George when older members like u ask such questions, it unnerves me, i thought all the answers were known to you, thanks to ur research and books of Bruce Moen

yeh well just when i am about to be a believer, questions like these take the wind out of my sail...thanks george...im back to square one

Brain is the bidirectional interface of our consciousness (mind) with this body and physical reality. 

Brain damages limit the potential of our consciousness to interact and experience with this body/reality and may cause disturbance in our consciousness.   Damage in our consciousness (Fear, beliefs or traumatic event) cause damage to the brain.

Video game analogy is a good one... If the computer hardware is good, the experience with the video game is  great.   If it’s broken,  we may not experience the virtual reality properly. 

Hi george I would say that the brain and the mind are helping each other, as there both the same, as without the brain or it dies then the mind and the brain say goodbye to each other, as the mind goes to the spiritworld when we pass there.our mind just needs the brain in the physical world,my brain is now telling me that i probably got this wrong,but then again ,i cant get it right all the time.

Love and God bless  love juditha