Ben Greenfield explores whether the brain works like an orchestra or supercomputer, processing hidden information that might unlock abilities like telepathy and teleportation. He connects this to spiritual beliefs about being made in God's image and suggests we're using only a fraction of our potential.
Hey.
So your brain is like an orchestra or a supercomputer. This intricate orchestra inside your brain constantly hums in the background, acting as a supercomputer more complex than you could ever comprehend. You were probably built to teleport, to telepathically communicate, to generate sound waves far beyond mere speech with your tongue, to distance heal, to send photons of light and energy bursting forth from your hands upon everything that you touch. After all, you were created in the image of a deity God. So when you listen to one single song or you go on a hike in the sunshine, your brain can decode and interpret millions and millions of miles of wavelengths and particles and photons. And you cannot even begin to comprehend what's going on inside your head as your fully conscious driver sits there atop a massive subconscious elephant. On any given day, your conscious mind probably has no clue what's bubbling below the surface. So let me ask you this. What are you gonna do with that.
Power inside your head?
What do you think it'll be like when we humans are allowed to unleash.
Our full potential, which I truly believe will happen in our afterlife?
But we're sitting on that potential right now.
We just don't even know what's underneath the hood. When we get to heaven, I think it's very likely that the hood of the car will open, and then the real party will begin. In the meantime, it's interesting to think about how much power is inside there that, yeah, you may someday be able to tap into fully. But right now, you could probably tap into it just a little bit more. What do you think?
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