Brain Rules – 12 Principles for Surviving and Thriving at Work, Home and School.

This is a very interesting book.  Do you realize that every time you learn something your brain physically changes?  No matter how old you are your brain is still being programmed and re-shaped every day.  So if we can “re-wire” ourselves, then it’s never too late to learn, grow and become anything we desire.  Everybody can get something from this…  Check out the site @  http://brainrules.net/

The Rules

Explore each rule through illustrations, charts and video. These tutorials are designed
to reinforce the concepts in the book; we recommend reading the corresponding
chapter first.

Full of Paradise, Part 2 – How to Achieve the Illusive Calm

  

“To insure the greatest efficiency in the dart, the harpooners of this world must start to their feet out of idleness, and not out of toil.” 

I promised last time we would learn how to get mind, body, spirit and behavior to work together.  “Join forces and protect the King.”  The answer must certainly lie in our mind’s ability to look inside, without distraction, and clearly see.  However, as we have discussed before, this is difficult.  We have talked about how difficult it can be to calm our minds.  We also looked at the complex interdependence of events, thoughts, feelings and behavior.  Considering these challenges, how are we ever going to be able to see what’s inside whether we find paradise or not? 

Purpose of the Brain

Let’s consider, for a moment, the purpose of the human brain. Let’s also take a look at how this purpose is impacted by its attackers coming from inside and out.

A.R. Luria defines the three goals and objectives of the human brain. They are:
1. To be alert, awake, aware of reality;
2. Collect and store environmental information; and
3. Monitor and correct our conduct for health and well-being.

I would summarize the above definition this way; the brain’s purpose is to be aware, store information, and manage our conduct for our benefit. If this is true, then the brain becomes the key instrument used to fashion our overall ability to obey God by following his commands. The brain, not only the heart, drives our ability to love with compassion.

Why is this important?