Are mind and brain the same?

Mind and brain

Mind is not brain. Mind or mental body is a metaphysical part of the human being while brain is the physical part. Thoughts are formed in the mind and then transmitted to the brain. In return, data of the physical body and five senses are transmitted from the brain to the mind. Brain involves numerous antennas mostly in the cortex area. In other words, neurons in the brain are transmitters that send and receive data between mind and brain.

Brain is composed of electric circuits, but is it the electric circuit that makes decisions, chooses, contemplates, or falls in love? Is creativity the result of calculations of an electric system? This electric system requires an operator. Mind is the operator of the brain. Therefore, from this point of view, decisions are made in the mind and then transmitted to the brain to produce corresponding physical activities or sensations. To put it another way, brain translates decisions of the mind to the language of physics.

However, it is possible to induce different feelings directly by altering chemicals of the brain which is the method used in mainstream treatments of some mental disorders. That means by altering chemical compounds of the brain it is possible to make someone feel happy or sad.

Treatment of mental disorders

Since mind and brain are different, treatment of mental disorders should start from the mind and other immaterial components of the human rather than the brain. Hence, we can say that chemical imbalance of the brain is an effect of the disorder and not the cause of it. This can explain why taking medications in many mental disorders only temporarily alleviate symptoms, but as soon as the patient stops taking them, symptoms reappear. Because the source of the problem is not in the brain.

It is possible to directly deal with the source of the disorder in the mind and treat the problem from its root through holistic healing. Following the resolution of derangements in mind, its subsequent chemical imbalances in the brain and physical symptoms will also disappear.