This is the nick name taken by one of my friends from college on a community website. i asked him what does he mean, because firstly the words by themselves can give a different meaning? Encephalitis is the inflammation of the brain. Penitentiary is a prison for criminals.

He said it means, " Man is the prisoner of his own mind" or "You are what you think" So I had the following questions for him, to which I am still awaiting a response!


If man is prisoner of his own mind then i have these questions -
Is the mind different from the man?
If not whose the prisoner and whose the imprisoned?
Or is it that all men are split personalities to some extent?
Does this split personality / constant dichotomy make us externalise our own actions, when convenient rather than take the responsibility or own up?
Also, is it not that man has achieved what he has only through flight of imagination? Then why call it a prison?
If its a prison, its also a white canvas - a world of endless, infinite potential and possibilities. So why the negative thought process of making it a thing which restricts only?