Know Your Mind

Peter Massam

Description

Experience-based food for thought to promote well-being, balance and inclusive discussion of the possible science behind evolutionary powers of the mind to communicate universally anywhere.
This third and final part of the trilogy moves on from growing pains in teenage years and confronting fears to exploring the extraordinary relationship between the mind and the body which can help overcome those same pains and fears, culminating in a new philosophical perspective.
There was no eureka moment, but a succession of scenarios experienced – some with direct physical impacts, others with more subtle and humorous implications for our mental capacity – that opened a door into another silent reality, where five senses are muted to allow for a sixth to be awakened.
What began as a collection of thoughts amassed from strangely inexplicable recurrences, evolved through research into wider possibilities of the power of the mind and resulted in our protagonist being astonished by the predictability he found and the calm that these experiences instilled in him.

Sujets

• Santé et bien-être
• Développement personnel
• Self-Help
• Philosophie et théologie
• Philosophy
• Self-help (disambiguation)
• Quality of life
• Evolution
• Nature
• Science
• Communication

Informations

• Publié par: Balboa Press UK
• Date de parution: 09 février 2023
• Nombre de lectures: 0
• EAN13: 9781982286880
• Langue: English

Extrait

Also by Peter Ma ssam
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ISBN–13: 978-1-9822-86 09-5
Moose Conquering Fear ( 2022)
ISBN–13: 978-1-9822-86 30-9
First Cuz Collection of P oems
Sketch Poems (2019; Audible 2020)
ISBN–13: 978–170129 9238
Second Cuz Collection of P oems
Reflections in a Country Garden ( 2021)
ISBN–13: 979–872309 6103
Customer Experi ence
Managing Service Level Quality across Wireless and Fixed Networks ( 2002)
ISBN–13: 978–047084 8487














Learning Experience Se ries
This volume forms part of a tri logy:
Ni pper
Moose Conquering Fear
Know Your Mind
They track a lifetime journey of learning experiences from childhood encounters through coming of age to conquering fear, which culminate in a new appreciation of the power of the mind in the realms of communication, pain relief and self-help healing and preserva tion.




KNOW YOUR MIND



PETER MASSAM







Copyright © 2023 Peter Massam.

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ISBN: 978-1-9822-8687-3 (sc)
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ISBN: 978-1-9822-8688-0 (e)

Balboa Press rev. date: 02/08/2023















Dedication
For J and p eace
“To all those loved and lost,
The greater was in the w ings
And now is gone,
The greatest yet to come”



Contents
Dedication
Preface
Introduction
Know Your Mind
Part 1
Physical Well-Being
Mind over Physical Phenomena
Body Clocks and Waking Minds
A Spanish Sensation
The Agony and the Ecstasy
Swimming Pool Saga
Take Ten
No Sting in the Tail
Backs and Knees
Part 2
Communication With Others
Vehicle Tales
Miles Away
Response Time Immediacy
Part 3
A New Philosophy
A New Philosophy
Neither Dualism nor Monism
An Inner State
Repercussions of Individualism
Understanding Self
The Science
An Evolutionary Tale
An Out-of-World Experience
Critical Perspective

Conclusion
Epilogue
Bibliography
About the Author



Preface
The concept of this trilogy following the logical thread of experience from childhood to adulthood is perhaps nothing new. The presentation through all three volumes is deliberately kept to the central character due to the nature of the topic. They reflect on the inner thoughts, struggles endured and celebrations enjoyed in interactions with those around him. Unlike a mystery or detective novel, you will not find well-rounded characters here, because it deals with just two different states experienced. The first is the real, physical world which demands our attention for much of the day and the second is the metaphysical world of the mind, its thoughts, its aspirations and its largely untapped capabilities which can operate day and n ight.
When comparing experiences across decades, I was reminded of the patience and sheer tenacity of programme makers who aimed to track the lives of several individuals at regular intervals across a number of years and at seminal points in their lives. The vast array of behavioural changes, physical developments combined with the lessons life inevitably throws at them was a heady mix.
I wanted to go deeper into a single individual’s life tracking the mind’s evolution over time in what was conceived as a concept some years be fore.
The first volume has the feel more of a coming-of-age drama, punctuated with poignant and pleasurable episodes that go to formulate a person’s character and beliefs – the way you come to think or are taught to believe in a nurturing way.
The second volume is more factual about events which shaped the same life. It presents the psychological challenges, dilemmas and real responsibilities faced when becoming an adult and how firmly held beliefs are dismantled and principles eroded under stressful conditions. It also describes how strength of mind can overcome difficulties and ease fears, emerging as a positive ally in calming troubled wa ters.
The third volume pulls together those instances where the experiences involving the mind have surprised, created laughter, eased pain and helped restore a balance in daily life. It looks at our physical well-being, explores communications with others and puts forward a new philosophical perspective, which it is hoped will help the reader appreciate the mind’s complementary tools for coping with and making sense of a physical w orld.
Before launching into the metaphysical side that I believe to be in all of us – a naturally occurring phenomenon, underused, and in some circles regrettably, dismissed as hypothetical nonsense – it was necessary to consult the best-known authorities of our time in all things human, natural, spiritual and philosophical. They are listed in the bibliography at the end.
Some of that further background reading is made reference to here from six main texts. It was necessary to become familiar with the much bigger picture on several fr onts.
They are as follows: humankind’s place in history; its evolution as part of the natural world; the conceptual development of its place in the universe; the philosophical ideas which underpinned those notions and its current understanding of scientific laws proposed – with some even proven – to explain how the universe operated in the past and may do in the fu ture.
It is important to say what this volume is not.
What follows is not a scientific discussion of pros and cons of general relativity, unified theory or quantum mechanics and gravity’s relationship to those, although some, as you will see, may have a part to play. That evidence, those arguments and thought-provoking theories have been expounded by people far more knowledgeable than me. It will not answer the question as to why the universe exists, but will suggest which forces are possibly at work in this existence of ours that produce experiences such as those cited here.
This volume offers a different perspective arrived at through the combination of a mind evolved over time, the experiences and the interactions undergone and the conclusions drawn from them. It draws parallels with recent scientific theory but does not aim to justify outcomes with them.
It tries to accommodate further practical scientific evaluation by examining the mind’s impact on space around and withi n us.
No mathematical theory is involved as it has been argued before by Russell (2001, p.90) that science’s role is to convert philosophical vision into a provable rea lity.
…as soon as definite knowledge concerning any subject becomes possible, this subject ceases to be called philosophy, and becomes a separate sci ence.
In this sense, the thoughts presented here could be considered as Russell’s ‘goods for the mind’ (ibid. p.89), philosophical in nature but in this case based on experiential evidence. The monitoring of such experienced concepts and related outcomes is left to the psychological scientists to conduct the necessary experiments under controlled conditions to provide the empirical evid ence.
It would be all too convenient to classify this work as one of psychology whereas, in fact, it considers occurrences – some of which are undeniably commonplace but relegated to the back of the mind by some to deny their existence – that have been experienced too frequently to be ignored, but which nonetheless remain scientifically unproven. These are often consigned to the ‘unsure’ or ‘too difficult’ box: not the one belonging to Pandora, but a glimpse of something special – surely not unique and shared by all with an open mind – that can transform the way we perceive ourselves. The instances leave the individual with a sense of awe about our capabilities which redoubles with each reasoned new experience. When dealing with the unfamiliar or something unusual, we need to bear this in mind:
The value of philosophy is… sought largely in its very uncerta inty.
…while diminishing our feeling