mind against mind

"There was the controversy in my heart, a controversy about myself against myself" (p. 158).

When i saw this quotation at first I viewed it as the class a person that struggles with himself, in order to figure out the best decision to make in a given situation. However, through psychology I have learned that there are different sections of the brain that relay different responses to a given situation. I think this issue plays a large role in the process of becoming a christian. I think it would have made the situation more understanding to Augustine if he did in fact know that it was something natural to have completely different thoughts about a situation. But, when he realizes that he wants to sacrifice his past pleasures to follow God, he does so whole heartily.