WHERE EXACTLY IS MY MIND?

Most of us when asked to point to where our brain is, will point to our head. In the same way, if ask anyone to point to where the mind is, again most of us will point to our head. We assume that the mind is somewhere in the brain. Isn’t it so? Now this may seem shocking: the mind is not something located in the brain. It permeates every cell of the body! You cannot put your finger on the mind! The mind is a collection of memories, thoughts, emotions, and beliefs that constantly determine our actions and decisions. Many scientific studies demonstrate how the mind has the power to even rewire the brain! The brain has tremendous plasticity. There is constant change happening in the brain. Neurons establish new connections every day. They create new pathways for different sets of emotions and actions. The brain directly responds to our thoughts and emotional patterns: our state of mind.

The brain is not hardwired as we think. What does this mean? Three fundamental points:

 

 1. The brain is getting rewired continuously to process experiences

 

 2. The more often we have a certain thought or experience, the stronger that network becomes

 

 3. Most of the thoughts patterns we have developed are deeply unconscious

 

The third point is the key. Our unconscious thoughts often are related to frustrations, pain, worries and fears. These kinds of thoughts and emotions create blockages in the energy flow in the brain. We start developing what we call disease.

With awareness we can choose what we experience. Do we want to experience love, compassion and bliss or do we want to experience anger, frustration and depression? It is up to us! When we are aware, we have a choice.

 

Practicing both yoga and meditation is an excellent avenue that facilitates the physiological and psychological transformation. They will increase awareness and allow you to release the emotional load of past memories. Not only that, you will awaken the non-mechanical parts or subtle areas of the brain.

 

A source of infinite creativity, which usually remains dormant in most human beings, will be accessible to you. It is your choice. If you change your mind, you can change your brain!

Consciousness refers to your individual awareness of your unique thoughts, memories, feelings, sensations and environment. Your conscious experiences are constantly shifting and changing. For example, in one moment you may be focused on reading this article. Your consciousness may then shift to the memory of a conversation you had earlier with a co-worker. This ever-shifting stream of thoughts can change dramatically from one moment to the next, but your experience of it seems smooth and effortless.

Reality is the state of things as they actually exist, rather than as they may appear or might be imagined In a wider definition, reality includes everything that is and has been, whether or not it is observable or comprehensible. A still more broad definition includes everything that has existed, exists, or will exist. Philosophers have made a distinction between thought equalling reality, abstractions, and that which cannot  be rationally thought. Existence is often limited only to that which has physical basis or as do in the brain

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