Have you ever thought of measuring the innate creative power of your mind? Have you ever imagined how your mind is able to process all the billions of information that flow through it? Quite a lot has been written on this subject and for very good reason – we are inquisitive; want to know exactly what and what us make up; why we are the way we are; and why things around us happen the way they do. This inquisitive nature is very normal with humans. So, don’t chide yourself when you seem to be asking a lot of questions about your existence. Only ask them the right way.
This article has been intentionally written to avoid all those somewhat confusing details about the physics of the mind. However, you’ll get a simple but in depth understanding of the workings of the mind and its power, and how you can use this new understanding to your own advantage. Please this is not supernatural anything nor is it magic, but a clearer and scientific explanation of something you may already vaguely know. So let us begin…
What and where is the mind?
The mind is the aspect of the intellect and consciousness expressed as combinations of thought, memory, perception, will, emotion and imagination, and also all unconscious cognitive processes.
When I was fourteen a classmate of mine asked where the mind was and I confidently pointed to my chest and said, “the heart.” He started laughing and we argued because he said that the mind was in the brain. Don’t laugh at me, that was so many years ago. A lot of theories exist as to what and where the mind is. Some schools of thought say that the mind is the brain, others say that the mind and the brain are separate entities and that neither can be used to measure or fathom the other, yet another group says though the brain and the mind are separate entities they are closely interwoven. And don’t forget, of course, that my classmate said the mind was in the brain. He might be a tad correct. Being medically inclined and hence having done quite a lot of physiology and psychology courses at school, and also having read fairly wide on this area, am going to give a balanced view on this subject.
The brain is the gateway to the mind. The brain and mind are not the same but are intricately related. The brain is the centre of the nervous system, controlling almost all body functions by way of nerve synapses and hormones. It is therefore not surprising that the mind controls the totality of all intangible processes such as thinking, memory, feeling, etc. The brain then, is the medium of contact to the mind which is broader, universal and unfettered. There is strong and irrepressible scientific evidence that there is a strong relationship between the physical brain matter and the mind. This can be appreciated by the impact physical alterations to the brain can have on the mind, such as traumatic brain injury and psychoactive drug use. For example injury to part of the brain might lead to personality problems, memory problems, cognitive disorders, etc.
How creative and powerful is the mind?
As mentioned earlier, the human mind is broad, universal and unfettered in its abilities. It is very central to your existence as a person. Consider this: you are dead the moment you stop using your mind. It’s no surprise that the definition of when physical death occurs has been changed. No more is it when the heart stops beating but when the brain stops firing electrical impulses. This fact by extension underscores the indispensability of the mind to human life and progress.
Again, as stated earlier, everything we see is an extension of mental pictures. The mind influences EVERYTHING that happens to or around us. For a clear understanding let’s look at it from a practical angle. Every architectural master class, every football skill, every solution to any problem… was first conceived, processed and synthesized by the mind before being brought into physical existence. Positive or negative it does not matter, the mind influences both material (tangible) and immaterial (intangible) processes and phenomena. Please take this literally because that is how it actually works. On what authority do I say this? This conclusion is based on the findings of quantum physics. Sounds overwhelming? No. Quantum physics is just the study of how everything in our universe came to be – energy! Pure energy!! In simple terms then, quantum physics is just a branch of physics that studies energy.
Results from empirical and rigorous research by scientists in the area of quantum physics have proven beyond doubt that all matter (material and immaterial) and antimatter (opposite of matter) when broken down to basic constituents are made up of just pure energy. Hence: molecules → atoms → subatomic particles → pure energy. This fact has very complicated and expansive implications. Simply put, however, it means that all we see and feel around us: trees, air, water, fire, sun, feeling, thoughts, words, emotions, etc are just basically made of pure energy! Now take some time to digest that.
Pure energy makes up ALL THINGS seen and unseen. And the source of all things is God. Different things around us take various forms and shapes due to the differences in structure and vibrational frequency of their energy. Having established that our thoughts are made of pure energy, it means that different thoughts vibrate at different energy frequencies. You must understand and believe this truth for it to mean anything to you.
What does all this Imply for the Mind?
Simple: whatever your mind can conceive you can achieve. There is no exception. Having said earlier that all we see and feel around us are and extension of the mental, then, anything we think can be brought into physical existence. Again, there is no exception to this rule. This is the CREATIVE POWER OF YOUR MIND. Notice the constant use of the word, ‘physical’. This is because anything conceived by the mind already exists in the unseen world of the mind but it takes belief and will to make it materialize. Hang on and let me explain…
Many years ago when Albert Einstein discovered his famous E=MC2 energy formula he believed this pure energy to be like particles (particulate), that is, having a somewhat solid form. Another scientist, Thomas Young, believed this energy to be waves. Finally, Niels Bohr, a Nobel winning physicist, said this energy could be particulate or wavelike but both at the same time. So which do we believe? Let us find out.
To put this debate to rest scientists decided in Brussels, Belgium to come together with the aim of experimenting and studying the very nature of this energy. Something very striking happened. This energy was seen to be particulate by some of the scientists while others observed it to be wavelike. It was later found out that this energy took a form depending on the academic beliefs, thoughts, or perception of the scientist studying it. Therefore if scientist A believed and thought this energy to be particulate it materialized so physically under observation, and if scientist B thought it was wavelike it also physically materialized so under observation. This is no fable; pure scientific discovery it is.
Conclusively, they established that this energy responded proportionately to the thoughts, beliefs and perception of the scientist studying it. At this point any doubts you had about the enormous and unfettered power of the mind should have been cleared. Now you are ready to learn the most important aspect…
What does all this Mean to You?
All this history and science is just to make you understand that you cannot be limited, except by your own mind; that you can and should control circumstances around you; that whatever is not too big to be conceived by your mind is not too big to exist physically. How? It is by channeling your thoughts and speeches to back your desires. This then means that your success or failure, good or bad, happiness or sadness, are all a matter of your mind. The answer to every question is in your mind, and the solution to every problem is also is your mind. This is how God, the source of all creation (all energy), has made it to be. All you need is careful thinking through and observation to notice how answers and solutions are presented to you. This sounds very simplistic and truly so but the truth is that our minds have been limited by culture and teachings given to us over time from childhood till old age. But you can actually make your life better by attracting desired results to yourself. This can be achieved by the law of Attraction.
In this physical plane polarity exists: like and unlike attract e.g. positive and negative attract; two of a kind repel e.g. positive and positive repel. However, at this pure energy level there is no polarity as we know it and everything is classified according to its vibrational energy frequency. And here: Like Attracts Like, Unlike Attracts Unlike.
Everything good is made of energy vibrating at a like range of frequency, while everything bad is made of energy vibrating at an unlike range of frequency. Since like attracts like (sacrosanct universal law) then good thoughts attract other good things while bad thoughts attract other bad things. This is known as the law of attraction. And don’t forget that whatever you think, and say (depending on whether you believe it) ALWAYS materializes. Not my theory, it’s been scientifically proven through and through.
How can you use this knowledge for your benefit?
You can create your dream life just by putting your mind to constructive use. Chanel your thoughts towards a good and positive life and see it come to be physically. Your age does not matter just what you think and believe works. For this same reason the saying, “the rich get richer while the poor get poorer,” is true. This is because the rich always THINK and TALK and BELIEVE big. They don’t just think and talk so, they believe it; they ask the big questions and do the big things. Not because they have the money but because they have the will and belief. The poor on the other hand, for all their hard work, get poorer because they have small minds. A poor man even when he has some good money does not have the will and belief to make that money make more money. Go check it, it’s true. They think and talk and believe small:
- How on earth am I going to be wealthy?
- I can never be rich with this kind of business
- I’ve come so far and can’t make it
They ask the question with so much sarcasm and pessimism and do not just see any good in themselves and thus remain the same or even get worse. Of course like attracts alike, and such disposition will never do them any good but attract more want and lack. Poverty indeed is a sickness of the mind because the mind has been buffeted, assaulted and put down by years of self-degradation, unbelief, and suppression. Yes the law of attraction works all the time and is immutable.
And words?
Words are an extension of the workings of the mind and as result have power. They are just a reflection of what you think and believe. If this is true then it means that you can speak positive and get good, or speak negative and get bad. This is simply due to the fact that your words carry the power of your thoughts which undoubtedly have enormous power.
I give you a personal example. While in school I took a particular course and after the exam I said to a friend angrily - not that I meant it - that I was going to fail the course. I said this because the paper was tough (for everybody) but I still answered a good number of the questions. My friend, being a Christian who understood and believed in the power of words, rebuked me sharply and asked me not to repeat such statement or “it would happen,” in his own words. I had mixed feelings because I was used to answering all my test and exam questions and scoring ‘As” and so I didn’t change my belief and still said it a few more times whenever I thought about the exam. Now, this paper was nowhere near the toughest papers at all but when the results were released I failed just that course. But I did really well in the other very difficult ones. Only then did I recall my statements. I learned from my mistake from a painful way. Words have power too. Use them positively to your own benefit. With all this information about the mind, how can you use all of it to your own advantage? Do something:
Change your attitude
Having now known that what happens to and around you, positive or negative, is as a result of what goes on in your mind, go ahead and use this knowledge to think and talk into existence the kind and quality of like you want to live. But you must Perseverance.
Let there be a paradigm shift. Let there be a change in the way you see things. Shed yourself of all those depressing, down-putting ideas and belief about your life and TAKE CHARGE. Yes, take charge. You can make things to start happening for you today and not against you. Your destiny here on earth actually depends on you. You might argue about the spiritual, I so much believe in it too, but God has given everyone a measure of ability to steer his life in whichever direction he / she wants. With all you’ve now learnt your success or failure is YOUR CALL!
Start believing right today and you’ll see things working right. It may take some time before you start seeing concrete results considering that you have engaged yourself in negative and limiting thoughts for so many years. However, start from somewhere:
- Change your attitude to life to a positive one
- Always see the good in a seemingly bad situation
- Be grateful / thankful in advance for things you desire
- Do not forget to talk them out
- Believe yourself
Always remember that you are what you think!
