Have you ever had the problem where your head and your heart dont agree? When that happens which do you listen to? Who is right? Is it better to judge things with the heart and feeling or with the mind an logic?
Those are all great questions and the answer for you might be different depending on the situation. But read this quote by Tony De Mello and see what you think.
"People mistakenly assume that their thinking is done by their head; it is actually done by the heart, which first dictates the conclusion, then commands the head to provide the reasoning that will defend it."
If you have meditated for a while or done any amount of energy work this doesn't surprise you much because you know where your consciousnesses lives. If you dont know, I mean really KNOW where your consciousness lives take a min and find it.
Take three slow deep breaths.
Sit in a royal stature (situp strait with shoulders back and neck long, you can smile if you want.)
Continue to breathe in and out slowly and deeply and ask yourself. Where is my consciousness? Where does it live in my body? If you are good at "seeing things" your consciousnesses looks like a small ball of light. If you are like most people you will find that this ball of energy, this light, your conscious does not live in the area of your head but at your heart.
Side note....I love the part of Finding Nemo when they are in the dark abyss and Dorie asks Marlin "Are you my Conscious?"
As you read the scriptures pay attention to references of the heart... there are a TON of them.
Here are a few
1 Kgs. 3:9-12 The Lord appears to Solomon and promises him a wise and an understanding heart
So if you are listening with your heart and understanding with your heart you are paying attention to your conscious. We dont lean unto our own understanding (the mind) but we do what our heart guides us to do.
This is really important when it comes to listening to the spirit. Because the spirit also lives in our hearts. Check out D&C8:2 Yea, behold, I will tell you in your mind and in your heart, by the Holy Ghost, which shall come upon you and which shall dwell in your heart.
This is great as long as we are doing our best to listen to the spirit and be close to God. However the Holy Ghost is not the only thing that likes to dwell in the hearts of men. We read in Mosiah 3 :6 "And he shall cast out devils, or the evil spirits which dwell in the hearts of the children of men."
The devil knows that if he can block our hearts, put up walls around them, (Read about Heart Walls Here) fill them full of fear or possess them all together that our hearts will not work as they should. The heart and its right to communicate the promptings of the Holy spirit that dwells there in will fail in its responsibility if Satin and his devils are dwelling there. This gives new light to the scritpure found in D&C 45:26 26 And in that day shall be heard of wars and rumors of wars, and the whole earth shall be in commotion, and men’s hearts shall fail them, and they shall say that Christ delayeth his coming until the end of the earth.
In conclusion. Listen to your conscious so that the Holy Ghost which dwells there can speak to your heart and mind. Keep your heart pure and free from the evil that seeks to inhabit it. Our hearts will fail in their purpose if we dont make them pureand a place where the Spirit can dwell in us.
Ways to do just that
Repent
Cast out Devils Demons heart walls and other things that block the spirit
Be humble and keep your heart soft
Regular practice of Meditation
Yoga for the 4th chakra
Fasting with intent
Reading the scriptures
Act on promptings even when they dont make sense to your head.
Do anything that helps the Holy Ghost burn in your heart regularly.