I realised something just the other day. Our bodies and brain, when we were born, we did not know the first thing we had with us.
Our cognitive awareness was around the age of 5, where we knew we existed - this is as postulated by Carl Jung.
And from that day onwards, we knew like we know now that we have a brain, and the cognitive functions which go along with it. We know we have something called memory, logic, and sensory awareness, which for a large part cant be controlled, the 5 senses, sight sound taste smell and hearing and as we aged, we knew things like emotions which are human and can be muted or amplified.
The amazing thing is that for our brain, each of us has one which is totally hardwired to who we are, and we take a lifetime to first understand what our brain is like, how powerful or weak it is, how adaptable it is, whether it has capability to learn new things - for 99% of us we can learn new things - its whether we want to learn new things.
I am still learning how best to maximise my brain, that is the wonderful thing. Coupled that with the years of earned or lived experience and I put than earned or lived experience in my data bank, called wisdom, it is indeed a wonderful thing.
So we create each and every one of us, a personalised user manual of our brain and our body which is only best operated by ONE person. YOU.
If your brain and your body is put to optimal use, feed it the best nutrients, put in the best servicing (exercise), give it enough rest, in theory your brain and your body - like a machine will last a lifetime.
Sounds so simple and rudimentary isn't it ?
So why oh why do we abuse our body and brain ?
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