"An idle mind is the devil’s workshop” is a widely used proverb. It plays the role of a hopeful catalyst to the one who has to hear about it.
However, thrusting oneself into a host of situations that would stimulate our brain into being busy can sometimes prove inefficient.
On a cold day, a car is often started up and left idle to regain itself from a shutdown, cold state to an active state of operation. The human mind is similar in that it is sometimes good to let the brain idle, gather our thoughts, and reflect upon our actions rather than surging forward by keeping it cluttered with work.
Neuroscientists and brain imaging specialists have run various tests, and their findings were quite interesting.
According to them, resting activity could be helping to better prime the brain to respond to future stimuli, or to maintain relationships between areas that often work together to perform tasks. It may even consolidate memories or information absorbed during normal activity.
The brain is always at work and while we constantly fill it up with new information, it could be possible that an idle mind can give better clarity, calmer thinking, and sound decision-making.
Just like the car ready to go after a gentle idle, our brain might also deserve that idle every once in a while to collect itself and be in the best possible state to operate!
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