Applying The Brain

INSIGHTS OF THE WISE which is available to the university research student of today. Almost all of them worked with far less equipment. For instance, Newton worked with Kerosene lamps, as electricity had yet to be discovered. Yet it was scientists such as these who established the bases of modern western Science. This principle thus applies to everyone. Whenever a person feels ill-equipped in terms of money or resources, they should strive to compensate by applying extra brain power, an ample substitute for all other shortcomings. Brain power, nature’s greatest gift to humankind, is so astonishing in its reach that there is no deficiency for which it cannot provide a remedy. Here is another instance of the power of the brain. Mr. Kamal Alig, who studied at Aligarh University from 1976 to 1981, gives us an example from his student days of how the brain can compensate for all shortcomings. It seems that in those days he was a chain smoker (he has now given up smoking) and was in the habit of going on smoking late into the night, when he was studying for examinations. One night, at midnight, he had a great urge to smoke, but he had run out of matches, and even the heater was not working. His urge to smoke went on increasing, and his mind remained preoccupied with this problem for half an hour. Finally, he managed to think of a way to save it. His room was lit by a 100 watt bulb, and he thought that if he