Dear Friends,
Om shanti. When we especially want to express deep feelings, we refer to the heart. For instance, we say, “in my heart, I feel that I want to make true, spiritual effort,” or we say, “I want to remember God with my heart” or “I don’t want to keep anything else in my heart”. When the heart expresses itself in this way, then the mind and intellect listen to what is in the heart. They accept and obey. Otherwise the mind and intellect don’t tend to listen to the heart. They go off in their own direction and do their own thing. Sometimes they get confused; sometimes they are disobedient.
The ability to realize one’s own mistake happens in the heart. When there is a deep feeling in my heart about something, that is, when I realize something deep within, only then will my intellect work well. Realization happens in the heart. This is different from what happens in the conscience. The intellect has a subtle connection with the conscience, which helps us to discern right from wrong. But realization and deep understanding happen in the heart.
Think about these things and understand how to keep God in your heart.
With love,
BK Janki





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Hemma: This is a wonderful question. Let us begin with how we would describe these three three faculties.
1. Conscious mind is that aspect of the soul in which one constantly thinks The conscious mind thinks constantly and to varying degrees we are aware of our thoughts.
2. Sub-conscious mind is the faculty within the soul where the imprints or thought patterns that have been recorded from past actions and situations are stored. We are not always aware of the patterns that reside here, however, it is the memory and feelings that reside in the sub-consciousness that drive our current thinking.
3. The divine intellect is the faculty within the soul where we can discern what is going on in the mind. The intellect is the faculty of conscience. In using this faculty we can discern; right/wrong, good/bad, positive/negative. We can also decide if we want to accept the thought patterns that arise in the mind or if we want to create new thoughts that will change our patterns of thought. Most importantly, it is with the divine intellect that we are able to forge a connection with the Supreme Soul. When we experience this connection we rid ourselves of negative thoughts and become full of the spiritual powers of purity, love, peace, truth and happiness.
With spiritual knowledge we come to understand that the soul which includes the mind, imprints and intellect is the heart of our being. Yes, we have a physical organ which is called the heart but this is the pump which facilitates the movement of energy and oxygen throughout the body. The soul is eternal and that part of us which is eternal. It is where we create our awareness, feelings, vision, words and actions.
It is through spiritual knowledge that we become aligned with out inner truth and through the study and practice of Raja Yoga that we begin to know ourselves and to become masters of our own minds.