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a journey through myself
Join
me on a journey through myself. Make it a journey through yourself.
"In my mind's eye, I can see my body as the extra-ordinary
living working organism that it is --- a consumer of food and
drink, a sexual being, a demander of comfortable surroundings,
my physical presence on the earth.
"I have a number of physical ways in which I interact with
people and things in the world. I have five sensory organs ---
my eyes, my ears, my nose, my tongue and my skin. I have muscles
which means I can move my body parts in a variety of ways. I have
a voice box which means I can produce recognisable sounds when
I choose to 'talk' or 'sing'.
"I have two spongy organs called lungs which allow me to
bring oxygen into my body and get rid of waste carbon dioxide.
I have the ability to produce liquids which means
"I can cry, I can lubricate my mouth, my nasal linings and
my sexual organs. I have an efficient system for transporting
liquids ---blood, plasma and lymph --- around my body to nourish
me, to fight 'disease' and to take away waste. When I injure myself,
my blood has the ability to clot and allow the wound to heal over.
"I have a brilliant nervous system which links all my body
parts. And it tells me when I need to take care of myself if I’m
injured. I can even produce another human being who has half my
characteristics and half those of my mate. All in all, that's
quite an amazing body I've got here. I really am quite remarkable!
"But that's not it by any means. Above all this I have a
physical brain --- an undulating lump of grey matter. Somehow
my brain appears to have mental control over my physical functions.
My brain is my mental performer --- hi brain how am I doing? Am
I really just my brain? Surely I am more than a physical lump
of grey matter. So what controls my brain? I do. Who am I? Am
I my mind?
"My mind, through the medium of my brain, has choice, although
sadly I do not always exercise that choice.. In fact I often do
not recognise that my mind is really the power behind the throne
and I let my body and events dictate what to do! In this way I
do not give my physical body the mental respect it deserves. I
react to the circumstances --- is this sense? Surely I can learn
to plan things a bit better so that 'I know my own mind’.
Then I can be in control of my behavioural responses.
"But am I just my mind? What about my soul, my higher self?
My spirit keeps my mind wondering!"