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Mind over matter Reader question:When somebody is “described as ‘totally out of his depth’ after being Please explain “mind over matter”, as in: “He played through many injuries… This is a true example of mind over matter.” My comments: Have you ever heard someone say “Back pain starts at the brain”? Or have you had any back pain anyway? If you haven’t, all the more power to you. In other words, lucky you but most of us other adults, who have a regular job which involves sitting at a table in front of a computer screen must have had it at one time or the other. By saying “back pain starts at the brain”, then, they mean to say two things. First, if one stops thinking about how back pain, especially if it’s gone on for some time, is going to make your life miserable again today, then its effect may become lessened or even negligible.adj.可以忽略的;?微不足道的;?无足轻重的;?不足轻重; Second, they can even block out the pain by sheer will（sheer [英][???(r)][美][??r] v.（使）偏航，（使）转向;? adv.完全地，全然;?垂直地，陡峭地;? n.舷弧;?单锚系泊的船位;?偏离的方向;?船体型线;? adj.完全的，全然的;?极薄的;?几乎垂直地，陡峭的;?绝对的;? ）. That is, if they are strong-minded enough to focus their mind on the task at hand and concentrate on getting the job done. At the end of the day, they may actually feel as if their back pain had gone away. Anyways, in our example, someone playing through injury is being discussed as an example of mind over matter, using one’s will to enable oneself to overcome physical pain caused by an injury. Mind refers to one’s free will. Matter refers to physical matter, here our physical body. The body, when injured, is in pain. However, if the pain is to a degree manageable, players use their mind to block out the pain and continue to play. Again, they do that by focusing their full attention on the task at hand, at trying to win a championship, for example. It’s not that the pain caused by the injury disappears – it is still there – just that it’s being ignored. I am sure you’ll notice this sooner or later, but any time if our mind fo