Mind as a mirror

I have previously asserted that one could consider the mind to be a reflective mirror. Just as the shape of the mirror can alter the reflection of the object stood in front of it, a mind can represent the reality in ‘altered’ in ways and manners that are different from the real reality! This reflective mirror is really our memories, memories of things that we have learnt, things we have come to expect as the ‘norm’, expectations, ideals, etc. As such mind can only represent to itself phenomena that are currently happening or have happened in the past. It cannot represent phenomena that will happen in the future although it can make predictions based upon past experiences and as weather prediction has shown these can be correct often; the shorter the time-frame the better the prediction. However, we cannot predict how our days will unfold despite making all the plans for a particular day to unfold in a particular way. The predictions that we make are only if these will be assured repetition of what is or has been. Finally, mind creates the sense of time and space. By a dynamic and mobile extension of events and their succession, the illusion of time and its passage is created. Imagine being a snail for a moment. Whilst the human eyes have the capacity of viewing 24 frames of still images in a second such that there is a illusion of continuity, the snail’s capacity is 3 images per second. Just as something that is moving at a rate of thousands of frames per second will give the impression of a blur or in other words of considerable speed of movement, an apple rapidly removed from the view of a snail will give it the impression of a magician trick. The apple will simply disappear for the snail. It is similar to all those who claim to have viewed UFO’s and stated that these objects moved so rapidly so as to be present one moment and disappear the next. Time is such instances either stands still or seems to have been speeded up exponentially. As such it is the rate of information processing of our minds and the perception that things happen in a succession that gives us the feeling of time passing. Similarly, mind gives the impression of space. This occurs due to matter and its divisibility and the stable extension of the divided matter into a succession of events. In other words, with the beginning of a concept of time, a feature that is due to the limitation of our minds, the concept of space is created.