the mind is your mathematics
Question : I’m a sort of a
sentimental person.
The mind says one
thing and heart says
something else. Up to
now I’ve been always
following the heart and am always at a loss !
Answer : One has to be very very alert about one
thing: there are things
in which the heart will
be a failure; never listen to the heart about those
things.
There are things in
which the mind will be
a failure; don’t listen to the mind about those things.
And a clear-cut
distinction is needed,
otherwise one goes mad.
For example, if you
are trying to succeed
in the world, don’t
listen to the heart.
In your business don’t
listen to the heart,
just be your mind.
Because the mind is
your mathematics;
the mind simply
means the part that knows how to do big
business – nothing else!
The mind is your
business expert –
listen to it! When you are ill you don’t go and ask an
engineer; you go to the doctor.
If when you are ill you
go to the engineer
and when you want to
make your house you
consult the doctor,
you will go crazy.
That’s what you have
been doing. If you fall
in love with a woman
then don’t listen to
the mind, because
the mind has nothing
to say about it.
It is not a question of
logic or mathematics
– listen to the heart.
If you are reading
poetry, listen to the heart. But when you are doing some calculation don’t bring in your heart.
This is clarity. It is not
a question of being
sentimental or not.
Just clarity is needed
and a clear-cut
division of labour.
The mind is yours, the heart is yours. Both have their functions and one has to learn what exactly the function of the heart is;
otherwise you will get
confused and mixed
up. So just see: if something needs
logic, mathematics, the mind is needed. What will the heart do there?
Whenever you get
confused, listen to the
mind. Because confusion
means that the mind
is needed. The heart never gets confused; it simply knows.
Confusion means that
it is in the area of the
mind.
Slowly slowly you will get to the knack. try this: always the first thing to decide is, is this a heart matter or a mind matter?
And in life there are
almost ninety-nine
percent mind matters,
rarely a heart matter.
But that one percent
is more valuable than
the ninety-nine percent.
And if there is a question of whether to save the ninety-nine percent or to save the one percent, I will say 'Save the one percent and lose the ninety-nine percent.’
But ordinarily there is
no question like that.
Use your mind more,
continue to meditate,
and things will become more and more clear.
~ Osho
Excerpted from : The 99 Names of Nothingness
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