We have, as a society, grown to ignore virtual mind. It has been overcome and overpowered by orthodoxy, which is basis of physical brain---standard processing of standard information. The orthodox methods limit us as greatest amount of information is limited by person with least amount of knowledge. In this view, it is ourselves that is person with least knowledge because we are limiting our access to vast amount of information available to us.

Many have come to accept idea of virtual mind in religious terms. That which is not physically understood is taken as a "miracle" or as an understanding of "faith". However, to truly grasp and take hold of realities of life, one must move from elements of faith to that of knowledge. Knowledge of ourselves, Universe around us, and interaction gives us power to understand and control our lives.

--- The Doomsday Device ---

Without virtual self, left to its own recognizance, physical brain creates its own "dynamic structures". But, these structures are merely replications of what is already there. When one "lives inside their own head" they tend to generate their own ideas. Such generation is a downward spiral because physical brain is focusing and processing "itself". In this case, we end up poking holes in our own existence because mind is seeking resolution and solutions for itself.

By creating its own structures, it defines resolutions that actually require problems or issues to create "cause" for "effect" or solution. As such, our brain tells us to go out and seek a problem to which it can apply its solution. This is, as grandma called it, "idle hands". I believe it was "idle hands are devil's playground".

In both of these cases, self-flatulation and search for chaos, physical brain is seeking information and issues for those solutions that it's created within its own realm. This occurs when we cut off information given to use by virtual self. It literally creates a doomsday device, or a self-destructive situation, in which we cannot move forward, cannot move back, and simply exist in a situation of pure chaos.

--- What's next? ---

Essentially, you need to hang a sign on your brain that states "Authorized Personnel Only". We are not smart enough to go into a closed off brain and create something forward moving. The brain, alone and cut off, can create most tumultuous chaos out of, literally, nothing at all. However, it is in our virtual mind that we can interact and grow to acquire information we need to move forward in our lives.

The virtual mind is that part of us that gives us power, knowledge, and ability to move forward in physical life. The physical realm is never satisfied and is only bent on survival. It is virtual mind, soul that is easily fulfilled and is bent on life, love, and happiness. Let it come to surface once in a while. Distract your conscious mind and let your brain have a piece of a "souler vacation" from time to time. Not only will it allow you to acquire knowledge you seek, but it will also allow your virtual mind to help you resolve and move forward in your physical life.

I think that I recall John Milton, in "Paradise Lost", saying "The mind is its own place and in itself can make a heaven of hell and hell of heaven." Bravo!

--- About Author ---

Edward B. Toupin, Ph.D. is an author, publisher, life-strategy coach, counselor, Reiki Master, and technical writer living in Las Vegas, NV. His research focus is on cognitive transformations, epistemology, and metaphysical topics. His experiences have spawned a new series of articles and a book project entitled "Dynamics of Life" that peers into hidden recesses of our physical and spiritual interactions.

For more information, and to find out about his upcoming books, e-mail publish@toupin.com or visit http://www.make-life-great.com or http://www.life-vision-imagineering.com!