Mind and Heart

Osho, do mind and heart, thought and feeling, ever become one?

Many times they do. And when they become one, a very significant event occurs. Yes, he is asking whether, sometimes, mind and heart—thought and feeling—become one. They do. In the very depths they are one; only on the surface are they separate. Just as the branches of a tree are separate above and below they become one in the trunk. In the same way, thought is a branch of our being, and feeling is also a branch of our being. Only on the surface do they appear separate; deep within they are one. And the day we come to know that thought and feeling are one, that day science and religion are no longer two. That day science has a boundary, and there is also a realm of transcendence where religion begins. Krishna is a man of dharma. And I am speaking of him as a man of dharma, as…

Osho, which is the voice of the mind and which is the voice of the heart? What is the criterion to know? Please explain.

All voices are of the mind; the heart has no voice. Where voices disappear, there is the heart. Silence is the heart’s voice. Emptiness is the heart’s tone. So there is no complication at all. You think one voice is of the heart and another of the mind; you are falling into a great mistake. All voices are of the mind. It is the mind. It is the mind that wants to grasp wealth, and the mind that wants to renounce wealth. The mind is very complex. On one side it says, “Grab it, plunder it, enjoy!” On the other it says, “What’s the point? It’s all insubstantial.” But both are the mind. On one side it says, “Run! Life is only for a few days—win some position.” From the other side it says, “What’s in positions? Look at those who have arrived.” The mind keeps talking to itself, keeps…

Beloved Osho, how can I find out which of the many voices inside me is the one which comes from the real self to guide me? How can I be sure it doesn't come from the unconscious?

It is very simple: none of the voices come from the inner self. All voices come from the mind. When all voices are absent, the inner self inspires you in silence towards a certain action, direction. It does not come in words -- it is just a silent indication. Otherwise it would have been absolutely impossible to find out which one is the voice of the inner self. It is easy because no voice is of the inner self. So when all voices have died down and there is utter silence, the inner self is capable of taking your hand and moving you. That is the moment to be in a let-go, and allow it to take you wherever it takes you. In language we have to use words which do not apply to the inner reality -- for example, the "inner voice." There is no voice -- it is…

Osho, all the saints have called the heart the doorway to spiritual experience, and the mind the domain of thought and intellect. What is the difference between heart and mind? What is the difference between heart and soul? How can this difference be made clear? How to recognize it?

There is also danger with love. It is difficult to make a man into a soldier; to make him a soldier you must kill his love completely. Otherwise, when he takes a gun in hand to kill an enemy, his heart will say: “He too has a mother, just as you do. He too has a wife. As your wife wept bitterly when she bid you farewell, his wife must also have wept. He too has small children, and you are about to make them orphans. He too has an old father who has no other staff to lean on in his old age. What are you doing? And why? This man has done nothing to you. For a job paying a mere hundred rupees you will kill a man; and he too, for a pittance, has a gun pressed to your chest!” If even a ray of love arises…