God's Tiny Reflection: Neural-GPS

Let us return to the concept of God. It is my theory that the microtubule-structure is a map of the brain (the whole) in relation to the individual (the neuron). Imagine the brain from the point of view of the cell. This view would not be a detailed topography-map like the old folded road-maps of yesteryear. It would look more like the contemporary word-maps where those with the most weight appear larger and more prominent, while others with little significance are small and off to the side.

In effect, the structure of the microtubules comprises the cell's personal Bible. It's their frame of reference, their point of view, their manual of operation. The unique pattern of the microtubules are the cell's perception of reality, a kind of brain within the brain. Consider neural-plasticity. After injury, the brain has the ability to rewire itself. Uninjured parts take over for the injured. The dynamic nature of the microtubules account for this capacity to draw a new map, a new reality, and to begin to function in a new way.

Like the neurons of the brain, we are the individual parts of a larger organism called humanity. We must all choose our perception the way neurons construct their microtubules. Do we choose the rhetoric and ideas of others or do we choose the authentic reality of our individual lives? When we pollute our minds with lofty platitudes and fortified positions, we are like the diseased cell, harden with plaque, stricken with dementia, and unsure of its pattern. But the more clearly we see our position and function in the larger body of human potential the more we are like that nimble neuron, capable of filling in for a fallen soldier.

Whether God exists or not, meaning does. How we relate to the world is our personal orthodoxy, our individualized religion. When we confidently fire our sound into the complex web of history, we shift reality towards the wisdom of integrity. It may not seem like it but the future is counting on you, being you, just as you count on each neuron being its wonderful, unique, individual self. And like that healthy neuron, we must all be ready to redraw our map and redefine our reality as we sense the changing social-weather and readjust our position in this human network. After all, humanity is the living brain of this planet.