Vane C.
10-19-2010, 07:19 AM
Albert Einstein once said that time and space are modes by which we think and not conditions in which we live. It is in like manner that sentiments such as fear, hate, love, sadness and joy can be conceived as illusions, physical experiences such as pain and fatigue as actually superable deceptions, and our mind as the impalpable orchestrator behind these phantasies. How else can phenomena like comfort or reconciliation exist? What else than an illusion could pain be, when it is scientifically proven that you can think it away? Merely believing a medicine is able to relieve your pain, whether it will or not, is enough to make your brain release its own natural painkillers. A heartbroken man can turn instantly blissful if whoever rejected him suddenly loves him back, but in reality it is the brain that creates the effect, not the event. The event itself merely serves as a node, a reason for the shattered man’s mind to initiate the mood change. Equally, fear can be much more overwhelming for a person who is alone, whereas together with a friend that very same fear may seem laughable and insignificant.
A myth claims we use only ten percent of our brains, a statement that is often used in counseling or cognitive training, but which in reality stems from a misunderstanding of neurological research undertaken in the late 1800s. The myth is not true, but paradoxically, to someone who thinks it is, and who thusly believes he can harness the unused potential to grow more intelligent, it actually becomes true through the Placebo effect.
Just like the actual concepts of time and space are man-made inventions produced to help us grasp the complexity of our world, so are emotions and feelings only labels to help us categorize what our minds want us to believe. In reality, feelings like sadness and joy are nothing but names we humans have assigned to specific illusions our minds have produced for us.
Although we cannot alter the illusions of time and space, since we are not the world, we do have the power to alter ourselves, for we are ourselves. By truly believing that we are the masters of our own minds, we force our brains to create different illusions for us. The heartbroken man has the ability to quench his sadness and produce joy in its stead, but he just doesn’t know how to do it by himself. He requires the node to initiate the mood change, even though theoretically it can happen anytime, all by itself. Despite its powers, the mind restricts itself. It seems it is unaware of its potential and capability to control all the illusions it creates. But what if by some process a person would become entirely convinced his brain had the power to rule over its own illusions? Could it be possible the Placebo effect would then make it actually happen?
What do you think about this?
A myth claims we use only ten percent of our brains, a statement that is often used in counseling or cognitive training, but which in reality stems from a misunderstanding of neurological research undertaken in the late 1800s. The myth is not true, but paradoxically, to someone who thinks it is, and who thusly believes he can harness the unused potential to grow more intelligent, it actually becomes true through the Placebo effect.
Just like the actual concepts of time and space are man-made inventions produced to help us grasp the complexity of our world, so are emotions and feelings only labels to help us categorize what our minds want us to believe. In reality, feelings like sadness and joy are nothing but names we humans have assigned to specific illusions our minds have produced for us.
Although we cannot alter the illusions of time and space, since we are not the world, we do have the power to alter ourselves, for we are ourselves. By truly believing that we are the masters of our own minds, we force our brains to create different illusions for us. The heartbroken man has the ability to quench his sadness and produce joy in its stead, but he just doesn’t know how to do it by himself. He requires the node to initiate the mood change, even though theoretically it can happen anytime, all by itself. Despite its powers, the mind restricts itself. It seems it is unaware of its potential and capability to control all the illusions it creates. But what if by some process a person would become entirely convinced his brain had the power to rule over its own illusions? Could it be possible the Placebo effect would then make it actually happen?
What do you think about this?