| He read my mind perfectly. Walking into the | | | | language! On 9/11, al-Qaeda mocked our reliance |
| kitchen, I said, "Vladimir, I need your help." He | | | | on the human language. At the airports, al-Qaeda |
| replied, "Okay, coming." Vladimir followed me | | | | hijackers said, or didn't say certain words and |
| down the long hallway at the children's Day Care | | | | passed security check points to commit dreadful |
| building where we work. We spoke no words. | | | | attacks on American land. |
| Vladimir stopped to get a mop and bucket out of | | | | The human reaction to our "not knowing an |
| the closet. We continued walking another 70' and | | | | enemy when it is standing in front of us", was to |
| turned a corner. Here on the floor was a mess of | | | | heftily notch up security measures in airports. The |
| spilled milk. Vladimir, with the intent to help, | | | | Transportation Security Administration (TSA) |
| shooed me away and uncomplainingly began | | | | systematically implemented x-ray machines and |
| mopping up the spilled milk. | | | | detectors in all airports. I saw these inventions as |
| Vladimir knew exactly what was in my mind even | | | | temporarily giving us more time to develop our |
| though it was physically impossible for him to see, | | | | Mind-reading skills, or, as providing us with a |
| or hear, the gallon of milk spill one minute ago. | | | | superficial sense of security. The use of inventions |
| And, it isn't as though I spill milk on a regular basis. | | | | is optional, but the reliance on knowingness is |
| I don't. In fact, the entire time Vladimir and I have | | | | mandatory. Otherwise... |
| worked together, he has never had to mop up | | | | Christmas Day, 2009, alleged bomber, Umar |
| spilled milk. | | | | Farouk Abdulmutallab, manages to get through |
| Vladimir and I are developing the skill to read | | | | the airport security machines, undetected, with a |
| minds. Mainly out of necessity. | | | | bomb of mass destruction hidden in his |
| I speak English. Vladimir speaks Russian, plus a | | | | underpants on Christmas Day. Abdulmutallab |
| modicum of English. His grasp on the English | | | | boards a plane heading for Detroit. Thankfully, |
| language is either laughable or infuriating. As | | | | human inventions are unreliable, because, before |
| co-workers, I've learned to keep quiet especially | | | | the plane landed in Detroit, the bomb's detonation |
| when urgent business is required. I'm quiet | | | | went afoul. Passengers were safe. Abdulmutallab |
| because Vladimir annoys me beyond words with | | | | was arrested. |
| his self-satisfied belief that we have practical | | | | In retrospect, Abdulmutallab's father came closest |
| conversations. We don't. When words are | | | | to reading his son's negatively inclined behavior. He |
| involved, his misunderstanding of the English | | | | even warned authorities. The father did not need |
| language gets irksome and our job productivity | | | | a fMRI scanner or a WeCU device. He knew his |
| plummets. Therefore, silence is the best option. | | | | son's expectations were not in line with the |
| Fortunately, Vladimir makes effort not to assume | | | | thoughts of Mind knowing goodness and life. |
| I'm angry. We then practice improving our | | | | Inventions only pick up on trained behavior and |
| mind-reading skill because Vladimir has | | | | the past, both of which are quite fickle. How |
| acknowledged the probability of knowingness. | | | | many times have I contemplated bad thoughts |
| Knowingness results from reading the all-knowing | | | | and not acted on them? Many fewer times now |
| Mind greater than our human minds. Familiarity | | | | than 10 years ago! I am learning to consciously |
| with the All-knowing allows people to perceive | | | | think before acting, even if my brain is triggering |
| essential facts that lead to helpful responses. This | | | | every which way. From Scientific American," In |
| differs from the telepathic mind-readers who only | | | | the end, what the fMRI scanner is picking up is a |
| read human imprints and memories and who | | | | very noisy, indirect measure of neural activity, |
| exhibit an aura of mystery. Although I have yet | | | | and this creates inherent limits on what's possible. |
| to meet a person who has not experienced in | | | | ( |
| some degree the phenomenon of mind-reading, | | | | The physical sciences lack substantial evidence |
| the skill needs fine tuning. | | | | that the brain is the ultimate decision maker. |
| In the effort to understand mind-reading better, | | | | While, Mind-science is accumulating a fine |
| human beings invent brain scanners and high-tech | | | | repertoire of proof-personal and collective-that |
| machines that can read body language and brain | | | | human beings are developing the skill of |
| reactions. However, my rule of thumb is: The use | | | | knowingness. The use of human inventions is |
| of human invention is optional, but the reliance on | | | | giving new observations that change my |
| knowingness is mandatory. Basically, human | | | | convictions. I no longer believe mind is in the brain. |
| inventions can't detect Mind, and are known to be | | | | I know the brain is an object in mind. It is |
| unreliable. We can't even rely on the invention of | | | | mandatory I get to know the All-knowing better! |