The mind is a wonderous thing. So we're always told. It can do impossible calculations that modern computers would take centuries to get through, control thousands of different processes and still have time to make dinner. I've always heard that the average person only uses 10% of their brain; geniuses like Albert Einstein, only 15%. What I've also heard, and to some degree experienced first hand, is that the mind can overcome the weakness of the body. Now, for everyday examples, this would be like forcing yourself out of bed when your body seeks at least another 30 minutes of sleep (bet that snooze button looks awful tempting there), or maybe forcing up another repetition of weights at the gym when it feels like you can't even lift your arms. Sounds familiar right? But what about that portion of the body that the mind has the greatest difficulty controlling, the region of the heart?
Yes, I know, emotions don't actually come from our hearts. It's already working hard enough as it is with keeping us alive and our bodies well stocked with oxygen. (I point this out merely because I have a very sarcastic sibling who enjoys taking things much too literally.) But the figurative heart of which the great poets speak, that is the harbor of death-defying feats of love, devotion, gratitude...and life-defying atrocities of hate, anger, and jealousy. Can the great and all-powerful mind truly dominate and control the heart? Can the mind govern the uncontrollable?
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