“The greatest trick the devil ever pulled was
convincing the world he did not exist”
A Russian billionaire is planning to create
Cyborgs out of human brains by 2045. While he works on his Magnum opus, let’s
show time what quality means, Yeah!! Is Brain the same thing as Mind and
whether it is actually different from what we call ‘Heart’ (not Mr. Heart, CEO,
Circulatory system)
Freud introduces 3 gentlemen who create
further chaos-Id, Ego and Super-ego. Are these separate from who you are? Can
your Ego exist in someone else? Even if my brain is to go into the head of the
Cyborg, will that creature behave like me? Will the combination of the three
aforementioned entities create an altogether different personality in that
cyborg? If the answer is yes, then I am different from this entity.
Our Super-ego, what religion probably calls
an Angel, is making you act in morally best ways. Id is pleasure seeking and
can be destructive. Our Ego manages both. So is Ego-our Heart, our Conscience,
our Mind which is conscious of the good and bad in us? Try as we may, we can
never see ourselves different from our Ego. The scary truth may be that I am
not my mind, contrary to the popular philosophy that your thought is your
existence.
Sample this now- My brain rationalises
(whoops, dangerous assumption boy!) and hence Brain is the Ego we are talking
about when making logical decisions. We often say we listen to our Heart when
making decisions based on emotion. This is because we perceive the heart to be
the life giver, pumping blood day in, day out to all organs. Without it, even
the brain can go dry and die. Once that happens, what happens to us? C’mon we are not dead yet, we are just brain-dead,
okay! But do we exist, Yes, we do. So who’s dead? Mr. Mind?
"The greatest con the Ego ever did was making you
believe he was You!” (anon)
Okay, damn Freud, damn the heart, damn the
brain, damn the mind. Ok, don’t damn Freud completely, because I need him to hypothesize – What if there was just the Ego and the Super-ego? Oh, wait. Ladies and
gentlemen, it is my honour now to announce the merger of Id and Ego. Now, we
now have two different people – Ego and You (Super-Ego). We've always had just
two, yes? – Good/Bad, Positive/Negative, Day/Night, Mom/Dad (oh, this is crazy!).
Now don’t be surprised that you are indeed morally good within J.In life, we only agree or disagree with the Ego but never let it
rule us. A gentleman of the 6th century said that the greatest
battle was always with your own mind. And it will be.
So, what differentiates us from animals? - Definitely,
not the social behaviour. They have fun too-they emote, play around with community
friends, go mad over enemies, fall in love and do everything else we do.
But..but..but..They don’t dress up! :D Silly as it may sound, they do not
really invent things and develop lifestyle as quick as we have done. So are we just
Mutant Monkeys who think a little
better with each passing generation?
Disclaimer: As always, just a random bunch
of words. Don’t dig deep ‘cause it will only get shallower as you do J
