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1、MindovermatterReaderquestion:Whensomebodyis“describedas‘totallyoutofhisdepth’afterbeingPleaseexplain“mindovermatter”,asin:“Heplayedthroughmanyinjuries…Thisisatrueexampleofmindovermatter.”Mycomments:Haveyoueverheardsomeonesay“Backpainstartsatthebrain”?Orhaveyouhadanybackpainany
2、way?Ifyouhaven’t,allthemorepowertoyou.Inotherwords,luckyyoubutmostofusotheradults,whohavearegularjobwhichinvolvessittingatatableinfrontofacomputerscreenmusthavehaditatonetimeortheother.Bysaying“backpainstartsatthebrain”,then,theymeantosaytwothings.First,ifonestopsthinkingabout
3、howbackpain,especiallyifit’sgoneonforsometime,isgoingtomakeyourlifemiserableagaintoday,thenitseffectmaybecomelessenedorevennegligible.Second,theycanevenblockoutthepainbysheerwill.Thatis,iftheyarestrong-mindedenoughtofocustheirmindonthetaskathandandconcentrateongettingthejobdon
4、e.Attheendoftheday,theymayactuallyfeelasiftheirbackpainhadgoneaway.Anyways,inourexample,someoneplayingthroughinjuryisbeingdiscussedasanexampleofmindovermatter,usingone’swilltoenableoneselftoovercomephysicalpaincausedbyaninjury.Mindreferstoone’sfreewill.Matterreferstophysicalma
5、tter,hereourphysicalbody.Thebody,wheninjured,isinpain.However,ifthepainistoadegreemanageable,playersusetheirmindtoblockoutthepainandcontinuetoplay.Again,theydothatbyfocusingtheirfullattentiononthetaskathand,attryingtowinachampionship,forexample.It’snotthatthepaincausedbytheinj
6、urydisappears–itisstillthere–justthatit’sbeingignored.Iamsureyou’llnoticethissoonerorlater,butanytimeifourmindfocusonsomething,beitasmallillnessorafamilyissue,itgrows.Itgrowsandgrowstillitbecomessomethingdominatingourwholethoughtprocess,makingitimpossibleforustogetanythingelse
7、done.However,ontheotherhand,ifwe’resooccupiedwithsomethingelseimportantandmanagetoputthesaidillnessorfamilyasideforawhile,thenitbeginstodiminishinsizeandweight.And,thebestpartofitis,whenwecomebacktotheillnessorfamilyissuesometimelater,wemaysometimesfindthey’regone,like,complet
8、ely.Miraculouslygone,varnishedthroughthinair.Inotherwords,out
