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Mental Systems Theory

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Contents

Acknowledgements...........................................ixPreface....................................................xiIntroduction...............................................xiiiThe Mental System..........................................1Basic characteristics and interactions.....................1Laws of Interaction........................................10Conclusion.................................................71Glossary...................................................77About The Author...........................................85

Chapter One

BASIC CHARACTERISTICS AND INTERACTIONS

A system is an entity whose existence and operations are justified as a whole through the interaction of its parts. Following this definition, the mental system is an energy field of information whose existence and operations are justified as a whole through the interaction of the mental sensory system and the belief system.

All that is captured by the biological system of perception is then decoded by the brain in the form of electromagnetic waves. Those waves are then transmitted to the mental system.

This input received by the mental system is captured by the mental sensory subsystem whose function is to transform the electromagnetic waves into sensory images, through the auditory, visual, tactile, olfactory, gustatory, and sensitive subsystems.

The defining components of the mental sensory system are a reflection of the senses of the biological system of perception.

Biological perception is determined by the following senses: visual, auditory, tactile, gustatory, olfactory and sensitive.

The electromagnetic waves are captured by the mental sensory system, which transforms them into sensory impressions.

We shall illustrate these concepts with a simple example:

If we are in a room, facing a blue wall, where we can hear a dog barking, it's hot and we smell food, all that sensory data that we have captured is happening in our mind.

How is this possible? Those external stimuli (light, sound, temperature and smell) have been received by our biological sensory system. Then, this information, has been processed by our brain, and transmitted in the form of electromagnetic waves into the mental sensory system. All the sensory images that we have mentioned (the blue wall, the heat, etc.) are the emerging data of this process.

In short, all that we experience happens in our minds.

Those impressions, which are the emerging property of the mental sensory system, are sensory images with no linguistic meaning, and they are later transmitted to the belief system.

The belief system is an entity whose existence and operations are justified as a whole through the interaction of beliefs.

When sensory impressions enter the belief system, a series of automatic connections between beliefs occurs, resulting in an emerging interpretation. It is worth noting that in this theory the concepts of interpretation and thought are use as synonymous.

Beliefs are ideas that have a certain energetic charge and intensity and are firmly attached to the mind as truths.

Ideas are sensory images with a certain linguistic meaning, composed of one or more words that assume a logical grammatical sense.

Returning to the example, if I am in the same room and I hear a dog barking, when this sensory impression enters the belief system it gets a linguistic meaning and the interpretation emerges: "A dog is barking".

Interpretations are ideas that have a certain energetic charge and intensity which generate an emotional effect on the body system.

Emotions are physical sensations produced by the energetic charge contained in the interpretation.

Beliefs are linked within the belief system through the act of thinking. Through the act of thinking, mental energy is directed towards a set of beliefs that form a network. Interpretations emerge from this association between beliefs.

Beliefs that are energetically active are those that can affect the thinking process and hence the resulting interpretations.

But there is also a huge set of passive beliefs which are in a potential state and therefore they do not affect the thinking process or its resulting interpretation.

Let's continue with the example:

If my belief system receives the sensory impression of the bark, and my related active beliefs at the moment are: "I need to study now to pass the test", "I need to concentrate", "if I fail my exam I will fall behind with my studies", "if I fall behind with my studies, my family will be mad at me" and so on, the resulting interpretation of my belief system at that moment, may be: "There is a dog barking. It is ruining my study time. This is harmful for me".

We can suppose that this thought has a negative energetic charge of a certain intensity level, and that it is transmitted in the form of electromagnetic waves into the body system, which processes it and generates a corresponding negative emotion.

Laws of Interaction

As has been mentioned before, the act of thinking involves addressing the mental energy to one or more beliefs. Active beliefs are those to which the dynamics of thinking has given a certain amount of mental energy that makes it possible for them to affect the resulting interpretation.

But this does not mean that those beliefs that are activated in the process of thinking are the only ones that exist.

All belief systems are complete. All possible beliefs exist and they are present in the mental space. We only need to address the mental energy to activate them and take them out of their passive state.

The premise that holds that belief systems have all conceivable beliefs at this level of evolution (whether they are active or not), is called the law of completeness.

Let us illustrate it with our example:

Just as my belief system has all those active beliefs mentioned before ("I need to study now for the test", "I need to concentrate", etc.), it also has other positive passive beliefs that can lead to a positive interpretation, such as: "I have all the knowledge, the available time and the ability to pass my exams", "any environment is favorable to my study process".

In turn, other passive negative beliefs also co-exist and they can generate an interpretation even more negative than the original one, such as: "I will never pass the test", "my family thinks I'm a failure".

Although each belief system is complete, not all beliefs are affecting the thinking process. Those that are affecting it are considered active, and those that are not affecting it are considered passive.

The thinking process can be automatic or voluntary, generating a voluntary or an automatic interpretation, respectively, as an emergent property of the belief system.

An automatic thought is generated when an automatic link between beliefs occurs.

A voluntary thought is generated when a voluntary link between beliefs occurs.

The first type of thought is a reaction and the second type is a decided action guided by a purpose. The one who decides and guides the thinking process is our soul, what we are and will always be.

Continuing with our example:

If I let my automatic thinking process take place, the negative...