Could it be all in the mind?

Have you experienced this before?

You had a stomachache. Home and the nearest known toilet was quite far away. You knew you had to hold on. And the beautiful thing was that you did. When you reached home, you immediately headed for the toilet and it was just in time.

Or you were at an important meeting. The tummy said you had to go. The mind said no. You had to wait for the guy to finish so that all of you could put the idea to a vote. Your vote counted. It might make the difference. So you stayed on. The uncomfortable feeling subsided. About three quarter of an hour later, the meeting was over. You moved straight to the toilet just in time to empty the bowels.

What a relief! Saved you the unnecessary embarrassment of having to excuse yourself, all attention suddenly diverted to you, looking askance, probably wondering what you could be up to, to be so bold as to interrupt such an important discussion.

And then, there was the time when you were at home watching a movie on the television. The stomach began to complain. The discomfort and the rumbling continued. The toilet was near but it was the most thrilling part of the movie you’re at. You delay giving attention to the complaint. The waste threatens to exit. Unable to postpone attention to its threat, you ran towards toilet. Just before you reached the door, wet unpleasant drippings descent. Even as you pull down your jeans and sat on the bowl, you knew it was already too late.

What a mess! So near, yet far enough to cause you some inconvenience; cleaning up, washing, bathing and changing.

But then, how is it that it seldom if ever happens in the office or at some place where the toilet do not seem to be around. Have you ever thought about it? Perhaps not; probably because it’s such an unimportant thing.

Nevertheless, it’s one of those small insignificant matters which prove that our mind is a wondrous thing. It clearly shows the control our mind has over our body.

When we realise this, we no longer wonder at stories of yogis who could stay lightly clothed, if not nude, in the Himalayan Mountains. We no longer wonder at those who practice meditation and could get their bodies to levitate. And we no longer wonder how our mind is able to control our body so well as to be well disciplined; and those of weaker minds find discipline so hard to master. The mind controls our body.

That is another reason scientists and doctors find that placebo works just as well as the medicine which is believed to be in it. The mind believes it is the real thing, and the body accepts it as such. And so placebo works!Fantastic? Not if you understand the mind!