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Art & Science of Meditation
Mind
4. MIND
Mind is the functional aspect of the brain. The brain is thought to have some fourteen billion cells, all interconnected. An electric current produced by energy powers it, along with chemicals known as neurotransmitters. Between the small groups of neurons, there is a very small gap, where chemicals are deposited. So neurons of the brain work through electrical current but in the gap between the neurons there is chemical energy. The brain sends nerves to the whole body including other organs.
Functions of the brain are called mental functions. Due to there being billions of nerves, the mind works very fast. Mind gets messages of the whole body through the nerves, spread all over body. Hence brain analyzes and perceives properly and gives its reactions. Human brain has maximum evolution on this planet at present. Now, there are a few psychiatrists and philosophers, who say that mind is functioning more than the capacity of the brain. Mind has tremendous energy and can function according to your willpower and desires.
But mind is just like a monkey, meaning it jumps from one desire to another. Mind always wants pleasures and multiple desires and multiple demands which grow and are increasing. There is hardly any satisfaction even achieving one goal.
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