When we talk about knowledge, we often believe that among
differences of human being is the level of knowledge in regards to their brain
capasity and capability. Actually, our brain capability ARE THE SAME
in general (except for medical conditions)'The only difference is the set of
our neural network pattern. Hmmm... I'll explain. I am intrigue to share about
the brain because its the core of our physical life. another Hmmm... I'll
explain as well. The key in attaining peace is to use the brain to come out
with series of output in serving our heart. Keep "hmmm"ing... In the
other hands, our brain is the key for others if they want to keep us away from
the truth. Hmmmm... again. and why they want to do that? long hmmm.... and what
we need to do? hmmm... Insyaallah, I may shed some light into your hmmm...
I was born in an average family which Islam being our
foundation of living. We practice Islam as how our ancestors taught us. To be
honest, I follow the way of life of a "muslim" even without knowing
the truth. Until there was sometimes back where I start questioning on the path
I walked. Where does it head to? Seriously, I dont know back then. My move
forward action is just to live as how other lives, yet I feel like missing
something. The riddles kept tangling inside my brain yet I kept it within my
silence as everytime I asked, negative reactions been smashed unto me. The
simple, one answer that I always got was "Don't ever question about your
faith, as you shall become a disbeliever, in the hell u should end". This
is what Sam Harris is talking about, a "no entry" sign towards
reasoning and thinking.
My father (may he rest in peace) had once taught me on how
to be excellent in academic, in getting the knowledge. This was the point in my
life where it significantly develop me as who I am now. As a
preparation for my academic assesment, he told me that to understand what you
learn is to find the similarities between subjects of study. I didnt get it at
first. How come mathematics, history and Syar'iah (Islamic Law) study has
similarities? Nevertheless, I tried and guest what, It was beyond words, I did
not only find the relations, I now accessing a new world of knowledge which
everything is connected and the best of all is, it clears my path towards
knowing my purpose as human, peace. its so wonderful. It's worth the universe
to buy this great feeling (and you know that universe is infinite, right? think
about it). Expressing my feelings is beyond words, its hard for me to
ilustrate what I am going through in pictures or words... Ok, keep it simple, I
will start with sharing on how our brain works.
The brain is a set of neural networks which existed with the
interconnection of neurons, a particle or cell which means nothing alone at
first, yet became very important when it interconnected with other neuron. Get
it? I strongly suggest you to complement this article with research of your own
for better understanding. God willing, I'll try to put it simplest way I can.
An input shall triggers this neuron to be connected in
creating a perception. Our input devices is our senses. What we read, see,
hear, taste, touch shall send a signal to this neurons to start working, get
connected and create perception. This shall later be the core or the center of
control of our actions (output). I will further explain by telling you below on
how brain works, item by item for better understanding, and the graphic below
may gives you some enlightment to it.
1. Input (circle of input neural pattern)
Each time we use our senses, it shall triggers numbers of
neurons in our brain to connect and creates a pattern. This is a kind of data
which we call knowledge that creates experience. This experience alone is
enough for us to create an assumption (a belief that needs further analysis by
getting more and more data). Here is the beauty, our experience can be strengthen,
from the experience to become a perception by further analysis of new sets of
data. The more we collect the data (the knowledge) the more stronger it became
and creates an idea or theory which later will directly affected our judgement
in causing an output (action). As we start translating the idea to our
practices, no doubt it will became an input to us back and off course to
others. The more brains reacts to the same idea (the same neural network
pattern), it will become a fenomena. Once more, I suggest you to research
further.
Let me explain it in an example: Slapping own face for most
of us is a moronic yet insane act. (forgive my words). But why, some tribes/groups
do more than just slapping to their face and punishing their body as a ritual?
it simple, they have gone through the brain process as explained earlier.
First, they look at others who are doing it (creating experience), plus
listening to the idea that doing that is good (creating perception) noticing
the influence of others who been praised for doing that (building it to idea),
and having an occassion which the whole society is accepting it (it became a
fenomena). The question about it is good or bad, right or wrong, is another
story which I am surely will share in another topic, Insyaallah.
2. Processing (Strengthening the idea) and output (actions
and practices)
As described above, the experience shall be strengthen with
one word, REPETITION. repeating the trigger point of the idea which came from
our neural network's pattern, will further strengthen its connectivity which we
are able to strongly put it in our acception or rejection region of idea. I
wont explain long on this as it is really simple to understand. Remember the
first paragraph of this article, where I use a lot of "hmmm". Read it
back and I can assure you, that you will start "hmmm"ing with your
mouth or just in your mind. It really works no matter how the input shall look
like, a direct message, indirect or even subliminal messages.
This is how we have been "mind-controlled" by
others. Let us think, for my fellow
Muslim, do you really need a prayer mat to perform your solah? Does it really
matters if you hang a selected phrase from the Quran as decorations in your
house, yet you didnt read the Quran each day and treasure the knowledge in it?
Does the separate terms of knowledge of dunya and knowledge for akhirah exist,
or there is only one big knowledge? for my fellow Christians; Does wearing the
hijab for women only good for women priests? Did Jesus asked us to decorate
tree on his birthday? Does the cross is really a symbol of the teaching of
Jesus? All of these are ideas comes from repetitions of the brain practices and
creates a belief. I didnt say its wrong, its for you to decide, which actually
"someone" had given us the guide on how to decide on this which I
shall share on another big article.
This is the same thing which happens when we memorise
things. By understanding and further strengthen it with repetition. The method
uses by Muhammad so that he and his friends able to memorize the Quran, word by
word. Understand it first and later followed by repetitions, wheather reciting
it, sharing it as well as practising the knowledge daily.
The same concept also had been used by succesful marketeers
in selling their products. I share my experience, I use colgate (allow me) as my toothpaste. Do you want to know why? because my
mother uses colgate for our house since I was a kid, with frequent
advertisement in TV, plus 7 out of 10 of my friend's house uses the same brand,
not forgetting the billboards, posters etc, guess what, when I am in a
supermarket, even out of my full awareness, I take colgate into my basket...
This is due to the strength of the idea are so good, due to
the sturdy connection or network pattern involving certain neurons, when we
want to process it into output, no need for high activity level of the neurons
to produce back the experience. In other words, the same process happened yet in a much and much more faster than normal.
3. Acceptant and rejection of idea
How we accept and reject thing is simple to understand if
you understand now the creation of neural network patterns. Its okay, let's
recap as well. an idea is created when there are set of neurons connected
(Let's say A and B). If there is another neuron been triggerd by another
action/input (neuron C) in needing to complement the set of A & B, this
shall take is into a dilemma, as it now became ABC. If the AB is so strong, the
ABC is wrong as we only accept AB but if we strengthen the idea of ABC, it can
make the other way around. The main point is, our perceptions shall be treated
in binary mode, either 1 or 0, accepting or rejecting. I dont know if this is
the way of explaining it, research more my friend, we do this together. One
word is certain, by our brain alone, with all other stimulus taken into
account, we cannot decide which is right or wrong, only wheather we want to
accept it or reject it.
As of now, the journey is just a step ahead from the door,
more and more to be explored and shared with all of you. Keep researching for
more (I repeat this again to trigger your brain to do it). As you may notice, I
didnt put any citation or quotation in this article, intentionally for you to
explore yourselves from where this knowledge came from or to confirm on certain
point.
Let me once more remind you, this journey is purely to find
peace for all of us, the ultimate solution on for humanity.
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