that the body needs water. It is only after this becomes a habit that the .
brain can accomplish the task with little help from the mind. This is why as .
older beings (older meaning not infant) we are capable of drinking water when .
we are thirsty without the conscious effort of the mind. .
The mind and the brain have a form of codependent relationship. It is .
the brain that uses the mind to process complicated ideas so it can direct the .
body. However useful the mind is at thinking it cannot do any more than that. .
The mind must draw from some outside source in order to function well, this .
outside source being the brain. The brain stores past memories as .
well as instructs the body. When the mind contemplates these superior ideas, it .
must draw from the brain's bank of experience and memories to come to some type .
of agreeable conclusion. When that conclusion is a form of physical activity, .
the mind still needs the brain to set forth the correct procedure for the .
conclusion to be carried out. When these actions become stored in the brain, .
the mind uses them as a prerequisite to make faster future decisions. .
The mind is perfect. It can not err. Error occurs only from the limited .
sources it draws from in the brain. The mind is correct in the assessment it .
makes when we consider the flawed resources it bases them on. In fact the .
human mind is equivalent to Descartes" idea of will when he compares it to .
God. It is not the will's fault that error is committed, but the lack of .
intellect.
The mind serves one function and one function only, and that is to .
think. This is the center point of a human being. Without a thinking mind the .
human being becomes an animal. The human being would only be capable of .
reacting to a situation. This would lead to irrational decision-making. An .
absence of a mind leads to no advancement within in the human species. Unable .
to learn from our past mistakes, we will be doomed to repeat them.
