Heart or the Mind ; Where do our Thoughts Originate

Heart or the Mind

Where Do Our Thoughts Originate

Dr Nasir Javed

Human beings are blessed that they can think. Psychologists say that in a normal day the number of thoughts is anything from 50,000-60,000. Most are repetitive, and many are new. Cognitive psychologists and neurologists believe that all this happens in the Brain or the Mind. However, there is a competitor in the body…. Our Heart.  Yes. The latest scientific research is gradually discovering that the real ‘conscious human being’ resides in the heart and may be that is also the seat of the human soul. And that is where our thoughts originate and perhaps reside. The mind is just a processing machine.  

Does this debate have any practical implication or is it just a theoretical research? The answer is yes, it has a practical aspect. A subsequent blog would attempt to show, how conscious thought management can lead to cure for many psychological & physical ailments. And a happy & successful life.

Human brain has more than 100bn specialized cells called neurons. The interaction and communication between these neurons process the intellectual functions and regulate the body functions.  Brain has a conscious mind and a subconscious mind…. But these aspects in a later blog.

The Heart itself has around 40,000 neurons within it and this is the main connection with the brain, with which it has a two way communications.  The traditional concept has been that brain regulates the functioning of the heart, which we were taught was just a mechanical pumping equipment. However, the latest research shows that there is more than this. It may be that the heart regulates the functioning of the brain.

Let me provide 3 pieces of evidence:

1: The Heart Develops 2 weeks before the Brain: In the embryo the heart starts beating in the 4^th week, while the brain develops in the 6^th week, thus showing that the heart is capable of functioning by itself. In human embryos the heart begins to beat at about 22-23 days, with blood flow beginning in the 4th week. The heart is therefore one of the earliest differentiating and functioning organs.[1]

3: Heart has a memory of its own:

Yes, the heart has a memory of its own, distinct from that in the brain. Let me share a true story, presented in an International Psychiatric Conference and verified independently.

The Heart That Found Its Body's Killer

‘’……. a psychiatrist came to the microphone during the question and …. struggled to speak through her tears…..

….she said, "I have a patient, an eight-year-old little girl who received the heart of a murdered ten-year-old girl. Her mother brought her to me when she started screaming at night about her dreams of the man who had murdered her donor. She said her daughter knew who it was.

After several sessions, I just could not deny the reality of what this child was telling me. Her mother and I finally decided to call the police and, using the descriptions from the little girl, they found the murderer. He was easily convicted with evidence my patient provided. The time, the weapon, the place, the clothes he wore, what the little girl he killed had said to him . . . everything the little heart transplant recipient reported was completely accurate." [2] (Published in the Book “ The Heart s Code”, by Dr Paul Pearsall )

2: Not only that it has a memory of its own, it has a very strong Electromagnetic Field that connects it with other human beings, with the EM Field of the earth and with the universal EM field.

The heart has an electromagnetic field which is 5000 times stronger than the brain and can be measured even 15 feet away from the body[3]. Thus every person has an electromagnetic field of around 15 ft radius. This electromagnetic field defines the ‘virtual body’ of a person. The electromagnetic (EM) field has the potential to interact with EM field of other individuals in the vicinity and also with the Universal energy field.

Another point to ponder is that thoughts not only originate in the heart but also ‘come from somewhere’… what the poets call ‘aamed’ , mystics call ilhaam, etc and all of us at some point in time must have felt. This also is the transmission medium for telepathy, clairvoyance and other Extra sensory perceptions.    In other words, we are all connected with a really BIG universal network, where the heart functions as the SIM Card. The disconnection of service results in death…. There could be numerous sources of networks that keep sending signals to our heart.

No wonder, why the Quran mentions heart at 133 times, while there is hardly any mention of the brain.  

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[1] https://embryology.med.unsw.edu.au/embryology/index.php/Cardiovascular_System_-_Heart_Development

[2] P A U L P E A R S A L L , P h . D.; The Heart’s Code. Braodway Books, New York; 1999

[3] https://www.heartmath.org/resources/infographic/mysteries-of-the-heart/