The human mind works through associations of past data. Consider this:
Ramesh and Raja are brothers. They are travelling in a car when they go to an area that is blaring a film song. Raja realizes that the hero in the song would be wearing a yellow shirt (if you're thinking Ramarajan, your association is quite good as well!). He asks Ramesh:
"Is Raji aunty's husband fine? He was ill for some time."
Ramesh is taken aback because the question was out of context.
The association: Film song with Ramarajan -> Ramarajan was wearing a yellow shirt -> Raji aunty's husband had a yellow car -> Her husband was ill recently
These associations can get really outlandish. Physiologically, I think it depends on how rapidly and broadly the neurons in the brains fire and connect with each other on stimulus input. Recently, I was listening to a film song. After the song completed, another song from the same movie started playing in my head. This was the sequence in which the movie's songs were on tape nearly 15 years ago. The more intricate and broad the associations are, the more brilliant the human is in terms of intelligence, I feel. I don't think we can "do" these associations, but we can help the brain create them.
The solution? Reduce situations where we are dull/sleepy/lazy/lethargic/disinterested on a daily basis. The answer is awareness/passion/enthusiasm.
Sorry, these spiritual folks are really tricky people :)
Related post: Brain hemispheres and the consciousness experience
0 comments:
Post a Comment