THE ETERNAL TUSSLE OF THE MIND AND THE HEART
By: Anushka Dubey
Tags: Universe, Soulful, Power, Live Life, Heartless

An excerpt that bewilders the living daylights out of me…

I have never been the one to saunter down a soul searching expedition but I also can’t particularly wave off my curiosity on how intricately woven is our soul with our heart and brain. Although both our brain and heart can drive us into an unparalleled cosmos, they often seem not so different from each other. As if there is a thin string sundering the two, a vivid dichotomous plot sketched by the universe for all us beings, to help us keep up with the constant banter between the two.

But then again, lets not pretend to dislike a petty banter. We often tend to mistake our disengagement for our disinterest. The two are quite different. We are very much interested just as long as we aren’t pulled into the situation to take sides. We like to be engaged but from far aloof, where the mind can’t play any nasty tricks on us and where the heart can’t put us through an emotional blackmail screening.

Honestly though as much as the two concern us aren’t they at a constant war with themselves? And if yes, what room does it leave for me? Am I to take sides and if or when I do, am I granted any immunity from the latter? Because as loyal as I am to my brain, I equally am as indebted to my heart. Having to side with my mind would make me heartless and if I let my heart take over I would lose a sense of authority. So where does that really leave me?

So whilst we are at this will a pros and cons list help?

We have often heard the saying ‘the heart wants what it wants’ and albeit the alliteration sounds good, the sentiment doesn’t quite comply with the statement. The heart might ‘want’ what it ‘wants’ but it hardly ever ‘knows’ what it wants. So, maybe our mind and heart are subconsciously wired, maybe our knight in shining armor (brain) is waiting for its damsel in distress (heart) to mess it all up and then ever so gently save it beguilingly. But then again, doesn’t the heart have a mind of its own? And how is it any different from our brain?

We know that our brain houses in the master gland, making itself supremely powerful and yet it seems so powerless in front of our heart. Our brain is a tyrannical ruler of our body and well, the heart is a rebellious socialist. And to be very honest, who doesn’t like a rebel? So which one wins and why does the other forfeit a debacle?

One might wonder it is an awfully coy plot put up by the universe to spice our lives up with drama, to make it enduring and cherishable but maybe that's how presumptuous we like to be, to avoid the slightest speck of doubt because let’s not forget humans have a long standing history of not acknowledging their predicaments and acting rather very poorly by running for the Bahamas as soon as they see a shoe drop. But honestly, does the running ever help? You go on a wild goose chase putting your heart and brain yet again at peril because lets face it, they aren’t leaving you anytime soon.

So what’s the best way to end up this tussle? Or maybe there isn’t really a better way out than to let them be. Quarrel, tussle, scavenger all they want and when they are done embrace them gracefully because lets be honest, haven’t they co-existed and co-evolved ever so magnanimously up until this day?

So maybe there doesn’t have to be a king or a queen. Maybe the infamous ephemeral banters of our mind and heart are to be left alone, untouched, undisturbed. Maybe its ill advised to dive into the deep trenches of anxiety and uncertainty waiting in anticipation. And maybe just this once, tread down whatever path you want with all your heart but take your brain along with you in a nonchalant reassuring stride.