Saturday, May 10, 2025
We don’t understand matters of the heart. It’s hard to say the exact source of this quote, but it’s relevant: “The mind doesn’t have answers, and the heart doesn’t have questions.” Blaise Pascal said it this way, “The heart has its reasons that reason does not know.”
Solomon, the Buddha, and Jesus, seem to be pointing to this mysterious “heart,” but the cardiologist can’t help. Her waiting room is jammed with broken hearts. The matters of the mind seem equally puzzling. The psychotherapist has a waiting room jammed with broken minds. The minister, the guru, the morning motivator, and the priests are horrible diagnosticians. They say the spirit is poor.
“The mind” and “the heart” and even “the spirit” are pointers of existential struggles which don’t exist. Decisions “from the heart” get questioned by others. If you’re being led away from something that on the surface seems hunky-dory, like a job, a relationship, or a situation – do it, even if there is no logical route or “how to.” You’ll “see.”
Always listen to the matters of the heart, the deep insight is pure wealth. It’s a thrill ride, an adventure, and a rush to riches beyond bliss. Others won’t understand your understanding, the matters of the mysterious “heart.” Your gut (not the one the gastroenterologist treats) will lead you away from conformism and to the settlement, the land of milk and honey where home is found. The wise people have shown you the way – the settlement of Truth and heavenly grace, which hasn’t a locale or logic. What “everyone else” is saying seems to lead to the unsettled truth, the abysmal condition of the mind. Is it settled then? You’ll have to go the rest of the way, but you’ll know what settling down in your heart means, even when others (and your own mind) seem unsettled by your choice of action.