Mind and Brain

The mind is a projection of the brain. It is the boss of consciousness. Its like the brain is the rose and the mind is its fragrance.
The mind runs the show of living, behaving and acting out life within the parameters of the script provided by the brain.

Do you know your mind? Your mind is not a part of your body like your eyes, hands and feet but your brain is. Your mind is a projection of your brain. Your mind is the real you. Your mind should be in charge and in full control of your brain. You must become the boss of your brain. When your mind is fully developed it creates your life's box. THE BRAINS JOB IS TO TAKE CARE OF RUNNING THE BODY ORGANS. IT CAN MOSTLY FEEL. THE MINDS JOB IS TO PERCEIVE AND SEE. SO THE BRAIN CONTROLS ALL THE BODY ORGANS AND LETS THE MIND BECOME ITS MASTER AND GUIDE. IT’S LIKE THE BLIND MAN LETTING THE MAN WITH SIGHT GUIDE HIM. REAL MIND EDUCATION IS EDUCATION THAT ENABLES THE BRAIN TO ACCEPT ITS OWN FULL CONTROL BY THE MIND.

The brains script writing abilities are restricted by the amount of emotional intelligence that the brain is able to produce. It is this emotional intelligence power that powers the mind. Each progressive stage of the brain is actualized as the earlier emotional intelligence is replaced by a more mature emotional intelligence. The brain is the projector that runs on the power provided by the developed emotional intelligence producing potential.
The brain is a physical body that develops into a super body when the exercise it gets is provided by super mature parents. When the exercises provided are by premature, immature and mature parents then the brain develops physically into a projector that projects a premature, immature or mature mind/self.
I have no idea when consciousness happens. It certainly happens much before our so called birth. We become consciously aware of our self at the fetus stage inside our mother's womb. The brain is the first that starts to physically develop. Network of wiring begins to be laid out. The physical existence of the brain starts to form slowly. Not only does the brain develop according to its genetic code it also is programmed by the womb environment. From the very beginning nature and nurture shape the brain. It is as if the womb is a vessel that cooks the brain (This 'cooking' I have termed 'womb-conditioning'). Where the ingredients are its genes and the nutrients that are provided by the mother. The heat is the womb environment (The womb environment I have termed 'womb reality'). Somewhere along the line the mind begins to be projected by the brain. It’s like the brain is the flower and the mind is the fragrance. The quality of the mind depends on the quality of the brain. The mind is a kind of a conscious fragrance.



Soon the mind and brain start a life long dance. They feed off each other. They work together. The brain feels and the mind perceives.They divide their duties. In normal circumstances the brain takes over the duties of running the body parts like ensuring that the heart does its job and the stomach does its job. The mind takes over all conscious functions and begins to form an idea of its own self and slowly of its surroundings according to the feed back from the womb environment. At this stage of development the mind consciously experiences a life of bliss in the womb. It is exposed to a constant positive emotional feed back mainly of love, warmth and security.* This constant positive feed back day in and day out develops a self image of omnipotence in the fetus. Also as the fetus is only aware of its own self and is not aware of the outside world so it takes itself as all existence by default. Thus it develops an image of omnipotence and omnipresence. This is the mind set with which every normal child is born.



If the fetus encounters conscious pain in the womb it cannot figure it out. It gets confused and blames itself for the pain. Its self image gets distorted. Even at that early stage it wants to escape the pain. As it cannot do this physically it does so in fantasy. As a result there is a disconnect from reality. Even the self image gets confused. It even feels guilty. The brain comes to the rescue of the mind. It projects a distorted self image. It hardens the projection of the image of omnipotence. Fetus' that encounter conscious pain in the womb are later prone to develop schizophrenia. Some brains get stuck at this stage and this early premature brain remains in total charge of consciousness even though the person ages. The mind remains premature (-2) for those who get stuck at this stage. The person's real self is cloaked in his premature brain generated self image.



Fortunately most fetuses live a life of bliss in the womb as the womb is very secure and protective. When post natal life is again a constant positive feed back the brain continues to work as the manager of the unconscious bodily functions, leaving the conscious duties to the mind. Not only does the baby enjoy the love, warmth and security, it discovers new pleasures of taste, of hugs, cleanliness and kisses and even sexual pleasures of suckling the breast. No wonder some babies resist to be bottle fed. Soon it gets absorbed in its new life pushing its feelings of omnipotence deeper and deeper into the brain. The babies life is so happy that it lives in the now. As it gradually becomes conscious of being a separate entity it very gradually realizes its dependence on others but because life is such a pleasure it pushes its feelings of being omnipresent deeper and deeper into the brain. It even feels pleasure in its dependence. It begins to form feelings of love and trust and even begins to develop confidence in its own importance. At this stage the brain is still developing and the mind is still forming. But the two start to take their separate ways. The brain takes more and more care of running the body organs. The mind takes care of consciously making sense of it all. It gradually figures out its own self, family members, others and the world.



When post natal life is painful the mind does not understand and tries to escape from the new reality. So it indulges in escapism. Instead of trying to cope with the pain which it does not know how, it clings to its feelings of omnipotence. As feelings are the brains function the brain and mind instead of going their separate ways begin to fuse together and the mind becomes too afraid gradually and gets to give up its independence and gives up its management of the brain. The brain becomes the dominating partner of the brain/mind team. Imagine the results when the blind man shows the way to the man who is suppose to have the sight. Depending on the severity of the painful life the brain/mind team can become a mostly brain powered team or it could still be a mostly brain/mind powered team. For some development stops at this brain/mind level. The mind remains immature (-1) for those who get stuck at this stage. This persons self is a mixture of his real self and his self image which is generated by the immature brain/mind.



As the child grows into a teenager it still does not give up totally its feelings of omnipotence. It still feels extremely self important. As feelings are the domain of the brain the brain continues to shape consciousness. As a result at this stage of the teen’s life the brain still has not given up totally its grip on projecting the mind. It has not given up its own functions to the mind. At this stage the child’s consciousness is run by the brain /mind team. Even at this stage some people’s minds are in full control of their brains. Others are in between and for a small section the mind is so traumatized that the mind fuses with and becomes the lower partner of the brain/ mind team.



Those who have a healthy teenage life gradually ease into an adult mind dominated brain/mind team. At this adult stage the mind mostly decides how the brain is going to feel. The brain readily accepts the commands, conscious and unconscious from the boss - the mind. If all goes well and normal the fetus brain develops into a child's brain/mind team which develops into a brain/ mind team that is dominated by just the mind where the brain works to run the different organs and the mind runs itself independent of the brain. At this stage the brain should become an organ controlled by the mind. The mind should be able to control the brain like any other body part for example like the hands or legs. However in most cases this does not happen. It is because we parents indulge in 'omnipotence transference'(OT). We depend upon our children to realize our own feelings and dreams of omnipotence, as in 'I could not be the best but my child will be'. So we tell our child, 'You are the best' He grows up feeling he is the best'. As feelings of extreme self importance are an early brain function, our adult consciousness partly continues to be run by the brain (and at a child’s brain level). So instead of the mind being the complete boss at this stage of life its hands are tied and it does not have full control in defining the persons self identity. It has to leave the brain to define the self. So adult consciousness is run mostly by the mind but the brain still continues to drive behavior in this very crucial area that defines a person’s identity. For most of us our lives are driven by trying to prove that 'I am the best'. The mind is mature (+1) for those who get stuck at this stage. This persons self is mostly generated by the mind and it still has a partly brain powered self image.



Those who have the good luck of loving parents who do not try to achieve their own dreams through their children and do not indulge in OT grow up into super mature minds (+2). Their brains settle into doing the work of running the body organs, passing over its own controls to the mind. At this stage the mind is the boss of the brain. This is the stage of consciousness where the true self emerges. Life is bliss. The person is a self master and the mind is wise. This person’s real self emerges powered by the mind.



The question is can we create super mature people en mass? Not only can we create super mature people en mass we can even create groups, countries and corporations that are +2!



Even though the mind is the boss it is still projected by the brain so when the mind gets tired the brain puts the mind to sleep. Sometimes the mind wants to keep working and the brain tries to switch it off by making the mind feel sleepy. If the brain gets injured its projection of the mind also gets affected. But all in all in the natural order of things the mind should be the boss. This is possible. Thanks to people like Steven Pinker, Daniel Goleman and Deepak Chopra etc. we can create super mature +2 minds.



There are many lessons to be learned here:



a) Wisdom education is brain education. Wisdom is a projection (fragrance) of the brain. Even if some one writes a 100 books on the fragrance of the rose, one who has not smelled a rose will not know what a rose smells like. To know the fragrance of the rose one will have to smell the actual rose. Similarly to become wise one will have to develop ones brain to the level where the mind emerges as the boss of the brain. My guru in India once said, 'The importance of life is not judged by what one says (for he may say it to impress others). Nor is it judged by what one does (for one may do it for vanity). The importance of life is judged by what one actually becomes. The current wisdom education is at best teaching people to know wisdom’s qualities and also to act wisely (which are good). But if people are going to be educated to become wise then they have to be taught to develop their consciousness to the +2 mind level. In fact in a wisdom class I will not mention the word wisdom. I will simply teach brain and mind development. A +2 mind will be a wisdom powered mind. REAL WISDOM EDUCATION IS BRAIN EDUCATION.



b) The qualities of a super mature +2 level emotionally intelligent mind and that of a self master are one and the same. Also a self master has his mind powered by wisdom. Thus wisdom, self mastery and a super mature emotionally intelligent mind that fully controls the brain are one and the same entity. If you know one you know all three.



*It is said for adults that the first impression is the last impression imagine the affects of nine long months of womb-conditioning on the fetus’s brain day in and day out.