Are our minds just complex bio-chemical machines – wet computers?
A computer can only see what it is programmed to see. Can
our minds take us beyond our neuronal programming? Can we examine the paths
that our thoughts take and go beyond them?
However, it seems that my mind is a tool at my disposal. It
is my horse and I hold the whip. I can contemplate myself and make adjustments
and corrections. I am free to choose against my impulses or for them.
Will my mind take me to where I want it to go, to
investigate what has previously been uninvestigated, to think new thoughts,
clearer insights, and to go beyond my present understanding? If my intuitions
are reliable, I’d have to answer “yes!” If they are unreliable, perhaps I am
just dreaming?
Instead, it seems that my mind is not locked into
deterministic bio-chemical, formulaic circuits and patterns. It has taken
flight and can go where it wills.
Who has given my mind its wings? The One who has created me
in His likeness, the One who awaits me to join Him in His eternal home!
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