial part of the heart and heart is the deepest core of the mind."

Daaji's depth and subtlety of understanding truly amazes me, time and again!

You see, I keep going back, again and again, to why Chariji - who is supposed to have read a book a week, and serious nonfiction at that - kept insisting on ignoring the head and focusing on the heart.

After reading Dr. KCV's article, I did not wind up with these simple practical ideas of Daaji that yet cover various levels of subtlety.

1. Heart

• heart @ peace is peaceful - silent, untroubled, natural
• heart not @ peace is disturbed - thudding, uncomfortable, heavy, racing, etc.

2. Mind

- similarly for the mind @ peace and not @ peace

• Peaceful mind
• 1. silent most of the time
• 2. when thinking is needed:
• 2a. clear, positive, uplifting, definite thoughts and emotions
• Mind not @ peace?
• 1. Noisy
• 2. Confused,
•        mixed positive and negative, and      
•        mostly negative, downer, 
•        vacillating thoughts and emotions
• 3. Stuck or stumped, depressed

3. Heart and Mind

    Both mind and heart must be  

•   peaceful, positive,
•   active, dynamic, and
•   harmoniously in sync - with each other

    How to achieve sync?

• Keep switching attention
• - between heart and mind
• - until both are peaceful.

• Start with the heart.
• Is it @ peace?
• If not something is wrong and you have to figure out what - using the mind.

• Then the mind.
• Keep thinking, brooding, 
•           deciding, judging,
•           doing any and all mental activities
•  until the mind is satisfied.

• Again, check your heart -
• is it ok with your mind's conclusions and understandings?

• Repeat until both are silent, @peace.

4. Heart and Mind are simply

     single unified oneness.

• What comes in
•     through or up from
•   the heart -
•      the resulting inner activities
•   make up the mind.

• When all samskaras are removed, 
• emotional activities -
• reactions triggered by heart-feelings -
• should be blissfully missing.

Again, peace. In stillness or in activity - it doesn't matter.