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Dhamma 101 Page 5

We can look at our body as a system.
It has inputs,
a central processing unit (CPU),
and resulting outputs.
We can compare our body to a computer:
The computer takes in things from the CD-drive,
the floppy drive,
and perhaps from the "web" via the telephone line.
It processes the information using the CPU and the memory.
It then outputs the results on the monitor screen,
prints them out or
stores on the hard disk for future use.
Then there are the viruses...
If we let them in to our computers,
they will cause irreparable damage and
may even cause total system failure.

The body has five inputs:
                                    sight,
                                            sound,
                                                    taste,
                                                            smell , and
                                                                            touch .

There are five organs that facilitate these inputs:
                                                                        eyes,
                                                                                ears,
                                                                                        tongue,
                                                                                                    nose , and
                                                                                                                    the skin .

These organs are only intelligent enough to sense what they are supposed to: They are not intelligent enough to analyze them or to filter them. So they dump all and whatever information they gather onto the brain. The brain is an organ. The mind is our CPU and it is responsible to analyze the information dumped on to the brain. Just like a trained athlete who knows exactly how to execute a flawless play, the trained mind will filter out and ignore all useless information and gather, process useful information. However, the untrained mind will try to analyze all the information with equal importance and get into trouble.

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