About The Brain's Message

I arrived at home, somewhat subdued, following my afternoon class and the clear conversation/lesson from Mr Walsh. He had said he would not tell my parents what had occurred and I believed him. Well, I wanted to believe him. I really wanted to believe him. I knew if my parents found out that I had stolen some money (even though I had shared out what I bought with everyone -I keep reminding you of that …which in a bizarre way made everyone an accessory after the fact. Even though I was the only one spoken to by Mr Walsh), however, if my parents had been told I had stolen something, or found out I had stolen something, I would be in for a considerable amount of punishment. What that would involve I didn’t want to think about, but, you do, don’t you?

Whenever there is something serious that has peaked your interest, whether it is a serious incident, worry or fear, you can’t ‘not’ think about it, or worry about it. Many adults have had others say to them, “Don’t worry about it”. From apparently non-involved persons, who upon hearing of someone’s personal concerns (breathe a sigh of relief that it’s not their problem). So, that’s easy for them to say. But the way the human mind appears to work (when it does), is that a single thought dominates other thoughts. And something that is significant, such as a concern over finances for example, tends to dominate everything else. The human mind has the ability to manage millions of thoughts at the same time (for some people). But, unerringly the human mind tends to focus on something of concern. Even when we sleep, our minds don’t.

How often have you gone to bed concerned about something from your day and fallen asleep (eventually), only to enter into a dream/nightmare, which if examined, was probably a direct link to the issue of concern. Though it can be hidden in the interpretation. The worry over money for example may not feature in the dream as actual money. It may be in your dream you are left in charge of something. That is not physical money. It may have been, for example,  a goose (can you see the link?) The goose may be being chased by various predators, while in the dream you are constantly being distracted from actually protecting it. It may be you are having to complete a fence or building or such and can’t find the tools, materials or location. Simple explanation? The goose was from your childhood memory of the golden goose from ‘Jack and the beanstalk” which of course laid golden eggs. Hence that was the ‘subliminal’ symbol for the money. The ‘predators’ are those causes concerning you e.g.banks, loan, fees or bills, hence, multiple predators. The distraction or ‘fence’, is the knowledge you already possess to solve the problem, but haven’t yet concentrated on. Because you are focusing on the problem, not the solution. So, while trying to sleep, your body responds to the automatic breathing functions etc, whilst your mind begins to sift and sort the thousands of memories you possess, to compile something that it believes your psyche can interpret. Unfortunately that is not always the case.

(Continued tomorrow)