The Mind is Brightened

The mind is brightened

By the light we seek

To become frightened

Our thoughts become bleak

Stimulate your mind

With prisms of pleasure

All the colors we find

Are the Earth's treasures

Pray for Truth filled with Light

For your greatest needs, confide

Humbly seek for light

Let the scriptures be your guide

There's light in goodness

There's light in love

There's light in meekness

There's God above

[Verse 1] The mind is brightened By the light we seek To become frightened Our thoughts become bleak [Verse 2] Stimulate your mind With prisms of pleasure All the colors we find Are the Earth's treasures [Chorus] Pray for truth filled with light For your greatest needs, confide Humbly seek for light Let the scriptures be your guide [Bridge] There's light in goodness There's light in love There's light in meekness There's God above [Chorus] Pray for truth filled with light For your greatest needs, confide Humbly seek for light Let the scriptures be your guide [Outro] There's light in goodness There's light in love There's light in meekness There's God above

The Brain Peaks Later in Life- Where Love Floods

Emotionally and cognitively,

The decision-making brain 

Will peak well into the fifties

As, for longevity, we train

Being conscientious 

Peaks, still, later in life

Into the seventies

For posterity's light

Leave what's bad behind

Repent, let the Light of Christ

Fill your mind and remind

Where love floods it can glow

[Verse 1] Emotionally and cognitively, the decision-making brain Will peak well into the fifties As, for longevity, we train [Pre-Chorus] Every season has its wisdom, every year can shape the way We can choose the work of becoming, one patient step each day [Chorus] Leave what's bad behind, repent, let the Light of Christ Fill your mind and remind: where love floods, it can glow Leave what's bad behind, let mercy make you new inside Where love floods, it can glow, and teach your heart to know [Verse 2] Being conscientious Peaks, still, later in life, Into the seventies, for posterity's light [Pre-Chorus] What we practice becomes a pathway, what we tend can rise and grow The hands that serve the ones who follow plant a future we may not know [Chorus] Leave what's bad behind, repent, let the Light of Christ Fill your mind and remind: where love floods, it can glow Leave what's bad behind, let mercy make you new inside Where love floods, it can glow, and teach your heart to know [Bridge] Not too late for a changed direction, not too late to mend and give Wisdom gathered, love in action— this is how the years can live [Final Chorus] Leave what's bad behind, repent, let the Light of Christ Fill your mind and remind: where love floods, it can glow Leave what's bad behind, let mercy make you new inside Where love floods, it can glow, and teach your heart to know [Outro] For posterity's light, we train, we turn, we grow Where love floods the mind, the living heart can glow

This is why you need leaders with some maturity.

https://m.economictimes.com/magazines/panache/your-brain-peaks-later-than-you-think-science-finds-the-right-age-when-mind-works-the-best/articleshow/124640846.cms?utm_source=email_pwa&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=socialsharebuttons

Set Aside The Analytical Will

Set aside the analytical will
And focus on altruism instead
Seek the charity of Christ and Feel
The love of God in your heart and head

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/what-believing-in-god-does-to-your-brain-a6950956.html

Dr Ben Carson | Creation Vs Evolution

Our brain can process one new fact every second perhaps for all eternity before we overload its capacity! Why?  Perhaps because we are in the image of God.

Creation in all its perfection
Inspires faith and much thought
What makes sense for life's explanation?
Within and without this must be sought

The fact that man with his unique brain
Are creators that manifest love
At its roots is a way to explain
We are of our Father above


Dr. Carson has plans to write
Organ of Species, A Refute to Evolution.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YPqq6fr2CF4
I love this comment on creation found at http://www.westernjournalism.com/when-ben-carson-came-under-attack-from-an-atheist-he-silenced-him-with-one-brilliant-line/

Michael Banton

I think the Dr is near the mark. In trying to keep it simple with my friends, I would just say that at no time in history is there any evidence of the building of an altar to God by a monkey or any of the other animal's God created. Nor do you see them expressing an awareness to explain their existence. Yet from all the people groups we see an acknowledgment of our existence and a spiritual characteristic that belongs to man alone. Blaise Pascal summed it up when he said " In every Human being there is a spiritual vacuum which can only be filled by God". We are made In God's image. He has given mankind an inbuilt spiritual nature and as such we are accountable to him to know good and an evil and the moral concepts which he governs his universe by. The fallen man is always looking backwards in history to disprove God, particularly the account of creation and the flood event but God is moving on with His timetable and we are now in the unique time of history the prophets spoke about and in particular the time period revealed to Daniel concerning his fellow kinsman i.e the Jews, for the purposes of God in bringing man to accountability involving the Ist and 2nd coming of Jesus. The missing week of years still to be accomplished regarding Israel and Christs return to confront the nations at his return is fully on the cards in our lifetime. Israel is always at the centre of man's grievances and the governments are arming themselves for a final showdown.We've had two world wars which have disenfranchised the nations and man's attempt to bring about peace and order through a man-made institution called The United Nations. The Gospel, the good news that God loves us and has opened the door inviting us to be reconciled to him through Christs redemptive work at his Ist coming is largely rejected. Yet man wants peace and love without God in their lives,the bible says to their own peril. I haven't mentioned about the created angel Lucifer, now called Satan due to his fall from office because of pride and his attempt to usurp God's rule in the universe and on Earth, and his activities down throughout history in trying to draw people away from God with his lies and dragging people to Hell which his destiny. CS lewis in his book The Screwtape Letters gives a wonderful if not humorous yet serious sight into what is going on. Anyway enough said. We all know the Gospels message through evangelism. Like the devil, it is only pride that keeps people from knowing the Savior of mankind, and God hates pride.

Neurogym

Release those burdens from your brain
That continually hold you back.
Write them down, disassociate that pain.
Let optimism get you on track.


crap board-  write down your worries, fears, doubts, weaknesses on a sheet of paper. Negative thoughts, emotions, conflicts, procrastination, resistance, anxieties, problems... The brain ruminates on them.  They hold you back from progress.  When you write it down the  brain doesn't have to remember all the "crap". Put the pessimistic thoughts on paper.

conflict
resistance
anxiety
problems

Now gaze at the paper
The very act disassociates you from them.  The brain disconnects
from it.  It doesn't have to dwell continually on it because it has been recorded.
Then, the right pre-frontal cortex is freed to let the
left problem solving frontal cortex help- (the optimist)
responds to motivations like a vision board-
This is a great way to achieve your goals.
As you feel inspired it stimulates the motivation centers of brain.

As stress tires
Record the pain.
Hope inspires.
Retrain your brain!

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It's good to have an abundant life
But a chaotic pace is not they way
The best resources to combat strife
Come from recharging throughout the day

A chaotic pace puts the brain in a state of stress. There is a lack of perspective- a nagging everyday chronic stress response system puts the brain in conservation mode.
When we dwell on external things: not enough resources (time, money, skill, energy, ) the brain gets hijacked.
When we have internal stressors: missed nutrients, lack of circulation from not getting things done and sitting too much, this is toxic for the brain= not thinking logically or creatively= not achieving life's goals/dreams!
Solution:
1. The brain is susceptible in morning- nourish it with positivity,
be grateful, read inspiring words, talk to a friend, do something funny
2. Manage stress throughout the day.  Take recharge breaks every hour:
 write, do deep breathing, aroma therapy, re-balance!
http://myneurogym.com/mym-vid1/

Potential

Look inside of the mind
Potential you will find
That lights through paths made there
As unique gifts to share

I love to see brain scans lit up with our thoughts and actions.

ADD/ADHD Study Aid V.2 | 'Focal Point' Pure Focus & Memory Retention | (...

White noise is relaxing
To soothe your thoughts for sleep
Though your day was taxing
Rem cycles can be deep



Doesn't this sound like a fan blowing through a waterfall?

The Hard Edges of Stress

The hard edges of stress
Are a struggle to process
Still... the quicker, the best
Cortisol levels attest

Did you know that boys and girls have different brains?  When under stress girls verbalize and talk it out and boys may hold it in- and not let go of /release the crisis causing cortisol levels. For this reason, boys may find it harder to focus at school when upset. They process things by using the lower part of the brain stem and go into fight (aggression) or flight (withdrawal). Girls, though they may get over it much quicker, are troubled by stress because they sense more. They process things by using the top of the brain to verbalize and reason over the crisis. Personality tends to effect this as some girls are not quick to talk things out and some boys can tune out stress. Reading: Boys and Girls Learn Differently
by Michael Gurian.

Open Your Mind

Open your mind
and remix things up
Of new thoughts to find
There is never enough

Watch your opponent
While being his best
And praise that moment
You will be blessed

Pray for your enemies
And those who abuse
A light on the hill sees
And sheds forth good news