I have something better than my brain! It’s an inner world that I live with all day long, called my “mind”! The mind is even more puzzling and amazing than the human brain. The mind cannot be located in the human body. No surgeon can find it. Yet it can direct the brain and, through the brain, direct the body. We can think of it as a link in our connection with the “spirit world” and with God who creates all things. Let’s jump in.
Through him all things were made; without him nothing was made that has been made. In him was life, and that life was the light of men. [John 1:3-4]
…yet for us there is but one God, the Father from whom all things came and for whom we live; and there is but one Lord Jesus Christ, through whom all things came and through whom we live. [1Corinthians 8:6]
Advanced Mind – Advanced Brain
Its incredibly advanced ability to think in abstract terms distances us from animals. Compare the most advanced tool usage among animals with the human development of a 747 aircraft and all of its intricate systems to understand that we stand apart from and above all other animals in the extent of our mental functioning. But it is the mind, not the brain, that is the most astounding contributor.
The human brain has a neo cortex significantly larger than the neo cortex in the brains of other animals. Our mind demands this larger more complex brain to process its abstract thoughts and its imaginative powers (to name only some of the mind’s demands).
Being Non-Physical, It Challenges Explanation
Being immaterial, we can’t discuss the mind’s structure or functioning in spatial terms like we can that of the brain. We are left to resort to analogy, symbolism, and a smattering of terms descriptive of the non-physical world. We’ll examine this more in depth as we proceed.
DISCOVER THE TRUTH OF WHO YOU ARE!
Lean into the whole truth. Discover the truth of who YOU are — the “Real You” — and who your children truly are. Discover how to best engage your children in finding the whole truth. INNERKINETICS, Your Blueprint to Excellence and Happiness, is a great resource.
YOUR CHILD IS ALSO UNIQUE
It may surprise you, but your child is most probably a different temperament. They are unique individuals too. So even if they are the same temperament (two letters), they may be a different type (four letters). And the strength of their drives will different from yours as well. Your InnerKinetics (temperament) is not genetically passed on. Therefore, it is exceedingly important to understand your child. I’m a Keeper! is the resource you need to make that journey.