FEELINGS AND THOUGHTS - THE TUG OF WAR.
Feelings as per dictionary are - sensation, sensibility, emotion and/or sympathy. Thoughts as per the same dictionary are- power or act of thinking, idea, opinion, judgment, notion, purpose, contemplation, care, concern.
Clearly feelings are related to heart and thoughts to mind. If we accept this we can also say that there is a never ending conflict between heart and mind. We can also replace them with soul and brain. Most of the time both see things differently. Both feelings and thoughts are like banks of the river that never meet. Both are separated by water or sand or both. One is pure and selfless, the other is wishful and calculative.
In fact one works better in the absence of the other. When one holds his new born child in his hands, there are only feelings of love and affection and thoughts of how and from where he will provide for the child come later.
At best or worst, there may be a mixture of feelings and thoughts. When one doles out a coin in the hands of a beggar the mixture of feelings and thoughts work at cross purposes. One want to hand over the coin because there is feeling of sympathy for the poor fellow. Other says it is a nuisance and must be done with as quickly as possible.
Some times feelings dominate and another times thoughts dominate. Very rarely both agree on something. Speaking a lie is sin- tells us the heart but it helps survive, says the mind. Not only this we try to justify this by saying that a lie is not a lie if it does not harm anybody but helps some one. We try to glorify it.
We all face this dilemma of existence.
Feelings as per dictionary are - sensation, sensibility, emotion and/or sympathy. Thoughts as per the same dictionary are- power or act of thinking, idea, opinion, judgment, notion, purpose, contemplation, care, concern.
Clearly feelings are related to heart and thoughts to mind. If we accept this we can also say that there is a never ending conflict between heart and mind. We can also replace them with soul and brain. Most of the time both see things differently. Both feelings and thoughts are like banks of the river that never meet. Both are separated by water or sand or both. One is pure and selfless, the other is wishful and calculative.
In fact one works better in the absence of the other. When one holds his new born child in his hands, there are only feelings of love and affection and thoughts of how and from where he will provide for the child come later.
At best or worst, there may be a mixture of feelings and thoughts. When one doles out a coin in the hands of a beggar the mixture of feelings and thoughts work at cross purposes. One want to hand over the coin because there is feeling of sympathy for the poor fellow. Other says it is a nuisance and must be done with as quickly as possible.
Some times feelings dominate and another times thoughts dominate. Very rarely both agree on something. Speaking a lie is sin- tells us the heart but it helps survive, says the mind. Not only this we try to justify this by saying that a lie is not a lie if it does not harm anybody but helps some one. We try to glorify it.
We all face this dilemma of existence.
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