In this corner I have written
often about the brain. Today, I would like to talk about
something else apart from its joyful state which is the
brain’s focusing (fixing) on a certain point, in other words
its getting locked and about the simple things that should
be done in order to get saved from such a state.
There are three factors that
determine the magnificence of the brain and these are:
The speed in thinking, the
ability to make decisions and becoming active.
If, you do not have the necessary capacity/ability to do
these, then the process of opening the locks and going
towards the big goals is only left to miracles.
Now, let us come to the main
point;
The brain which is fixed on
the past events /memories
lives within boundaries. This is a state in which the brain
continuously contradicts itself and it is always in a
disturbed state. Moreover, it is also anxious about a
certain subject and has fears about what it is going to
face. As you would appreciate, the fears have an important
role in life. When we look at the matter within such a
perspective we can become aware of the fact that the
situation is very demoralizing and this is is immediately
reflected on the mood of the individual.
The most interesting aspect
of the matter is that we can teach our brain to be more
flexible while approaching the problems instead of being
too stiff.
In this manner we make it
possible for the brain to break its stiff moulds and work
more efficiently.
For example, we can use the
power of belief which is present in our data base (the data
base of the brain) and stop using the expressions that
start with the phrase ‘’I wish I had ...’’ (such as ‘’I
wish I had said, gone... etc. which expresses the
dissatisfaction about the things that we have done.) In
case of an
event that we have to
encounter we can say ‘’I
had to face such and such a
thing by the decision of
Allah’’ and make our brain live the reality
without getting carried away by the polemics.
The reason is that in the end
our brain would have to accept and put into practice this
concrete warning.
Prof. Dr.
Nurselen Toygar
from the Ege University, Department of the Physiology of
the Basic Medical Sciences points out that the brain needs
orders to work and the same activities that are being done
continuously make the brain lazy. Thus, she says ‘’Try
to surprise your brain by changing the road that you
travel everyday, the
music that wakes you up every morning or by changing the
design of your room or your office.’’
When we look at the matter
from this point, then we can see that our brain would at
least not complain
about the lack of interest. (In this manner we shall be
showing our interest).
As can be understood it would
either listen to us and believe whatever we tell and
whatever we plan or it would be bound to go independently
in the direction of the wind and the wind will toss the
brain around, it will throw it to wherever it likes.
Meanwhile, in order not to
live with a big dissapointment and in order not to remain
fixed on a certain subject we can consult the individuals
who will support our understanding, our perception and who
can help us.
For example, in the Christian
religion a specific matter which disturbs the individual is
ended by the act of ‘’confessing
the sins’’. This is a religious service at which
someone tells their faults to a priest who stays behind a
curtain. Here, the objective is to make the individual
feel at ease, to close the matter without giving way to
gossip, to prevent the brain from getting locked, save it
from megolomania and transform it to its former state.
As you can understand our
brain deserves to be presented both by a nice path and a
better reality to follow. The reason is that the brain is
bound to believe in something because it has been created
in this way and it is a being which is very suitable for
suggestions.
The philosophy of mysticism
explains and defines this practice technically as ‘’the
consciousness is forming the brain’’.
Istanbul,
September 29th 2005
