Sep
Challenging the Experts
OK! Forgive me, but I’ve got to get this of my chest. Probably no one cares but me, but bear with me as I attempt to think this thing through.
I just saw another documentary on television that made references to the brain’s magical powers. It presented the “brain” as some unexplained mechanism that yields all sorts of information, controls all the functions of the body (usually at its own whim), is the seat of all knowledge, is the source of intelligence and is responsible for just about everything both good and bad
Maybe it’s just my creative nature, but I always question everything; particularly experts. One of my themes has always been “Take Time to Think“. If I am going to get a realistic handle on what my life is all about, I want it to be based on sound, irrefutable reasoning not wishy-washy theories without reason. Reasoning is “the power of the intellect whereby one attains to knowledge”(Webster). That’s good enough for me.
I’ve heard for years, from these same “experts”, that matter, of which the brain is composed, is, by definition, “an inert substance of which something is composed” (Webster). Materialism is a theory that “everything can be explained as being or coming from matter….” (Webster).
If we are to believe these experts that the “brain” has the qualities and capacities they ascribe to it, it could keep on functioning even if removed and isolated in a Mason jar.
Where is the logic here? According to Webster, logic is “a science that deals with the rules and tests of sound thinking and proof by reasoning“. (Webster) One of the cardinal rules of logic is that whatever appears in the premise must also appear in the conclusion. It is a contradiction of terms to ascribe a “power” to an inert substance that can somehow function as an independent center of communication and authority.
These brain experts fail to factor into their reasoning the fact that the very act of initiating these intellectual activities involves the activity of their own individual consciousness. It is their consciousness which is doing the observing and interpreting their own observations through the prism of their intellectual training which is independent of any material accompaniment…. including a thing called a “brain”.
It is axiomatic that one cannot be aware of anything except that which is in his own consciousness. Even their research has to be motivated by an intellectual desire to do so and involves “a quality that distinguishes a vital functioning being from inanimate matter. (brain)” This quality is that which is “known or felt by one’s inner self” or “consciousness.” This is an act of intelligence expressing itself through and as our individual conscious awareness. It is our true identity and has nothing to do with a “thing” called a “brain” or any other inert stuff.
So when the time comes for you to evaluate and do business in the distorted world around you, you owe it to yourself to look to your inherent intelligence; your “ability to learn and understand” (Webster) through consciousness rather than depending on theories involving materialism. Remember it was Galileo who reminded us that we must “…find it within ourselves”.
This is pretty heavy stuff but “Take Time To Think” about it. Use your intellect to contemplate the facts. You’ll feel better for it. I do.
This is a difficult concept for me to articulate, but thank you for your indulgence. I’m working on an article with a lighter tone, which will appear soon.
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