Have you ever thought about how many mental limitations you put on yourself? Have you seen the movie Lucy? How many things could we do if we were not limited by our thoughts?
I recently saw this film by director Luc Besson. Lucy is a normal girl who is used as a “mule” to transport a drug called CPH4. The substance that mothers supposedly secrete during pregnancy and gives the fetus the necessary energy (you will understand, a lot) to develop all of its organs.
But Lucy takes a beating and the drug inside her spreads throughout her body.
From this moment on, and based on the premise that humans only use 10% of our brain capacity, Lucy gradually acquires more and more mental powers until she reaches unsuspected limits.
Obviously, this is a science fiction film and, they say, the premise that humans only use 10% of our brain capacity is false.
Now, after watching the film, I asked myself several questions. The first; It is scientifically proven that we only use this 10%, however, why are there people who can perform mathematical operations extremely quickly? Why do others at 2 years old already speak 3 languages? Or why are there extremely intuitive people who, as it appears in the film, are able to know if a person is very close to them or know how to read body language perfectly?
I do not doubt that the premise is false, that is, that we always use 100% of our brain capacity. Now, what I do question is the diversity of intellectual and emotional capacities existing in the population. Perhaps it is not a quantitative variable, perhaps it is more of a qualitative variable or the speed at which neuronal connections are executed.
In any case, watching the movie, I couldn’t help but remember The Matrix. As you know, the Matrix highlighted the myth of the cave and the possibility that there are more realities different from ours. On the other hand, we also know numerous examples of truths contextualized in historical moments and later refuted (for example, the Earth was flat for many years).
In short, it is important not to believe everything that is presented to us; It is important to develop a high critical sense, but even more important is not to forge non-existent walls between our possibilities as rational and emotional beings.
I don’t mean that we can become Lucy, that we have superpowers or that we can develop telepathy. What I mean is that the imaginary walls we build and the absolute truths we affirm often limit our abilities.
I have seen people completely sunk who believed they could not rebuild their lives, I have seen companies and organizations collapsed due to systemic conflicts, I have seen students unmotivated and resigned to their jobs. But I have also seen many positive transformations from all of these situations. And they all have something in common: believing in each person’s possibilities.
When we believe in ourselves, in our possibilities, surely we will not be able to be like Lucy, but… we will surely be able to be what we want to be. And that’s already a lot, right?
