Cerebellum bridge to the Spirit. The Subconscious Mind.
All the great religions speak of man as not simply a body, but a whole which embraces spirit and mind. In this connection, spirit and body belong to different worlds of discourse. This was a forgone conclusion in medicine until changed, some centuries ago, by the reductionist outlook that overtook science. For the immaterial true core of reality in man, his spirit, is an autonomous questing essence. It starts out as a spirit-germ from a superior spiritual plane, one that many religions call “Paradise”. Here the spirit may return, at the end of its wanderings through the material parts of Creation, when it has achieved a high state of perfection.
Of course, this non-material spirit cannot be proved to exist scientifically. It cannot be demonstrated or modeled in a laboratory, but its presence is perceived by consciousness everywhere, it holds the key to the mystery of our consciousness, the brain together with its offspring, the intellect, being but a tool of the spirit. The intellect is made of thoughts arising from the brain. The measure of training or cultivation the intellect receives also gives a measure of the intelligence.
During our life on earth the spirit is incarnated in the physical body. While the brain is analogous to the engine of the ship, the spirit is the master that guides it on its course. Intrinsic to spirit is will and consciousness, something beyond analysis, some mercurial presence felt behind matter that frequently leaves us literally lost for words. We may, at different times, call it ” deep intuition” or “inspiration” (See also video below), but this power often seems not to belong solely to “me” or “us” as a body. After death the physical body disperses, its ‘components’ serving again to build other bodies. Our spirit, however, continues to exist, for its nature is not subject to the law of becoming and perishing that applies to all matter.
Our body serves as a protective cloak, under which we are to mature and develop our human abilities. Its many precious instruments – limbs, sense organs and the brain, for example – are at the disposal of the spirit, to be used in its ennoblement and maturing. But in our earthly existence, while the body houses the spirit, the spirit also guides the body, at times even overriding or ‘correcting’ flaws or fissures, as we have seen with brain damage and neurological disorders. From time to time the ‘superior authority’ of the spirit may in unusual and unexpected ways effect recovery.
Close scrutiny of nerve cells shows their essential character to be the giving and receiving of information. Although nerve cells have different functions and complexity, they are not different in their nature. They are adaptable and can connect with other nerve centers. What tells them to adapt, but spirit?
The frontal cerebral part of the human brain produces the intellect and is geared to work only in the coarse material domain. The cerebellum at the back functions like an an antenna in receiving spiritual impressions, transforming them for use by the cerebral brain in the earthly.
In reverse, impressions percolating from our material environment are processed by the cerebral brain, and transmitted to the cerebellum to adapt for perception by the spirit. In this way, the two parts of the brain should work in harmony to build up human experience beyond the earthly limitations and embrace our whole being. But dominance by the intellect, the outcome of one-sided aspiration to sharpen it, was gained at the expense of the stunted cerebellum. This forced a rupture in man’s scale of perception. His comprehension became severely narrowed to thought-forms recycled in the space and time limitations of the intellect, and was in the course of thousands of years largely estranged from spiritual understanding.
Our brain, an organ of immense complexity and subtlety, is often compared to a computer, and, in many ways, both instruments are similar. Both are tools, the computer serving the brain, while the brain serves the spirit. But the computer cannot create and has will, no consciousness, no conscience and no creativity. Like the computer, the brain is a servant, dependent on a master’s commands. Those commands come from a human resource to a computer, but to a human being they have essentially a spiritual source.
What is the main point of the Power of the Subconscious Mind book?
Brief summary
‘The Power of Your Subconscious Mind’ by Joseph Murphy is a self-help book that explores the potential and influence the subconscious mind can have on our lives. It offers techniques to harness the power of your subconscious mind for personal growth and success.
The Subconscious Mind As the Doorway to The Eighth Chakra. The Soul Star Chakra.