[Notice: The series are a personal effort in understanding the brain/mind and how it will apply to my life and practice of the fighting/marital arts. Any errors or omissions are mine alone and do not reflect on the sources from which I draw my thoughts and understanding. If you find any please allow me the human condition of making errors and provide me the information I need to learn, grow, and prosper.]
Did you know that according to the two neuroscientists that our brain "simulates" our world. They indicate that each of us lives in a virtual reality generated by our brains. It is close enough to reality that it keeps us from bumping into things.
If true then the fact that our ancestor could run simulations of past events to build on our learning so we can prevent reoccurrence. It promotes the survival instinct. This is why knowledge is important and although our minds/brains through our senses constantly updates our programming both conscious and unconsciously we still need to learn about things we have not experienced before the occur in real life.
We can use our past to simulate future events so our sensory-motor sequences will be ready for immediate action. Our brains are actually larger allowing us to have new and improved simulators increasing the benefits it provides for survival.
So, visualization, simulations, role playing, training, practice, etc. etc. all provide input for our simulations in our virtual reality of the brain/mind allowing us to prepare and survive. Ain't it cool? Does this mean we really are a part of a "Matrix?"
Bibliography:
Hanson, Rick and Mendius, Richard. The Practical Neuroscience of Buddha's Brain: Happiness, Love & Wisdom. Oakland: New Harbinger Publications, Inc. 2009.
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