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Many books has been written on how to form a new habits and how important it is in order to be productive and successful. It is an easy concept that most people intellectually understand.
The issue might come up when we try to form a habit, so it becomes our second nature. Ideally we can rewire our brain in a way that new habits will support us instead of. In reality it is not that easy. You can still form a habit, but is that habit is the most effective habit possible for you?
What do you think is the most important resource we have to enjoy life and be productive and successful?
It is our energy. In a way we are energy. If we have high level of energy we can sustain high pressure, stress , conflicts and stay positive and optimistic.
Mental energy is highly consuming because of countless connections between neurons in our brain. Each thought can fire millions and millions of neurons. And all that takes energy.
We as humans suppose to have high level of energy by design. It is the case if we live and stay close to natural resources. In that case our energy(vibration) is in sync with natural environment. Most of us live in cities where we lost our natural intuitive abilities. Civilization structured in such a way that something or someone consistently drains our energy. What drains us energy the most?
It is the inner conflict between our different brains.
Brain Theory
In the 1960’s Dr. Paul MacLean at the National Institute for Mental Health, expanding on the work of James Papez, described a three part concentric layering structure to the human brain.
The outermost layer is the neomammilian brain (Mammalian Brain), the neocortex which is the seat of thought and most voluntary movement.
The next layer inward is the paleomamalian brain, composed of the limbic system, the seat of our emotions and autonomic nervous system.
In the innermost portion is found the reptilian brain, composed of the brain stem, midbrain, basal ganglia and other structures.
Each brain serves different functions with some overlap, but what Dr.MacLean postulates is that the integration, or coordination between the brains is inadequate, a genetic problem in our species.
All three of these brains interact with each other to make up what and how we think, consciously and subconsciously. They can act in a contradictory or complimentary manner to one another leading to spectacular or terrible results. But it takes all three to make us what we are.
You can think about relationship between those brains as heart body mind relationship or mental physical emotional relationship.
The mind, or neocortex, is the part of ourselves we most often think of as who we are. It perceives itself in the head, and it is the part of us that forms judgments, handles short term memory, and does abstractions like mathematics.
The heart is the limbic system in the brain, yet perceives itself in the chest, probably because this is the area of its primary biological responsibility and sensory awareness. It allows us to feel emotions, and be either positively or negatively emotionally aware of the presence of others.
The body consciousness is composed of the tissues at the base of our skulls, and probably other distributed systems in our body. It experiences itself in the lower belly, its area of major biological function. This brain gives us a sense of time and our ability to feel sexuality. We communicate with this brain when we do dowsing or muscle testing.
What does all this mean to you?
Each of our 3 brains is independent. You may see how those 3 brains can be in conflict. For example imagine that you like to eat chocolate. You physical part of you (action) wants it badly. Intellectual part of you (thoughts) understands that it might not be the right choice at the moment and it is better not to eat chocolate right now because of weight benefit. Emotional part of you (emotions) might bring different feelings of guild because of this act.
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