Which should you trust more, your head or your heart?

Question

This is the current question in a national essay competition.

For The Elven Warrior Maiden: This website will inform you about the essay competition:

http://www.think-off.org

DISCLAIMER:
I'm NOT doing research for an entry in the competition, because I have no interest in writing competitions. I simply thought this was an interesting question for your consideration. Furthermore, if I had any intention of entering the competition, why would I advertise for more competitors?

Answer 1

Hello again. I always trust my head over my heart. Letting emotion get in the way (depending on the circomstances) can cause more problems. I always go for the hard logics.

Answer 2

You know, you should really think on this topic yourself, but if you will consider this research, that's okay.

I will be strict here because this question is highly specific. To answer this question, I will use the concept of "yin and yang", better known as balance.

You see, both heart AND mind have an important say in ALL matters. If you should reject one, you will lose. To not use mind would be to lose intellect (reason). To lose heart would be to lose feeling (emotion). If you don't trust both, than you cannot get the best income.

To trust one more would to tend to favoritism, one of the many things that have caused trials and conflicts in man through centuries past. Rather, we must seek out a balance.

We must fuse what we have in our heart, and our mind. Then, we can achieve "soul." (Btw, I am not a monk, and hardly know much about buddhaism. I'm Christian, so when I say "soul",I mean the mix, or balance between mind and heart)

When we learn to trust both our mind and our heart, then the best outcome will occur (that is, which you can control).

In summary, trust just not the heart or the mind, but trust both with equality.

Answer 3

The greatest distance between two points, in the whole Universe, is from the head to the heart. The shortest distance between two points, in the whole Universe is from the heart to the head.

Once the heart grasps a certain truth it can quickly convince the head; intellectual truths however take a very long time to reach the heart. There is an interesting example that even a great mind like Einstein had to deal with this problem.

The heart and the head have COMPLEMENTARY functions in grasping, interpreting and reaching conclusions on important truths. The challenge is to reach a state where we can give equal importance to the messages sent from both these FACULTIES.
Thank you for posting this interesting question.

Answer 4

Isn't following your heart, still using your brain or did your heart recently develop it's own separate brain.

Try to stay with me here. Your emotions is part of your brain use, right, OK. Some people will say your emotions are a way your conscious is speaking. Another part of your brain right?

Making a decision goes through filters from your brain which allows you to believe you are feeling it with your heart. This is just your set morals and opinions. Something that was given to you at a young age and are still developing.

What makes you move is the passion of your decision to make you understand the unknown or to remain in the comfortable zone.

To answer your question, your head, the tricky entity, It can make you believe that your decision if you were to choose the "heart" section that is out of "love" or "passion" and it was right at the moment. When you are able to unify yourself with body, mind and soul, your trust in yourself increase because all your brain power are aligned.

Answer 5

There is no easy answer. There really needs to be a balance. If you trust your head, then you may miss out on a lot. If you trust your heart, you are setting yourself up for a fall almost every time. Weigh the facts, and then weigh what your heart is saying, then weigh the pros and cons of each. Each situation is different and should be dealt with likewise.

Answer 6

Within the Heart dwells the "small still voice" spoken about in the Bible. Get still and listen only to it. The head/mind and gut/feelings are of the human but the Heart is Divine.

Answer 7

Neither is a true compass in itself. What informs your head? What informs your heart? Without the answers to these two questions you cannot begin to answer that question, national essay contest of not.

Hey, Ho, Maggie!

Answer 8

Your head, as the heart is more fickle. Your heart is far more likely to lead you in the wrong direction.

What essay competition?

Answer 9

Gods will, as unconditional love is divided by duality into mind and emotions, they are equal in mortal man. The creative process in man is thought, desire and action. Desire through Karmic actions in thought word an deed create your life circumstances and destiny.

Answer 10

Hard to say, though people who follow their heart, usually do it for love, people who use their head do it for brains, Though when I try to make a decision I usually follow my head, when I use my heart everything matters then. People who follow their heart usually end up making wonderful choices, but my heart has lead me to some false choices or bad choices, so I am now using my head. Unless my heart starts to hurt and makes me want to make the other choice. Sorry, I can't explain it better.