The mysterious human brain....

It's strange....what is you ask? The human brain and it's filing mechanism. Our brain stores many TBs of memories and yet at some strange moment it brings up vivid but yet long forgotten memories. You wouldn't know what acted as a catalyst but a memory that you didnt think was still there would rise up as vividly as if it had happened yesterday. I still cant figure out how the neurological aspects of memory storage, retention and retrieval work but Im sure that they work just fine at the appropriate time. I mostly dont mind it when my brain brings up some stuff but there are times when a word, a song, a place triggers the neurons and painful and best forgotten memories are dragged out fom the pits of your subconsciousness. they are vivid with accurate details and you end up wondering "how did i get from there to this present state of mine?". Why did i remember this now? Why had i made those choices that had changed my life so? The how and why of these questions are inexplicable as the neurological filing mechanism of the brain...both are best unresolved to the common man/woman...what do you think???

Divine intervention....the argument continues

From the beginning of Creation / Time / the Universe...call it whatever you will the existence of God / Higher Power / Creator...has been an often discussed and debated topic. I'm a believer and today I'd like to write about something that I've sensed and experienced in my life...Divine Intervention. 

Many (even believers) would argue that there is no such thing as Divine Intervention. Some arguments are...How can an intervention happen when there is no source for it...They are just coincidences which can't be interpreted as Divine Intervention...What you perceive as an intervention is your sub-conscious brain and extra sensory synapses at work causing you to make inexplicable decisions or happenings which you think are divinely inspired....and so it goes on... 

All through my life...in moments of confusion I have felt this Divine Intervention. The school that I had to study in, the college course that I had to take everything was chosen for me by Divine Intervention. Don't get me wrong...I'm not an overly spiritual person who goes around always mumbling about God or talking only about Spiritual things...I'm a far, far cry from that. But I believe that powers beyond me are at work in every decision we make...whether we want it or not.

What is Divine Intervention? I got a definition from Yahoo Answers which I thought was the most appropriate...when an "act of god" Changes something in someone's life or stops something or makes something happen in theory for a all knowing plan that was meant to be....couldn't have said it better. It's what we perceive as an "act of god"...could be the synapses talking or making decisions, could be coincidence, could be sub-conscious brain activity...but it's something that contributes to an all knowing plan.

Let's leave the argument out...I'd like to talk to about the impact that this intervention can have upon your life. Often, in my life I've wanted so many things to happen but somewhere in my Christian upbringing and Catechism I found a simple, single line prayer that I hold on to till today...Let thy Will be done...this is an unbelievably powerful prayer in any religion or non-religion. I've had moments when I've just said it and without doing anything seen things unfold in my life...mind you...they haven't always been the way that I wanted.

However, it's not that simple...God has created human beings and given them a power...the power to choose...I've also had moments when I've been allowed to choose, go ahead and live with my choice, come to a realisation that I've got to give up my choice for the greater good of things (all knowing plan) and live through the pain of letting it go. But God does give you the strength to take you through that pain and continue to live the life that has been pre-planned for you. 

Not at all times are you given a choice...at times when you want something so bad, do everything humanly possible correct and work hard towards it...you still won't get it...it would be inexplicable to you but as some wise person said...it just wasn't meant to be (in the higher plan). You can't choose to accept the Intervention one time and ignore it another time!!! It's Divine Intervention for crying out loud!!! 

I have learned to let it rule me...take me on its course...meander it's way through my life but for all the treasures and the wealth in the world I will not have it any other way...coz it's what has made me the person I AM today with it's sometimes gentle nudges, with its sharp ended whips or with its thunderous voice...my Divine has been animated :)