Structure of the Emotional Heart
Let us consider the emotional heart as an entity living under your chest, channeling all energies related to the body and working as a central harness to the conscious mind. It is a being that feeds and lives on life-energy, call it Shakti (according to Hinduism) or Chi (according to Taoism).
It supplies energy to the mind in the form of emotions and coordinates the life-energy distribution within the various parts of the body, especially the mind. It works in close relationship with decisions made at conscious levels, sending a lot of life-energy especially to decisions that are likely to feedback the emotional heart with life-energy. When the heart is devoid of energy, it will send stress signals throughout the body (illness), and not letting at the same time the mind focus on thinking processes or decisions that are harmful to the emotional heart. The emotional heart simply does not function properly when not appropriately fed with life-energy.
In sum, the emotional heart will be likely to work closely with the mind when it is full of life-energy, and abstaining from participation when bereft of energy.
(continues on Taoists Know It Better)
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