Harmony....?

The wide spread belief is that the female mind is an enigma…But is the enigmatic nature restricted to only the feminine? I would say no.. The mind is the most complex device ever engineered. Its complexity eludes the understanding of the very person in whom it is housed… Would we not give anything to that person who would be able to tell us why we spoke something or reacted in a particular way or made a particular decision or teach us how to consciously influence our decisions…?!

Sans doubte… So often I have marveled the independence of the mind from the brain… Under difficult or emotional situations, the mind enjoys flaunting its freedom and even superior command over our actions in front of the poor brain..(irrespective of the intelligence level of the brain) No one is an exception.

So many people talk of controlling the mind… But I feel it is unfair to have such a biased opinion.. After all , the mind is nothing but our true self. It is the mind that makes the most important decisions of our lives.. Oh yes.. exams, interviews… we require the intelligence of the brain, But what about the attitude which is the basis of all our endeavours? Skills are those which we develope as wished by our mind, we only leverage the ability of our brains to carry out the dictat of our mind…

What about the happiness we feel while we listen to good music… when we laugh…when we cry… All our emotions depend upon the, shall we say, standards set by it. So why control it like a foreign entity? The first thing we must learn is to let ourselves free… Let our mind do its job… Discretion and prudence are of course necessary… Let my previous statement not be a misleading one, which would encourage people to do as they please without considering the pros and cons of a decision. The crux of what I am trying to say is that the mind need not be curbed, but the way to lead a satisfying life is to have a perfectly harmonious relationship between one’s mind and brain..

I know what would be the next line of thought in any reader’s mind… How well has the writer practiced what she says.. I am in the process of achieving it… Though the highest level is difficult to achieve, I believe it is not impossible… I also do want the masala components of life.. The conflicts between the mind and the brain and the chain of events after them that shape our lives… So the writer will not want a perfect harmony between the two parts of her.. After all, there is no such thing as perfect symmetry, even in nature…

This write up is proof enough for the complexity of the human mind, is it not..? I daresay you would agree… :-)