The human brain is just another organ like your kidney or liver, the sole mechanism of which is to coordinate the activities of all the other organs of perception and action. The mind is very much an organ with respect to the human biosystem, but it is non-localized (which means no scanning system like an Xray or a CT etc is gonna pinpoint the location of it). Some ancient spiritual texts like the Hindu Vedanta declare the location of the mind to be in a thumb sized region within the heart, somewhat near the left ventricle. This is why the heart is referred to most in spiritual definitions instead of the brain. Another fact is that the ego-consciousness of human beings which is the basis of all "I own this..." "I love you..." "I am..." statements is made with a actual pointing towards the subject's chest which is the location of the heart. It is a stated fact that ego-consciousness is a formulative of the mind. In the waking state or the dream state the mind is active so there is a consciousness of 'I' or the ego-consciousness but in the deep sleep state where there is no presence of mind, there is no ego-consciousness. Another theory is that the mind is non-localized as an energy field spread throughout the human biossystem. This energy field can in turn interact with energy fields of other biosystems forming a massive spread spectrum energy transfer mechanism leading to the well known theory that consciousness is a singular homogeneous system throughout the universe.
There are eleven organs in the human biosystem: five organs of perception (eyes, ears, nose, tongue and skin) and five organs of action(hands, legs, tongue, genitals and organ for excretion) and the eleventh being the mind because none of the other ten hold good without an active mind (in the case of a comatose patient); similarly the mind has no value without the action of the ten other organs (as in the case of paralysis). But the mind has a distinct advantage of being closest to consciousness, the modification of which can lead to higher states of consciousness. This is where psychedelics come into the picture.
The theory is that by rechanneling the energy given to the ten organs of perception and action, to the mind it can actively start a modification process. Psychedelics do exactly this by cutting off certain neurotransmitters which are supposed to 'awaken' either one of the organs of perception or action which leaves only the eleventh organ to take effect. Thus the explanation for most of the psychophysical phenomena encountered during a 'trip'.
However at a later stage psychedelics are not necessary, as the human biosystem can actively modify the mind by itself. The human biosystem is capable of producing psychedilcs like tryptamines and entheogens by itself. The pineal gland produces a chemical very similar to DMT and the serotonin neurotransmitter closely resembles the LSD molecule. Which goes to show that the mind is capable of transforming into higher modes of consciousness and it is not just a capability but an inherent characteristic which needs to be used by every human being to evolve. Because our evolutionary graph has peaked for the physical form, the next level is in the need for evolution of consciousness.
There are eleven organs in the human biosystem: five organs of perception (eyes, ears, nose, tongue and skin) and five organs of action(hands, legs, tongue, genitals and organ for excretion) and the eleventh being the mind because none of the other ten hold good without an active mind (in the case of a comatose patient); similarly the mind has no value without the action of the ten other organs (as in the case of paralysis). But the mind has a distinct advantage of being closest to consciousness, the modification of which can lead to higher states of consciousness. This is where psychedelics come into the picture.
The theory is that by rechanneling the energy given to the ten organs of perception and action, to the mind it can actively start a modification process. Psychedelics do exactly this by cutting off certain neurotransmitters which are supposed to 'awaken' either one of the organs of perception or action which leaves only the eleventh organ to take effect. Thus the explanation for most of the psychophysical phenomena encountered during a 'trip'.
However at a later stage psychedelics are not necessary, as the human biosystem can actively modify the mind by itself. The human biosystem is capable of producing psychedilcs like tryptamines and entheogens by itself. The pineal gland produces a chemical very similar to DMT and the serotonin neurotransmitter closely resembles the LSD molecule. Which goes to show that the mind is capable of transforming into higher modes of consciousness and it is not just a capability but an inherent characteristic which needs to be used by every human being to evolve. Because our evolutionary graph has peaked for the physical form, the next level is in the need for evolution of consciousness.
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