the battle of heart vs mind

gang,
must release your thoughts before who ever wrote this swallow us alive...

Interesting week for you Aqua baby, it's your heart vs your mind. The battle of two very strong and powerful forces. I once dated an Aquarius who was so disconnected from his heart and mind that he was in a constant state of conflict. I always used to tell him that his outer self never matched his inner self. He didn't get it. I hope you get it, especially this week. The Universe is directing your attention to tie the two together. Find a solution that satisfies both the longing of your heart and the independence of your mind. Compromise. It's the best way to satisfy both your heart and mind. One without the other creates a void, an empty bottomless pit of nothingnes.

OFA....hello there! I understand completely...to open, expose our emotions can be very scary..why? because we are afraid to be hurt? to feel? what? emotions are a part of living and truthfully, I think letting down that "mental guard" is an inside job. When we realize that no one can really hurt us unless we choose for them to, life becomes a bit more interesting. There is a quote from the movie Braveheart that I have quoted before and I shall do it again...."Every man dies, but not every man truly lives." We let FEAR get in the way of life.

I have quite a few Aquarian men who are my friends...they have all expressed to me their difficulty in relationships. Aquas are an AIR sign, they live in their minds...one of their life lessons is to learn how to also incorporate "feelings" from the heart within themselves and to others. We each have our "opportunities" for learning...and hopefully those people will show up in your lives to allow you to open...open for you, not for them.

Yep...the "prime" guy got it right....."make peace with the two halves and your life will be smoother and complete.".....I'd like to change that a bit if you don't mind MR. P...make peace with your whole heart and mind and your life will be smoother and complete....

Peace 😉

Geat advice freebird.Both of those are a part of life,needs to be balenced for peace of mind and im also looking like a indeciciscive,contradictary freak here at dxpnet alot lately because I understand boths sides of it and won't choose a right or wrong because both are just the way people do it,it's natural basically.Dunno,everything the one side says is the same reasons and fears for the other side and the realisation that it is all fear related people aren't grasping so thier arguing the same points back and forth but the way it's expressed is the only thing whats drawing the line between the two sides.

Well if Heart vs. Mind can be related to Passion vs. Reason then this is what Kahlil Gibran offers in his writings:


On Reason & Passion

Your soul is oftentimes a battlefield, upon which your reason and your judgment wage war against passion and your appetite.

Would that I could be the peacemaker in your soul, that I might turn the discord and the rivalry of your elements into oneness and melody.

But how shall I, unless you yourselves be also the peacemakers, nay, the lovers of all your elements?

Your reason and your passion are the rudder and the sails of your seafaring soul.

If either your sails or our rudder be broken, you can but toss and drift, or else be held at a standstill in mid-seas.

For reason, ruling alone, is a force confining; and passion, unattended, is a flame that burns to its own destruction.

Therefore let your soul exalt your reason to the height of passion; that it may sing;

And let it direct your passion with reason, that your passion may live through its own daily resurrection, and like the phoenix rise above its own ashes.

I would have you consider your judgment and your appetite even as you would two loved guests in your house.

Surely you would not honour one guest above the other; for he who is more mindful of one loses the love and the faith of both.

Among the hills, when you sit in the cool shade of the white poplars, sharing the peace and serenity of distant fields and meadows - then let your heart say in silence, "God rests in reason."

And when the storm comes, and the mighty wind shakes the forest, and thunder and lightning proclaim the majesty of the sky, - then let your heart say in awe, "God moves in passion."

And since you are a breath In God's sphere, and a leaf in God's forest, you too should rest in reason and move in passion.



^^ I interpret the Bottom Line to be 'Use Your Head, Follow Your Heart'.

Great bit of advice Freebird...
and I've to agree with you, as usual.🙂
Unfortunately like all great advice it's so difficult to follow (at least for me)...
IMO letting go of the fear is one of the hardest things one has to do...even though I'm not an air sign,in the past whenever I was given a choice I always chose brain over heart...I didn't trust my emotions...don't know why.But I think I'm getting better at handling this conflict between heart and mind as I get older. I just hope oneday I'll be able to make peace between the two halves as you put it.

Elliot, that's from "The Prophet" right?
I'm very attached to my copy of that book.
Reading his prose always has this surprisingly soothing effect on me.

Thanks Mel....it wasn't always so easy for me either - time and plenty of relationships have taught me well. Honestly, the best relationship that I have learned the most from is the relationship with myself. Once we truly do understand what we possess, who we are - we will take nothing less than what we deserve and have no qualms about saying so. I also believe that the more you experience the more you understand....takes a second for me to see a "red flag" in someone and a second to turn around and walk away. I love it all!

Yes, you will make peace with your heart and mind - I just know for it to be true 🙂
You'll see!