Mental Fitness – What About My Brain?
Although it is the most important part of our physical body and processes, representing as it does our direct link we have to our Maker or our spiritual source, most of us have not kept pace with modern neurological science and consequently have limited knowledge of the brain.
What do I know about my brain, you ask?
I know my brain is housed as a sensitive instrument within the confines of my bony skull.
I believe it is shaped somewhat like a walnut with a division between the hemispheres and all crinkly but much softer in texture than a nut.
Each part of the brain has a different purpose and responsibility and is wired with unlimited connections to transmit commands and to receive information. Up until now, it is believed that most people only make use of about 1/12 of its capacity. But that figure is no doubt a seriously inaccurate one if we are to go by the similar assessments of use of our personal electronic computers, capable of so much more than we can fully utilize, particularly if we choose to just play electronic games.
Perhaps only the genius mentality of those who created the first advances in computer technology will ever have some clues to understand how our brain works. Most of us don’t want to understand how it functions, we just want to rely upon its capacity to do want we want and never crash. That’s what all of us want of our brain. We want to enjoy a high standard of mental fitness.
I know that my brain begins to complain when I have a headache. Sometimes I know why I get a headache as I do after drinking too much alcohol. At other times there seems to be no reason at all, except perhaps when I’m anxious about something. My brain doesn’t usually complain. It functions well enough and remembers most things I want to. Sometimes however, it seems to use the delete button too freely!
I can look after my brain if I don’t deliberately bang my head or suffer an accident, if I eat the right food, and get proper sleep and rest. I need my brain to last in good shape for the rest of my life. Along with other disciplines for mental fitness, I must remember to take a series of deeper breaths regularly, as my brain needs lots of oxygen to survive.
However, there are lots and lots of questions. I wonder, is my brain any different from yours?
Regarding my own thoughts I wonder, do they begin in my brain or does my brain only record what I think? Where do my thoughts originate?
I don’t know whether brains can work too hard. Just in case, I’d better stop thinking about it.
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