The dual function of mind...

"The mind has a dual function, which I have explained at length in God Speaks. The first function is that of thinking. The impressions that lie dormant have to be worked out, and appear as thoughts. This thinking function of the mind is known to the Vedantists as mun [Hindi pronunciation, Sanskrit manas].

"The second function of the mind includes all feelings and emotions. This is called antakarana [in Sanskrit], which means the heart. So, what is known as the heart is actually the second functioning of the mind itself.

The impressions called sanskaras are spent through both thinking and feeling. In the first functioning of the mind, are thoughts of all kinds. In the second functioning of the mind, that is the heart, are all feelings and desires — feelings of joy, pain, disappointment, happiness, shock — belong to this antakarana (heart)."



Meher Baba
in Bhau Kalchuri
Lord Meher,
Asheville, NC: Manifestation, Vol. 13. 1998, pp. 4455