In the middle ages, before anyone knew what the hell they were talking about, they beleived the heart controlled everything you do, because if you remove the heart you're dead. Now we know the brain does, so shouldn't everyone be saying "I know in my brain...." or "My brain is telling me..." or "I love you with all my brain?" Love? It's caused by chemical reactions in the brain. You develop an affinity for one person over everyone else. Nothing special going on in your blood pump.
2007-09-07 18:35:40 · 10 answers · asked by Tanjo22 3 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
true
2007-09-07 18:45:45 · answer #1 · answered by brainstorm 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
interesting.
but, you know, that when we have most emotions, the heart is directly affected.
Great grief or anguish? We feel it in the chest/the heart.
Love? Ever been head over heals? Did you not feel it in your heart? (chest?)
What about anger? What happens here? also in the heart.
Sure we know the brain is where the thoughts occur, yet virtually every thought and emotion directly affects the heart.
You should note that, in ancient texts like the Bible, when it refers to the heart, it is in the figurative poetic sense.
What does this mean? It means, that it really was not a scientific commentary on the origins of thought, things were worded so that people could understand in their vernacular.
The heart (or chest) as previously noted, is where we literally feel, our strongest emotions, so to say the heart, as an organ of thought is, as I mentioned before, the poetic way of relating in the most simplest of terms, and understandable reference to our emotions.
Now to mention one of my 'pet peeves' of modern day references.
Many times, on TV shows (the news, talk shows), you will hear people ask others, "What do you feel?" (as in what is your opinion).
The problem I have is similar to what you question raised, that being, people do not literally 'feel' to have an opinion. They THINK. Feelings are an emotion, not an intelligent thought.
So, the question should really be "What do you THINK?"
and the answer should always be "I think..."
Am I wrong?
2007-09-07 18:48:22 · answer #2 · answered by Tim 47 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes. When you read ancient writings that talk about the "heart," you can freely insert the word "brain" or (more accurately) "mind."
However, you should keep in mind that the ancient Greeks (who were not stupid) used the word "heart" to describe the dynamis of the rational mind, as opposed to the "nous," which represented the energeia of perception, or the "dianoia," which represented the energeia of rational thought. In other words, it isn't quite so simple as just not knowing "what the hell they were talking about."
But it is absolutely ridiculous to think that the word "heart" in ancient writings meant "emotions."
2007-09-07 18:46:16 · answer #3 · answered by NONAME 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
once you walk interior the path of Jesus, talk and think of like Jesus, be tolerant and loving like Jesus, you get a heat temperature interior that purely would be unable to be labeled or defined. right this is the difficulty. no person, and that i propose no longer even the main aggressive bible thumpers stick to interior the footwear of the fisherman. additionally, why could you opt to? Use his teachings as an occasion yet you have a suggestions, you have a soul, do your individual questioning for goodness sakes. Get mad in any respect people who take the Lords call and use it as a weapon to subjugate others. stick on your individual path and 2 person-friendly regulations... do no injury and make the international a extra suitable place as you flow.
2016-12-16 14:34:12 · answer #4 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Heart, in this case doesn't mean the literal heart. It's more like: With all sincerity, from all that is me, my greatest desire, with all truth. I could go on but I guess you get the idea.
2007-09-07 18:45:15 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I guess, but I sure feel like I'm in love. The heart is more like the wellspring of life, anyway.
But thank you for this.
2007-09-07 18:42:33 · answer #6 · answered by Atlas 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
because when you are in deep fear or love , your heart speed changes , and causes them to feel something and giving them the idea it's the heart that do the thinking
2007-09-07 18:42:40 · answer #7 · answered by Curious 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
there's more to the person than the physical body, and the heart center is still believed to be the center of emotions by many faiths. usually, when people believe something in their heart, they mean they feel it emotionally.
2007-09-07 18:43:10 · answer #8 · answered by bad tim 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
I like your question
and have asked it myself of the people of my faith
I got some silly looks but no answers cant wate to see the answers you get
2007-09-07 18:44:54 · answer #9 · answered by hmm 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
OK
2007-09-07 18:49:50 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋