Just Thinking By Alexander MID Night

 

The mind is an amazing thing. It is the inspiration for the PC, and is capable of so much more than you can possibly imagine. Lately, I have been wondering whether we have fully grasped the limits of the human mind.

I have begun to notice the mind’s capability to push one past their natural limits just through imagination alone. The power to improve one’s intellect, memory, cognition, and abstract thought is at the fingertips of everyone who has the will to push past their own preconceived notions of what is possible. The impossible happens everyday. The people who can see a path to the impossible are already making the impossible possible. How do they do this? The answer to this question lies in polishing the gifts one is naturally born with. We have seen this concept in movies such as Unbreakable, Split, and Glass; and to put it bluntly the movies are not far off from reality. But we must remember just as Mr. Glass tells us “the real world has limits.” Even so, those limits are being pressed further and further by the day.

Example, when a child is in danger, a mother can summon immense strength; enough so to lift a car, or to run fast enough to carry the child away from danger. This is known as “Fight or Flight.” This mental response is the basis for my theory. What if there is more similar functions within the brain that allow us to access unlimited human potential. We see this concept in action in people who possess savant abilities such as perfect pitch, eidetic memory, calendar memory, and various other states of mind; some of which have yet to be discovered.

In my case, I have noticed that I can understand any subject and master any task if I put my mind to it. I am also able to see things from anyone’s point of view; including psychopaths, and people with other personality disorders. I am also able to remember almost everything I read; however being a visual learner sucks when you are visually impaired.

Though I have digressed a little; the point I am trying to make is that humans possess vast potential so long as we challenge our limits. This may seem like sophistry coming from one who started playing chess at the age of 4, but you can do anything you set your mind to; but the moment you say that its impossible, you will find the greatest limits are those you have imposed upon yourself.