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INNER LIFE AND THE POWER OF THE MIND

"Your own mind is a sacred enclosure into which nothing harmful can enter except by your permission."
- Ralph Waldo Emerson

Man possesses extraordinary abilities that allow him to rise above all other animals and conquer the world as lord and master. But just as a gun can be used to survive against predators and feed the family, it can also be directed to the destruction of other human beings. As History has shown repeatedly, wars, famine and pestilence have been a common occurrence in every civilization ever since modern times began.

Luckily, Great Men and Women have appeared from time to time to show us the path to wisdom, happiness and peace of mind. They have told us again and again that we can channel that most extraordinary tool called the Mind to lead "The Good Life", to use our brain to the fullest and fulfill our enormous potential, to do good in our environment, to help others when needed and to control our most destructive instincts.

Yet, most scientists agree that we use only 5 to 10% of our mental capacity, perhaps even less. For example, a great portion of the population gets along with only 700 words in their vocabulary. How can they express their innermost thoughts with such a limited lexicon? How can they understand the complexity of modern civilization and the important role they could play if they took the time to contemplate their wonderful inner self?

The answer is disheartening: they cannot do it, because they are satisfied with a "simple" life that repeats itself day after day; work, television, chores, paying the bills, driving the kids to school and washing dirty clothes. Reading has become an activity threatened with extinction; why read when the "dumb" screen gives me all the emotion that I crave? I watch "The Apprentice", or "American Idol" or "Desperate Housewives" or the Game with a capital G on a daily basis, without ever considering that I am not exercising that most valuable tool, my Mind.

And so my days pass with the same insipid fare, with the same absence of meaningful communication with the children, with the same routine. Even sex becomes a calendar activity that takes place every Friday night, after the show of course. And what happens to the Great Tool ? Like any body muscle, it atrophies, it becomes less and less active and less and less capable of transcendent activity. Is this really the purpose of my life? Is there something more uplifting, more meaningful that every adult is capable

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