heart-mind
Emotional cognitive center
Heart-mind translates concepts from several Asian philosophical traditions that don't separate emotion from cognition the way Western thought often does.
In Chinese philosophy, *xin* encompasses both feeling and thinking as unified functions of awareness.
The compound acknowledges that decisions, judgments, and understanding involve the whole person: Meditation cultivates the heart-mind.
The term appears in Buddhist, Confucian, and Taoist contexts.
Soul, mood, or liquor
- soulInnermost animating essence
- breathAir taken in
- life-forceAnimating spiritual energy
- animismSpirits inhabit all things
ancestral · dreamtime · interconnection · reciprocity · ceremony · prayer · gratitude · ubuntu
Combining into a whole
- unityWholeness through cohesion
- wholenessComplete, undivided state
- embodimentConcrete manifestation of idea
- intuitionInstinctive immediate understanding
somatic · presence · centeredness · coherence · balance · attunement · psychosomatic · mindbody
Concern for others' distress
- awarenessState of perceiving reality
- intentionPlanned purpose for acting
- consciousnessState of sentient awareness
- meditationFocused attention practice
dharma · enlightenment · wisdom · sangha · awakening · equanimity · loving-kindness · pratityasamutpada
Honest, unfeigned genuineness
- benevolenceDisposition toward doing good
- virtueMoral goodness or merit
- cultivationFostering growth through care
- junziConfucian ideal person
self-cultivation · harmony · rectification · humaneness · propriety
Unaffected, uncontrived quality
- spontaneityActing without forethought
- emptinessAbsence of substance
- stillnessComplete lack of motion
- flowUnbroken forward movement
harmony · qi · dao · simplicity · tranquility · centering · breathwork · meridians
spirit
Soul, mood, or liquor
- soulInnermost animating essence
- breathAir taken in
- life-forceAnimating spiritual energy
animism · ancestral · dreamtime · interconnection · reciprocity · ceremony · prayer · gratitude · ubuntu · aloha
integration
Combining into a whole
- unityWholeness through cohesion
- wholenessComplete, undivided state
- embodimentConcrete manifestation of idea
intuition · somatic · presence · centeredness · coherence · balance · attunement · psychosomatic · mindbody · interconnection
compassion
Concern for others' distress
- awarenessState of perceiving reality
- intentionPlanned purpose for acting
- consciousnessState of sentient awareness
meditation · dharma · enlightenment · wisdom · sangha · awakening · equanimity · loving-kindness · pratityasamutpada · samadhi
sincerity
Honest, unfeigned genuineness
- benevolenceDisposition toward doing good
- virtueMoral goodness or merit
- cultivationFostering growth through care
junzi · self-cultivation · harmony · rectification · humaneness · propriety
naturalness
Unaffected, uncontrived quality
- spontaneityActing without forethought
- emptinessAbsence of substance
- stillnessComplete lack of motion
flow · harmony · qi · dao · simplicity · tranquility · centering · breathwork · meridians · shen
heart-mindpure reason
Intellect independent of experience
logos · analytical mind · head
heart-mindbody
Physical structure, living thing
flesh · external world · physical form · soma · corporeal
heart-mindartificial intelligence
Machines mimicking human thought
heart, mind, hearts, minds, hearted, minded, heartful, mindful, heartless