Showing posts with label Self Inquiry. Show all posts
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The Place of Mind in The Brain

We have got so used to live without examination and thinking that it comforts us to accept what we can perceive as “material”, depended on a system working mechanically, and accepting those that are invisible to us to occur by magical powers.
Some of them relate this magic to nature; others relate it to their gods!
Those that have a lack of seeing and interrogating the relation between cause and effect and the working system of their bodies as a spectacular mechanism, keep uselessly insist on ignoring the BRAIN –the most magnificent mechanism of the One referred to as “ALLAH”, within the plane that we could perceive – and the perfect working system of human body.
Fake wises, who are ignorant even of the function and the place of genes in the brain, in life and in the existence of human being; as well as their spreaders (speakers) are comforting a large pile of society by saying that humans were created with the magic of god, and by worshipping that god everything would be completed and they say that the religion nothing other than that.
We are afraid of thinking, questioning and understanding our beings.
Those people who always put the verses of Koran and Hadithes in their memories and talk about them are unaware of the developments in modern science world. Most of the scientist, on the other hand, is unaware of what is advised under the scope of “Religion”. Piles of them live in their limited worlds and sometimes pass away from this world within their imaginary thoughts.
Yet, the system and the order created by the One indicated with the name “ ALLAH” –which we recognize as religion- can only be understood by the people using their brains. Besides, at the root of all sciences lies the working of BRAIN as well.
Therefore, it is the most realistic approach to recognize the working system and the mechanism of our brains and understand how they constitute our behaviors and thoughts.
Certainly, we do not have anything to say to those people who are satisfied with their prayers and fasting and take the rest as none of their business. They will no doubt be requited of their deeds.
Our word is to those pretending to be intellectual and interrogative, who asks the why’s and how’s of things when it suits with their interests and who turn to the point of denying the science when it does not fit with their plans, and who, when afraid or tired of thinking, chose to cling to the magic stick of God to take help from.
There is a saying of Abdulkarim Jili:
“This world is wisdom world and the hereafter is the home of might.”
Muhiddin Arabi coming first, according to Sufi people, all things that happen in the world, takes place based on reasons. Yet, we cannot be aware of the great part of these reasons as our knowledge is not enough.
That’s why, on the basis of his spiritual discovery, Muhiddin Arabi said, everything in the world in the Isthmus and in the Day of Judgment is under the effect of constellations. Eventhough, the kinds of the waves affecting the subjects have not been found yet.
Now, here I want to talk about a very important topic about brain for me.
As I told in my article named “Are The Souls Created In Past Eternity”, since the human spirit does not come from an outer world and it starts to take form in mothers’ wombs, then the afterlife body called as spirit (soul) in religious terminology, created just in mothers’ wombs by the nucleus of the brain.
The memory and consciousness which are the work of human brain are kept in this spiritual body completely by the brain, and after the spiritual body is disconnected from the physical body the person carries on his life in the afterlife dimension with its very consciousness. The “books” that every person will be reading in the Day of Judgment mean this, in our opinions, without leaving a comma.
This is one of the greatest miracles of the One referred to as “Allah”. How is the energy that we get from the food we eat, turned into some waves in brain? This is a matter, which should be thought on a lot by the ones who have a mind.
Does the brain create waves? Some kinds of waves are known by all of the scientists in these days. What’s unknown is the function of these waves. This has not been cleared up yet. As there is not enough technical equipment, it is clear that not all the waves in wave spectrum produced by the brain have been explored out.
That was not on the agenda when we wrote about it in 1985 that the “human spirit” does not come from outside but is produced by the person’s brain itself.
I present some paragraphs from an article published in 16th of May, 2002.
“The Consious Electromagnetic (EM) Information Field.
This is an article published by Professor Mcfadden, one of the professors in Surrey University in England.
Here is what McFadden says in short:
“Every time a nerve fires, the electrical activity sends a signal to the brain`s electromagnetic (em) field. But unlike solitary nerve signals, information that reaches the brain`s em field is automatically bound together with all the other signals in the brain. On the contrary to the nerve cells, information in wave form reach to neurons in the EM area of brain, get into touch automatically with other signals in the brain, unite with them.  The brain`s em field does the binding that is characteristic of consciousness.”
What Professor McFadden and, the New Zealand-based neurobiologist Sue Pockett, have proposed, is that the brain`s em field is consciousness.
“The brain`s electromagnetic field is not just an information sink; it can influence our actions, pushing some neurons towards firing and others away from firing, works just like a “command control center”. This influence, Professor McFadden proposes, is the physical manifestation of our conscious will.
This theory answers the hardest question, asked since old times, besides, it effects deeply our concepts about free will, spiritual subjects, artifical intelligence, even about life and death.
Most people consider `mind` to be all the conscious things that we are aware of. But much, mental activity goes on without awareness. Actions like walking, changing gear in your car, etc, can become as automatic as breathing.
The biggest puzzle in neuroscience is how the brain activity that we`re aware of differs from the brain activity driving all of those unconscious actions.
When we see an object, signals from our retina travel along nerves as waves of electrically charged ions. When they reach the nerve terminus the signal jumps to the next nerve via chemical neurotransmitters. The receiving nerve decides whether or not it will fire, based on the number of firing votes it receives from its upstream nerves.
In this way, electrical signals are processed in our brain before being transmitted to our body. But where in all this movement of ions and chemicals, is consciousness? Scientists can find no region or structure in the brain that specializes in conscious thinking. Consciousness remains a mystery.
"Consciousness is what makes us `human`, Professor McFadden said. "Language, creativity, emotions, spirituality, logical deduction, mental arithmetic, our sense of fairness, truth, ethics, are all inconceivable without consciousness." But what`s it made of?”
The most important fact in this passage is the EM area, the electromagnetic area, which are made up of the waves produced by the brain.
The structure we called EM area may be the SOUL (spiritual body) or not. But, the truth is, there are waves produced by the brain, which are claimed to be the human mind itself. And there will come a day when it will come out that the person’s after life body is this kind of energy waves produced by brain, which departs from the physical body; even if I may not be seeing it.

Where The Mind Is

“Don’t go out your mind!” "Pick up your mind!" "Where was your mind?" All these kind of questions are asked and these kinds of warnings are made all the time, but have you ever thought why the location of mind is always questioned?
The great god, who created the mind, after embellishing it with outstanding specialties, seated it into the brains.
Mind was surprised! It thought “Is it dark or am I blind?”
It could not understand the situation and asked the god:
-My Lord! You have created me perfectly, but I think I’m blind. You’ve made me dynamic, frisky, agile, easily adapted, but I can’t see the outside, the things around me and the place that I’m in! Just staying in my very place, after evaluating the data reaching me, I direct them depending on their purposes, in a perfect way.
God answered;
"-I’ve created you so perfect that, you don’t need an eye in addition! Being blind is better to perform your task fairly. I’ve put you in such a place that, everything is available there to reach you. You only have to evaluate the information. You are at the center of the universe in respect of the place you’re in! If you assess the information coming to you, you would be the sultan of your environment! Don’t forget! In that place next to you I’ve also put the vigor of faith, which will show you the way in times of trouble."
The mind said alright and started to fulfill its function properly.
But as people increased in number and the mind functioning in each one of them came across with various information, sometimes because of amazement and confusion, sometimes because of the false data coming from outside and sometimes because of the provocation of the hormones, slipped off, got into the blood, and it happened to find itself in some other organs all of a sudden.
As it is blind, supposing that it is still in its usual place, without noticing the difference, according to the data provided by the new organ, performed its function like it did in the brain, by serving that organ perfectly.
For some this new place could be stomach or genitals and for some others that would be feet or heart.
And as such, some people would live for food, some of them would forget his humanity and his faith and live just for sex, some of them would dedicate himself to sports and some of them would carry out behaviors conducting their lives with emotions and always have regrets, when their minds took a rest.
Yes, when the mind fall from its holy throne –the brain– people would say to him “pick up your mind!” But how could it do this? Mind had gone and dwelled in some other organ! The brain had become that organ from then on!
Its remedy is:
Faith!
Whether faith will have weight becomes powerful and breaks the mind off the new organ and seated it into its old throne! Or it cannot control the mind… By saying “do whatever you want” it quits the communication between them. Thus, the mind keeps living faithless but happily with its new organ, and leaves the world in a state without “faith”.
It is watched from ahead and said about:
One more has gone without “faith” (iman).

Locked Up Brains

This is the problem! Having a locked-up brain! Locking-up the self!
“I cannot understand… I am reading and reading but it does not fit into the picture! I realize that I have not understood a bit when thinking that I have understood it all!”
A very common confession that I hear…
But why does is it happen so?
It is because they have locked-up their brains with their own hands at sometime in the past.
And they are not aware of how they have locked-up their brains with what kind of a command.
We should definitely know that whatever we do thinking that we do it to others is in fact what we do to ourselves and we are living the results of whatever we do.
The warning of “Everybody lives the effect of their actions done by their own hands!” points to that reality.
Once upon a time… you may have made up your mind about something in your adolescence or youth saying that “this is it” or “that’s all”…
So your brain locks itself up with your decision! Then your brain simply ignores any kind of improvement that conflicts with your decision and do not take them into consideration.
It may be a book, a person or a subject… Religious or social, it does not matter!
Brain continues its function only according to the “SunnatAllah” –Sunnah of Allah!
Therefore, it is not easy for someone at all to reverse his decision or change his mind once he refused or denied something at sometime in his life.
Is it impossible?
No!
The door of repentance (tawba) is always open!
If you become aware of what you have done is definitely wrong; if you have taken all the steps effectively to reconsider and correct that subject; you have the possibility to unlock your brain through your work supported with research and questioning about this subject! But of course, it depends on your understanding of your mistake regarding your decision about that specific subject fully.
Otherwise, the brain keeps your command related to your decision until it dies; and you pass away without realizing the truth that lies ahead both in front of your eyes and your foresight.
Being absolutely open to every novelty in every single moment is the crucial point…
To have a questioning and searching mind; never confining and limiting yourself with your current database!
It is the safety valve of the brain against the brain lock-ups to reconsider every incident or idea encountered, thinking that “Well, it was said so about this subject on yesterday, but I wonder if there is any other way to see it”;
Since the majority of the societies lives with locked-up brains since their early ages, they can not realize and be aware of new things that life unfolds continuously.
Social conditionings are the major cause of brain lock-ups.
Brains go under a lot of lockups in many areas since their very early ages.
Once you form an opinion about something on an occasion that it is not in its place, you can not see it even if it is in its place and in front of your eyes; as if you become blind.
Such a blindness of blockage which occurs in individual brains may sometime appear as social blindness through a certain conditioning that locks-up the entire society about a specific subject.
Most of the time, the veil in front of the unseen and unknown is these blockages which are the results of having a locked-up brain.
This system is also valid for the command that “the saints are hidden under the cover of Allah”.  Since we are locked-up through our perceptions and imaginations about “the sainthood and the saints” we can not recognize the saints even if we see them, because our brains have been locked-up by our assumptions about this subject.
Necessarily a person or an incident should appear in accord with our suppositions and expectations for us to be able to see them.
“…Thefeore, they have hearts (minds) but they do not understand (the truth) with them; they have eyes, but they can not evaluate what they see; they have ears, but they can not sense!..Those are like sheep and goats… Maybe even more perverted and confused… They are those who are unwary. (The Heights: 179)
“Allah sealed their hearts (minds), their ears/senses and their eyes are curtained.” (The Cow: 7)
The aim of the expression “seal of Allah” here is to point out the blindness-blockage that occurs in a person as an effect of SunnatAllah, as a necessity of the brain’s functioning system.
Because, people lock-up their brains with their misjudgments and hence cannot evaluate the fact even if they get face to face with it.
Blasphemy or infidelity (qufr) means “to conceal the truth, not to see it and to deny it!” and this is also a result of the locked-up brains. Those who are defined and called as “infidel” are the ones who fail to evaluate the truth regarding “ALLAH”, “RasulAllah” and the “Koran” and hence are the CONCEALERS of the truth since their brains are locked-up as a result of their decisions that they have made once upon a time.
One who has not “READ” us, might think that the “being sealed” mentioned above is something which is done by a God who lives somewhere out there!
However the ones who can “READ” us will now realize that the characteristics pointed out by the names of “Allah”, which is present in the essence of every individual and compose their existences, create such a flow automatically which is defined as “the authority of ALLAH” in the Holy Koran.
Now, we have another important key in our hand to understand the Holy Koran…
The first prerequisite for someone “TO READ” whatever he has in his hand or he faces, is to put his past database and his evaluations and conditionings related with his database aside, and to become totally objective and to remain in a state of being with no comment.
The second step is to be careful about the signage embedded in the text or in the expressions of the one who is talking through examples and metaphors, it is a must.
The third important condition…It is absolutely necessary to stay away from prejudice attitudes such as “I already know this, I have heard of it, I have read it” and not to make any decision about a subject by being prejudice.
In case of not having the openness for some reason about a matter, never reject or deny the subject in question… Leave the evaluation of that matter to time without making any decision… Because you either did not understand the matter since your database is not wide enough to get it at that moment, or you may have locked-up your brain with a decision that you have made before about the relevant matter! The best thing to do in such a case is to keep yourself always open to this matter in every manner.
We should know that many decisions that we make are the most important factors that lead us to deny ourselves from many mysteries of universal truth.
Our cocoon that forms our world of thought may often become our prison as an intellectual cell, instead of taking us forward to eternal innovations as a universal tool.
Think about it, everything is being renewed in every moment both in earth and the universe.
We are being warned about a continuous universal renewal with the verse of the Koran that “Allah is always in a new state of being”.
But we are still expecting a Regenerator–Renewer (Mujaddid –Master Spirit of the Age) who will take us back(!) to the life styles and comprehension of ages ago! A Regenerator–Renewer to appear on his horse holding a sword in his hand!
Most probably my lifetime might not be enough to see, or I may not be able to reach such a “Regenerator-Renewer (Mujaddid)”, but…
Don’t you ever be unaware and unwary of that…
Such a person that is expected to come, named as “Mahdi Rasul” in public, will not be a “Reverser” who may take the society and the understanding of Religion/Deen to the old ages, to the way of thinking of centuries ago, or is not a “REPEATER” to repeat the understanding of ages, centuries ago; but he will be a “REGENERATOR/RENEWER who will be saying new things today” as Jalaluddin Rumi notified!
Although the locked-up brains or the ones who are living the last days of their lifetime will most probably not be able to see this holy person; at least we are aware and hence we know that HE is a “REGENERATOR/RENEWER”! In my opinion he has come to the world with a function to renew our understanding of Religion/Deen.
Happy are those who are open to this!
Even though the ones who are expecting a “REPEATER” of yesterday and labeling such a “repeater” as “regenerator-renewer (mujaddid)” may not accept it, this is still the reality.
They who have enough lifetimes will see it and hence will commemorate us with grace (rahmat).
So, don’t you ever be unaware of getting rid of the lock-ups of your brain in order not to avoid yourself from seeing the universal truth named as “SunnatAllah”!

Now Let Us Start to Think Again

The questions never end! What needs to be learned is endless! Time needed for learning is short. Besides; most of the facts were explained using symbols, metaphors and signs within the social conditions of the time of 14 centuries before.
In one of the true hadithes, it`s stated that when a person is placed into the grave two angels that are called Munkar and Nakir will ask these questions:
“Man Rabbuka? (Who is your Rabb?)
Man Nabiyyuka? (Who is your Nabi?)
Man Kitabuka?” (What is your Book?)
Various questions related to this hadith might get stuck into someone`s mind, who wants to understand the subject better.
For example:
What are these angels? Where do they come from? How do they come? Are the images of these angels original and constant or are they variable in connection with one`s database? Will each person experience this event unexceptionally when they pass away?
If we can remember what we wrote before about the concept of angel.
An “angel” refers to a being which does not bear a width, length, density, shape, size, weight; briefly it refers to being that has no relation with the material conditions. In this case, of course no arrival from some locality can be considered for angels! Besides, they can fairly be regarded as a level or a dimension in the realm of existence.
Thus, if we think that the existence in the universe has been created on holographic basis, we then realize that the angels, including all that are given those and other names, that are spiritual powers, do take part as dimensional levels in everyone`s existence and it`s not a matter of discussion for them to come from outside.
Now, in such a case, we understand that these angels, defined as “light” (nuur) in terms of their main structure, become manifest in one`s consciousness according to his database and his spiritual mood with the images that brain forms. Because all the data in the brain are loaded onto the spirit and the person lives with his spiritual body from then on, his database in this world is effective also in this process.
It means that this power of interrogation found as a dimensional level deep within the true self (haqiqat) of each and every person, will become manifest in their consciousness when they are placed into the grave, and will question them about the new dimension conditions that they get in.
This interrogation is about the three subjects above.
Why is the person asked of “man rabbuka” but not of “man ilahuka” (who is your god)? What is meant by these question words?
“Ilahiyat” (the quality of godhood) implies an external existence. Yet, ”rububiyyat” (the quality of Rabb) is a dimension within the essence of existence as a formation.
The answer of this question is expected to be “My Rabb is Allah” which is originated as awareness (wisdom) from within the person automatically based on his spiritual state and sensitivity in the conditions of that environment. It must even be based on the mystery of “B”.
I shall warn again that this answer will not be nonsensical utterance of plain words, with the words like the repetition of a parrot.
This interrogation is a life style and a process, not a test!..
Almost every person will be shocked when he experiences death!.. Because he/she encounters a reality of a different kind of life style far beyond what he may have ever thought of in this world.
During this stage, every person will automatically question about his past as to what kind of failures and achievements he had, where he was right and where wrong.
Yes, each person who passes to the grave life is forced to begin interrogating his/her faith unavoidably and determines where he/she did well where he/she made a mistake in the subjects of faith and of preparation for the life beyond death. This period is the stage when the angels named “Munkar and Nakir” become manifest from within him/her.
Each person will have to interrogate himself of how ready he is for the realities of his new life in the environment that is so different for him.
There are two styles of life that one lives in the world.
Either by comprehending the One pointed out with the name “Allah” and by preferring the style of world life based on this comprehension.
Or without realizing this truth; by ending the world life in a manner which is not in line with the realities of the system, in a suspicion of a god beyond yourself, over there, through an exterior object!

Let`s notice that. If we attempt to decipher the events described with various names and qualities, starting out the meaning of these names and qualities as we do generally, this is a confusing way and it is quite difficult to shoot the target of the reality of the event. Because, to tell the case that has been lived, “words” are fairly insufficient. It is quite difficult to reach the truth from the “words” because of this insufficiency.
Let me give the example of it like this: You have a dream and you feel whatever you lived at that period. However, when you try to tell your dream to somebody after you wake up, in which amount can you tell what you have dreamed of and lived with words to the other person!?
Here, the “rasul”s and “nabi”s perceive and experience lots of things in a manner supported by visions from time to time, sensing the dimension of consciousness; but they fail to express in words fairly when they need to tell across these experiences to others.
That`s why when such an information in words was reached to us, in order to penetrate the subject, it is highly a useful way to consider what may have been experienced that was tried to be told us with the words.
On the other hand, to “be transformed from case to speech” is really very short and clear way, trying to understand by focusing on “what may have been lived”.
Words are insufficient and weak to relate what a person senses and lives.

Let`s come back to our main subject.
If the individual lived convenient to the truth of One pointed out with the name “Allah”, in addition to this, also utilizing the information coming from Nubuwwa (the quality of being Nabi) perfection, could s/he direct his/her life according to this, or not?
Why is it said “man nabiyyuka (who is your prophet)” instead of “man rasuluka” (who is your rasul)?
However, whether in word of testimony, or in many verses of Koran, “having faith in rasul” is mentioned.
There are two answers of this.
First answer is this “Risalat” (the quality of Rasul) perfection informs about the truth of the existence. This is also related with the answer of the first question.
Second answer is that. Whether or not the individual utilizes the information coming from Nubuwwa perfection that would benefit him/her under the conditions he/she lives.
For example, the practices, which are pointed out as “spiritual practices” (ibadat) all discovered with Nubuwwa perfection, are the needed works aimed for necessities of hereafter dimension.
The individual gains certain powers and forces while doing these practices, and withstands the conditions of the environment where he/she will be tormented or bothered.
If s/he failed to apply the information coming from Nubuwwa perfection, do obligatory practices and works through this way, this time s/he will be sentenced to torment of grave because s/he will be left destitute from divine light, energy and power which are the yields of that practices!
The torment of grave for the individual is because of not being prepared for the dimension he passes, and of not getting the spiritual powers he had to get and not strengthening his spiritual body enough in world, as you may have noticed.