Talent (Continued)

I've been mulling yesterdays' post, and find it necessary to expand the concept of CNS co-processors (or software) that was outlined. As stated there, I view this concept, and all it implies, as of great importance, for co-processors are only the tip of the iceberg when exploring computer technology as a structural analog of our own mental functioning. However, it's critical to understand that no one ever has and no one ever will write the definitive lexicon of the function of any aspect of our mental or spiritual life. Therefore, I do not imply that if one does not have a clearly defined co-processor/talent that it is pointless to pursue that interest. History is rife with examples to the contrary. Why is that? Let me start with my own decision to attend medical school.

At some level I knew from the start that while I qualified academically to attend medical school I was not suited to that discipline. It was not a compelling interest, nor did I feel any special affinity for it. A number of courses such as physiology, lab sciences and so on were fascinating, but the overall discipline/profession of medicine did not resonate with what I was. Still, I stuck it out and practiced for a number of years both as a general physician and later as a psychiatrist. So, what's the point here?

The point is that the study and practice of medicine revolutionized my view and practice...of life. NOT as I was taught in school and residency--I never really became a physician in the truest sense--but as I EXPERIENCED the effects of dealing with people within those professions employing my true mindset, that of a wanderer in search of the domain of humanity. There was no going back to what I might have been absent the medical experience. Now I would never wish to go back, for the medical period of my life, in spite of its disappointments and frustrations, added tremendous depth and color to what I have become. Do you see the point I am making here? To one degree or another, we all see life darkly and especially when in our youth although paradoxically it is often just then that we are totally convinced or life's clarity of purpose. So we learn and are run or processed through life's crucible.

Referring back to yesterday's post again, recall that I stressed that although one might not have great music memory, hand coordination, etc., if music of whatever nature is in the heart and must be expressed to preserve the spirit then it should be pursued with all diligence until it bursts out in full flower. If you wish to sing but have no voice, then search out instrumental outlets. If that is not yours, then write music or about music. If you must, you must. Life is not easy. It wasn't meant to be. But we are all blessed with one type of co-processor or the other. None of us have been excluded or passed by.