Silent stares, anger, sadness, despair, pain, sympathy, victim play, happiness, ecstasy, watering mouth at the smell of a favorite dish, irritation at a stink, empathy, frustration, serious thoughts, persistence, focus, control, sexual urges, addictions, regret, inspiration, fantasy, daydream, hurtful, fear, death, spiritual explosion, eternity, wants, jealousy, conspiracy, cheating, forgiveness, help – the boundless expressions, possibilities and limitations of the human body & mind can captivate generations to understand, accept and master.

I am always fascinated by the very complexity and variety of this magnificient yet mysterious human system with a humble endeavour to explore and to stretch it a bit more.

We have often heard “Strong body with a sound mind” or variations of the same. In fact, the relationship between the two of them is so amazingly inter woven, that it is beyond our understanding.

When the mind is sad or depressed, it gets weaker. With time, the body also starts to wither. But when mind is functioning with a ‘Never give up’ attitude, even a sick and frail body rejuvenates magically.

On the other hand, if the body is healthy – it’s worked out regularly, it’s fed physically well, with no bad habits or practices hindering it, the mind also gets grittier and stronger.

In fact, we need a good weave. Well fed body through food and exercise; regulated emotions, careful feed to the brain as it can trigger nuances positively or negatively; disciplined spiritual practices, well thought daily routines and habits, proper rest, loads of love, laughter and compassion… This looks more of an ideal, but achievable setup.

My fascination also extends beyond all of this. If the body and mind can do all the daily activities with a set discipline, what more of the magic can happen when our brain is tapped further. We often hear that an average human uses only about 3-5 % of the brain. Seems like Einstein used about 10%. But, there is not a lot of talk about why only so much and not more. It will be interesting to know what happens if say 20% is used?. Sometimes I think it’s a plan of evolution that in so many years, human brain will evolve, generation on generation and comes to say – using 100% in about a 1000 years!. No one knows…

The magic of the brain is however not hidden. It’s proven through research that when you lose a part of function of the body due to degeneration, the function can be re taught through reverse learning, so a part of the unused brain can take it up and the system can function normally. But, this is again subject to the gritty mind with the ‘Never give up’ attitude and a supportive body.

However be the case, it’s a known fact that the body and the mind do function in tandem and its extremely that we assume complete accountability and responsibility for the operation, maintenance and enhancement of the same, every second we are alive.

Existence has meaning when the tools provided, in our case – Body and Mind, are used to the highest of possibilities..

I wish and pray for your journey in this regard and hope you have a magical life…

Comments and thoughts are welcome.