THE MIND: A BATTLEFIELD

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One of the greatest revelations of my life is: I can choose my thoughts and think things on purpose.
In other words, I don’t have to just think about whatever falls into my mind"

The MIND is a set of cognitive faculties including consciousness, perception, thinking, judgement, and memory. It is usually defined as the faculty of an entity's thoughts and consciousness.
It works by translating changes in the body and the environment into a language of neural impulses that represent the animal-environment relationship.
Some people think that the mind is the brain or some other part or function of the body, but this is incorrect. The brain is a physical object that can be seen with the eyes and that can be photographed or operated on in surgery.
The mind, on the other hand, is not a physical object. It cannot be seen with the eyes, nor can it be photographed or repaired by surgery. The brain, therefore, is not the mind but simply part of the body.
There is nothing within the body that can be identified as being our MIND because our body and mind are different entities.
Sometimes when our body is relaxed and immobile, our mind can be very busy, darting from one object to another.
This indicates that our body and mind are not the same entity.

"The main function of virtuous concentration is to make the mind peaceful"
When our mind is free from the turbulence of distracting conceptions it becomes calm and smooth. When we are enjoying internal peace and happiness our craving for external sources of pleasure naturally declines and it is easy to remain content.
These distractions are the issues we bear in us, some have academic issues ,financial issues,marital issues, spiritual issues,causing delusions of who you really are and who you should be.
All this issues makes the mind so busy , with waves of war marching soldiers,
Each of the with weapons that causes the mind to fear ,
Every resounding step and action increase the pressure for survival.
Sometimes the one would feel hatred from various channels, It takes time to troubleshoot which exact place your circumstances come from.
Some times we feel in the wrong position because it's not suiting, of course not everyone at the same time,
Alot of time we cannot help ourselves but what we do is questioning and interrogation without a second party, but it comes from one's mind, and maybe we don't get the answers because it's the BATTLE OF THE MIND.
The one thing you absolutely need is the one thing you can never lose: God's presence and love for
you.
" Just have to talk to him
Just close your eyes and ask God
for clarity, and peace. We can not
do it on our own.
We were built to be in constant
communication with HIM. This
world can make you worry, and
about the wrong things.
We must allow our inadequacy to
bring us closer to God.
We don't know all the answers, and
at times we all question ourselves
and our purpose."

When the brave face the battle of the MIND even the fiercest of them:
Vitoria ascerta

KOMOLAFE O.J @pelvis