I’m reluctant to call this stupidity but - We may well be getting closer to resolving our question than any of us would care to admit. How did we come to this state of affairs, and if true, what can be done to repair the damage and find our way free of false perception?

Tools of Enlightenment

The brain is an organ that enables thinking in the same way muscles are organs that enable movement. These organs are worthless without the driving force that brings them to life. The driving force that makes all things possible, including that of life itself, is personified as the power of thought. In spite of the many assumptions made throughout history to the contrary, the plain truth is that neither the rigors of science nor the blind faith of religion has adequately explained this miraculous phenomenon. But even though we don't know exactly what this power is, we do know something about its behavior, and so we can learn how to use it to significant advantage.

The brain develops its formidable capabilities through a built-in property called Neuroplasticity. Muscles respond to physical forces. The brain's Neuroplasticity, at least the part of the brain that endows our mental faculties, responds exclusively to the forces of thought constantly emanating from the mind. Ego, emotion, creativity, logic, intuition, imagination, all faculties of the mind are processes of thinking that are always in play, every single hour of every day. Everything that takes place in the mind, whether real or imagined, affects the brain in basically the same way.

Neuroplasticity does not know the difference between fantasy and reality, it simply responds to our force of thought. The act of thinking itself (or lack thereof) stimulates Neuroplasticity to restructure the brain in an ongoing effort to maintain balance with the forces of thought acting upon it. Essentially what this means is that however we apply our force of thinking, the brain responds by optimizing its internal electrochemical mechanisms in a precise and articulate manner to become better at channeling the forces generated by the mind.

Muscles become stronger when exercised. Neuroplasticity mimics this behavior in the brain. For example: using our imagination stimulates Neuroplasticity to enhance the brain's ability to channel imagination, which in turn improves our ability to utilize our imagination. This perpetual cycle of use and improvement is active from our birth and continues until our death. Neuroplasticity responds to the full spectrum of mental activity by enhancing whatever mental faculties we use, and always in proportion to how vigorously we use them.

Neuroplasticity is a built-in response mechanism that does not significantly diminish with age. Developing rigid patterns of thinking is not a physical manifestation of aging; it is entirely a matter of willful choice. Whether we realize it or not, we always have complete control, and we are always free to exercise our control. Mental evolution can only take place in a favorably willing environment.

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