Learn how you can expand your memory, increase your strength, and improve your speed, by programming your brain.
Once I saw the examples, I knew it was true. We change our brains to incorporate our surroundings. I’ll give you a few examples.
When I first read about the concept of the brain extending to include objects, skis were used as an example. A good skier knows where the tip of the skis are without looking. The skiis have become part of the body.
Something similar happens when we learn to drive a car. Once we have driven a car long enough, our brains expand to include the car. We know whether or not a car will fit into a parking place without thinking.
I watched a man on an excavator. He was using the scoop to sweep the sidewalk. Another man was following up with a broom. I told the man with the broom that I was impressed by the excavator work. He said, “I was too. Until I could do it.” Think about how much that increases the operator’s strength, just because his brain has extended the body of the operator to include the excavator.
Think about using a pencil. You can actually feel the end of the pencil on a sheet of paper. The pencil becomes you.
Your memory isn’t just in your brain. If you have a library of books, all you have to do is remember which book has the answer. Think about your own memory. Doesn’t it sometimes take a while before the memory appears? Are you accessing it from a region in your brain or somewhere else? You could have accessed it from a book or a filing cabinet. Books and filing cabinets are extensions of you. You just program your brain to include them.
Each of those examples require a bit of practice and programming. Eventually the brain’s programming is extended to cover the object.
Now for some interesting questions. Where does it end? Can we extend our programming to include a cloud overhead? Are we really programming our brains? Or, are we simply realizing that we are not limited by our bodies?
Think about brain programming. It takes time and practice to learn to crawl, to walk, to ride a bike, to drive a car, to speak a language, to use a keyboard, to play a piano. How is the programming performed? Who does the programming? The programming requires will on our part. Yet, we don’t know how we do it.
As a senior, I look around at people my age and those who are younger and older. A difference between youth and elderly is how we choose to use our brains. Youth are constantly growing both physically and mentally. Elderly are often not doing anything or only trying to limit the rate of decline both physically and mentally.
I am using my will to act like a youth. I’m learning Spanish, to play the piano, and to use a Mac for writing and video. Physically, I’m performing weight training twice per week. I can see improvement. How long can I continue? My hope is as long as I can use my will.
The goal is to improve spiritually so that when the body fails you can adapt physically and mentally. Will is spiritual. We command our bodies. At some point the body seems to fail to respond to our commands. While practicing chiropractic, I helped many people by improving their spines so that their nervous systems respond to their commands. At some point, perhaps age is the problem.
Don’t give up too soon. You can expand your body. You can expand your memory. As you age, you may have to do it differently. It all starts with will.