The Power of The Human Mind: Part 2

Ok, there’s some unfinished business from my last Blog.

Firstly, Man creates impressive designs and structures that long out-live their creator. For example, the pyramids in Egypt were built around 3000-2500 BC. That’s roughly 5000 years ago. Long before we had computers and electricity. So Man does not need computers to design and create some of the most impressive structures we have on earth. Our minds are capable of what seems like impossible tasks. We as humans can be incredible, strong, powerful and creative. It seems that computers are designed to speed things up; to take the work load of the human brain. Why? Can the human brain not cope alone? What is the need for speed and rush? It would seem the only thing we spend time on nowadays is a computer or other technology devices designed to speed things up or make things easier.

Do we need technology?

If you ask me, then no we don’t. The Egyptians managed, the people of 1066 managed, the aborigines still manage today with just a bow and arrow and a mud hut. It seems to be social ideology that if the North Sea gas runs out we’re doomed and our world will implode around us. In 1999 the entire nation held its breath for the Millennium Bug which might just take away our tills, offices, t.v’s! How would we cope without our co-op or face book or Emmerdale!? Yes, it has to be said that life would become more difficult if we lost all power on our laptops and computers and things would become slower. But who said that was a bad thing? The human race has survived for thousands of years without a QWERTY key board. Our minds are kept distracted by the current world and we need to see past this.

When you strip everything away from your life and your left there cold, naked and probably wet without a house or roof what do you still have and why?

You are left with your body, mind and absolute pureness. No distraction, no temptations or possessions. This is where people like Kenyan’s have got it right, their always happy, singing, dancing and their most worldly possession is a piece of wood and string, not a lap top or mobile phone or Nike Jacket. When was the last time you jumped for joy because it rained or because our fields are full of bountiful crops?

We are distracted from what truly matters. The earth is a gift and everything in it should be thankfully received. Our Lord is our protection and our saviour. He is the giver and the creator. And when you have nothing left to lose you will pray for His forgiveness. The Lord watches over all who love Him, but all the wicked will be destroyed, Psalm 145:20. It is worth taking the time to thank our Lord for all we have. It is worth trusting in Him.

The power of the human mind will destroy you if you rebel. The power of the human mind will only fulfil your satisfactions temporarily. The Lord offers eternal life. The world and its desires pass away, but the man who does the will of God lives forever (1John 2:17)

So next time you go on face book or boil your kettle or flick on your central heating, remember they are not life essentials. Nothing is a life essential other than following a path to God and eternal life.

Apologies for the mixed messages, I’m just getting used to this! Be all and end all, don’t let your mind lead you into temptation from the distractions of every day life.

The Power of The Human Mind

It only seems right to call this one ‘The power of the human mind’ as it’s a very vague heading for my blog spot. What is the power of the human mind? How does it work? Just what are the limitations? How do we become to be conscious? What is it?

Some scientists believe that consciousness is simply a by-product of complexity. That the reason we see, hear, smell, taste, touch and feel are simply the results of complete random events and that the human brain is simply following normal physical laws. So, if you follow the view of the scientist, these words and this information has no meaning, in fact, nothing has a creator and nothing has feelings and meaning; other than those that mean something to themselves.

This is where it gets interesting. ‘When a goal matters enough to a person, that person will find a way to accomplish what at first seemed impossible.’- Nido Qubein. Take for instance the civil rights movement. Martin Luther King is just one man, it shouldn’t be said that he did it alone but, the inspiration and courage and determination of one man’s goal managed to change an entire population’s and worldwide laws and views and social behaviours. Martin Luther King was a Christian and set up the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) in 1957 intent on non-violence, peace and harmony. His goals where first achieved in 1962 when the first black student enrolled at The University of Mississippi. Incredible or what? Just 5 year to undo century’s worth of social behaviour. The battle and the violence continued for some years but nowadays this guy is a national hero, a treasure, a worldwide figure of peace and harmony. The power of the Human Mind!

Ok, there are other areas to cover. Buildings & Computers. The age old expression ‘you can’t have one without the other’. In the techno age as we’re now in, we can build some of the most impressive, tallest, strongest buildings. Take the Hilton Hotel Tower in Manchester. It’s absolutely huge! 169 meters, 554ft HUGE! Incredible ‘magic’ if we are not designed to think and feel. Building and designing and testing buildings wouldn’t be possible without a computer though. So, someone designed computers. Pretty amazing things, they can calculate up to 100gigaFLOPS whatever they are? Check it out for yourself. So the power of the human mind has created something which can calculate equations much faster and much more complex than the human mind. But a computer just doesn’t match up to the immense power of the human mind. A computer does not feel emotion, they can simulate emotion with clever software and electrics (both created by man) but that’s not the same thing as consciously experiencing something, like being dumped by your girlfriend or kicked in the nuts, or both!

The point I’m getting to slowly is that we are conscious. We are not just accidents of evolution. We have a mind and free will and they are gifts to us. But, sometimes, if not all the time, the power of the human mind actually destroys us. We are so conscious and self aware that we seek desires and luxuries. We put items and possessions at greater importance than the reason we are able to feel/think/see them. God gave us our minds and free will so we could live but more often than not, we forget to thank Him for all we have.

We are incredible beings with powers that exceed us. We should use them and show our appreciations to the creator of all things wonderful. A butterfly, a fox, a lizard are all conscious beings but they lack a gift that we humans have. It is this gift which is causing our own destruction and the only real answer is salvation. What Martin Luther King managed to do is testament to the strength of God and his creation. The power of the Human Mind was created by God and he can lead us. If we choose a life without God, our consciousness will lead us into temptation and sin.

http://www.wyrdology.com/mind/index.html

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FLOPS

http://www.saidwhat.co.uk/motivation/inspirationalquotes,8

My first blog

Ok, this blog spot is intended for anyone to read and for anyone to comment on. I’ll start with a bit about me for my first blog.

I’m engaged to my gorgeous fiancé with plans to marry in the near future. I have two brothers (that don't get on) and a mum and dad (who still couldn't find google on the internet if they tried). I used to say I was an atheist, yet I have prayed for good luck, health, wealth and help. I would call myself an open minded Christian. Open to discussion and will not spend my life face down with my head in the sand. I play the guitar (badly) I'm a self confessed excellent cook, I can be very annoying (ask my fiancé) and I’m quite opinionated, which can also probably be annoying for those around me.

I love having a discussion about topics and interests and love proving my point (especially when I’m right). I hate being wrong but will admit it if I’m proven wrong. Apparently I can be stubborn, moody & difficult too, so I’ve been told (thanks darling).

I’m grateful for help and I’m not too proud to accept it, but I will always strive to repay or show my appreciation fully.

I have some great friends and I've had some amazing times. Mostly drunken times but they've all be funny and memerable. I'd like to say I have no regrets but those who know me best know I have got some, all I'll say is Si! BIG BIG regret, stupid error! Foolish, imature But can look back and laugh. And thats not my only regret in 21 years.

More on this another time.