What is more powerful the heart or mind?

While there are romantic quotes and stories telling us that the heart has power over the mind, this may not actually be the case. Think about it, no one ever really does anything without using the mind. But before that, let me define what is "heart" and what is "mind". [for me] The heart consists of emotions, of impulses and desires The mind consists of reason,deliberation, and discernment. Using the above definition, I think I am justified in believing the mind is more powerful and following the mind, or simply reason, is better than following the heart. And besides, anything that comes from the heart actually has to be processed by the mind first in order to become functional. Of course, one might present an argument based on the fact that we equate sincerity and other virtues to the heart. But I think it's because the heart, the literal meaning of the heart, is an organ that pumps blood in our bodies and keeps us living. In other words, we use the "heart" as a symbol of the things that keeps us alive and allows us to interact with people.

If you are talking about heart as the feeling center then perhaps you are saying that feelings are more powerful than thoughts. Feelings though are not just confined to the heart, even if it is that non-physical point, that being the middle of our chest that many people cover when someone has hurt us. It's a reflex you may notice some people have. Like defending the walls with the hand! Our stomach, belly, are also points where feelings are quite strong. Unfortunately our heart is often wounded and so decisions made from the heart can be smudged with prior conditions. A bit like saying 'because in the past my experiences have been that I get hurt by your words, so now I am not going to listen to you.' The heart of many people is not pure and so is it wise to listen to it? The brain is an organ, same is the physical heart, but the mind - now that's different. Are you saying the heart is more powerful than the mind? Thoughts are one of the most powerful and dangerous things we humans have. Thoughts are what damages the heart. Though if you are talking about the heart being aligned to integrity, truth, and the truth and integrity not being corrupted by conditioned reactions, then yes listen to the heart, usually it's plugged into a sense of intuition, knowingness of what is right and wrong for you.

Yes heart is more powerful that our our mind. But sometime I don't agree with it if we always follow our heart sometime we do decission that are not right. But if we blend it with our mind we may do the best decission to make. That's why they put our brain higher than our heart to be more useful than our heart. We do not only use our brain alone to decide but we also use our heart in doing it we must use it both not one alone. How you can live to emotion alone if we always feel hurting. Sometimes we need to be practical in many ways.

The perfect example you can give is that heart can be compared to God where as the mind as the money .We are torn between them or elated when they work in tandem . with regards www.chocolatesavy.com

For me,definately my heart! Actually,I used to live accordng to my mind,you know, it told me what I should do or not.and I know it's important to do things obeying the rules. But,one day,I just find myself living without passion,you know, doing things just to flatter others but not myself,so,I decided to quit! And now,I enjoy every second of my life time,since I listen to my heart more often. Anyway,one only have one life time,so let our hearts tell the future!

I support for "Heart over mind". But,actually we first analyze any situation using our brains first of all. Then we take into our emotions {heart} into the account. Based on both the information,we make a decision. Theoritically,may be I can say its 40%mind and 60% our emotions- Heart. Cheers ! Have a nice day.