I was once asked what the difference was between the brain and the mind. The brain is the physical organ present in your skull that causes you to sense and react to stimuli, maintain balance in the body, and one of the greatest gifts - it makes you capable of higher thinking. The mind however, is an abstract concept used to represent our state of consciousness based on how we perceive and interpret things - it is not physically present.
Science does prove that we genetically inherit certain characteristics from our parents and the capabilities of our brain are also, to a large extent, based on this genetic inheritance. However, the mind is an entirely different thing. We start to develop our minds the moment we are conceived; we ponder over the unconditional love of a mother perhaps, or the everlasting support of a father. This is why we are born with positive energy. As we grow older, we start socializing with other agents of society such as the media and the education system. That is when we truly develop the person we are one day to become. Our views and perspectives on society are altered and we start to think for ourselves, start to develop beliefs that weren't taught to us by our parents and that is the most crucial stage of ones life. But going back to the question...is the mind inherited?
It all essentially comes down to how well one has been trained by their parents and how much of an influence they have had on you. Because a healthy mind, just like a healthy body, is nurtured. So an open mind represents a rich understanding of the world that surrounds us because the world in full of contradictions and conflicts. An open mind comprehends that, and that in my opinion, is the ultimate hack to life itself.
And as Aristotle very right fully said:
"It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it"
Science does prove that we genetically inherit certain characteristics from our parents and the capabilities of our brain are also, to a large extent, based on this genetic inheritance. However, the mind is an entirely different thing. We start to develop our minds the moment we are conceived; we ponder over the unconditional love of a mother perhaps, or the everlasting support of a father. This is why we are born with positive energy. As we grow older, we start socializing with other agents of society such as the media and the education system. That is when we truly develop the person we are one day to become. Our views and perspectives on society are altered and we start to think for ourselves, start to develop beliefs that weren't taught to us by our parents and that is the most crucial stage of ones life. But going back to the question...is the mind inherited?
It all essentially comes down to how well one has been trained by their parents and how much of an influence they have had on you. Because a healthy mind, just like a healthy body, is nurtured. So an open mind represents a rich understanding of the world that surrounds us because the world in full of contradictions and conflicts. An open mind comprehends that, and that in my opinion, is the ultimate hack to life itself.
And as Aristotle very right fully said:
"It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it"
