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Brain is still?

Brain is still? The more we learn, the brain, the more this question difficult to answer. To material scientists only matter is real, nothing else. For them, mental phenomena, or what we call spirit are all products of material phenomena. Logical positivism asserts the primacy of observation in assessing the truth of the statement of facts. Arguments not on observable data are meaningless. These philosophies, separation of the mind as a non-material entity is not possible. Gregory Bateson presents his theory of the unity of mind and brain elegant, "The spirit is no longer separated from the body as the speed is independent of the matter. Or, as acceleration is independent of speed." This is in contrast to Descartes' concept or Cartesian dualism, where the observer (you) is separated from the observed (the rest of the universe).

The modern description of the mind is derived from the brilliant philosophy of Max Planck. Proposed on 14 December 1900, his theory of quantum physics states that energy is emitted in bundles or quanta. He also notes that the dualism of observer and observed, is an illusion. I and the universe are one. Literally. To a Westerner this concept may seem strange to a Sufi, Taoist or Buddhist, it is but natural.

Fred Alan Wolf in his book, in which the Quantum Leap, suggests that "mind" is a property of all matter or energy, to peptides, atoms, electrons and quarks. The molecule is "spirit" is the random choice. For example, if the choice "to" fit into the molecular receptor and inhibit a function of choice is "down", opposite will happen. Neurons receive signals from each millisecond Dogs that are either on or off state of the neuron, or whether or not to fire, fire withuot question! There are trillions of decisions that every millisecond within the 3-pound mass of cells we call the brain. And all these decisions of molecular and atomic centers to combine what we call our spirit and sense of self-consciousness or awareness or I. And that is the theory of reality, relatively speaking. Quantum theory describes the likelihood of something happening, happening suddenly and thus explains the dependence of mind on the brain as something else. Therefore, modern science rejects the concept of dualism of Descartes. But unlike before Descartes monistic paradigms, it proposes the theory of all-in-one concept with an eternal elements, the dilemma of the desecration of the soul, therefore, not arise, because it is an epiphenomenon of the brain.

The scientific paradigm of the human brain is that it is an electrochemically powered organ. The mind or I either resides in or around the brain, and it is probably a work of the brain, the electrochemical activity, such as the current static objects.

The energy required for the mind to function during waking hours by the brain mechanisms. The spirit disappears when the brain mechanisms no longer work due to injury or because of intereference epileptic drugs or drugs or even during sleep. Apparently some specialized brain turn off the unit that stimulates the mind, every time it falls asleep. He switches off the power upon awakening, a means to alleviate the fatigue of the brain. In both alternatives, the mind has no memory of its own. The brain, like any computer, saves what he learns during his lifetime. The recorded data will be available immediately, however, while awake, and perhaps in some way distorted during sleep - what we call dreams.

The epiphenomenon or semi-monistic paradigm of mind and brain by the current scientific theories, leading to speculation that I am actually in the brain, since it is an organization of the brain. Dr. Wilder Penfield, the famous neurosurgeon in the 1930s tried to "ghost" in the brain. Hundreds of operations performed by Dr. Penfield brain showed that itself has no sense of perception and feeling no pain. Operations, in conscious subjects demonstrated that there was no "spirit" in the brain, but there were areas in the brain, on the interaction with spirit. Dr. Penfield discovered these centers in 1943. These brain centers but not as a ghost Penfield, which suggest that mind and brain are two different forms of energy.

Based on observations Penfiled the question of what happens to mind when the brain goes to sleep? Two hyopotheses are now possible, if the spirit disappears. Firstly, the spirit is no longer available as it is only a function of the brain. It is every time again the highest brain-mechanism goes into normal operation. In the second case, the dualistic approach to mind as a fundamental element in itself, a medium, an essence, a Soma, the continued existence. Therefore, when the spirit disappears, it is silent, it is no longer a connection to the brain, but it gives and takes when the highest brain-mechanism being used.

The problem with the procurement of questions about the disappearance of mind is difficult, because the answer is, we assume, would be in a language understandable to us. Our concept of energy is based on the principles of physics, which also changed in the near future. The understanding of matter and the understanding of the truth may not be free. The paradigms of reality, human brain and positivism paradigms not only realities as best we speak. Perhaps we see around us what is just a mirror image of our own vision, is because we try to visualize ourselves from the outside. Perhaps what around us do not exist.

More confusing than the idea of whether we exist or not, the reality is that something, tangible or otherwise, is our captain, regardless of the independence of our actions and our thoughts. "All people, regardless of their intelligence or other attributes are forced to serve similar functions, the survival and promoting the maintenance of the race. As if we have been programmed as a slave. All types of performing its tasks by their brain or mind. Where our mind is the brain or the blue-print of our actions?

If spirit has different dimensions than what we know, then take into account need to know the answer, as it arose. Why not do it with our brain. One possibility is that we evolve, to understand it and the second, more fear is that if we said that we may refuse to obey. One day, sometime in the future, even a few million years from now, we know all the answers. On this day, to paraphrase Penfield, smile all the prophets.

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