Tuesday, July 31, 2007

the body and brain

The body is a strange and funny thing. While most people think that the flesh is the antithesis of our brain (because it often has comfort and pleasure as its only objective), it in actual fact works hand in hand with our will. For instance, if we were bent on learning a new subject, and the initial period is difficult, our bodily instinctive reaction would be to give up. But if we will ourselves to stick to it, slowly our body will recognise that this is the path our brain has chosen and will adapt accordingly to suit our brain's wishes. True, it still has comfort and pleasure as its final goal, but it is creative enough such that it can attain it without disobeying the brains' orders; in essence it deals with the discomfort in a different way.

I hope that is what is happening with me now.