The brain function of abstraction is one of the cognitive functions are believed to work in
conjunction with many other neural processes to create your belief systems
(among other things). Abstraction acts as a doorway between direct perception
and consciousness, for humans depend on concepts, labels, and words to shape
their awareness. This is problematic when it comes to spiritual matters, which,
by definition, refer to realms that have no physical reality. Newberg points
out that young children can form categories for concrete objects, but they have
enormous difficulties with abstract concepts such as freedom, fairness, right
and wrong, or God. The brain transforms reality into abstract categories and
labels, and these labels are intangible beliefs, assumptions about a world that
cannot be directly perceived. In this sense, labels, beliefs, and reality are
one and the same. If an ability to abstract is lost, the individual likely will
end up living in a state of perpetual confusion, unable to navigate in the
world, and unable to form beliefs.
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