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Why do we separate the mind and the body ? After all, mind is the part of the body. We often hear arguments like, you are not “rational”, not intelligent enough, not LOGICAL 😛 and they mock you too . People who say that are often confined in their heads and singularly focused towards one way of thinking – that being intelligent is the way to live. They forget the great intelligence that lies beneath the walnut – the body !
It is all connected – the head brain + the feeling brain + the instinctive brain Together they make THE BRAIN !! which is the entire body.
1. Head brain – is the rational thinking, the so called intelligence, the logic. It helps us to take rational/ logical decisions keeping in mind all the pros and cons, fears and doubts, 1-2-3, A-B-C. But this is just 5% of what the total capacity could be. Ann to add to that, humans are not utilizing 100% of that minimal 5% and we have spaceships and robots and stuff.
2. The feeling brain – is the emotional brain, the heart brain. It is associated with warm feelings – feelings of love, heartfelt gratitude, emotional decisions. Gets activated by Hugs !!:) Ever felt a hug from someone in the chest area ? ever felt tears building up from this area to your eyes ? It is a good 3/4th of the total brain.
3. The Instinctive brain – is the fight or flight brain ! it is the one that helps us face fears, take instinctive at the moment decisions, GUT feelings, sex drive, attraction to the opposite sex. Have you ever had a gut feeling but couldn’t explain it and then you took no action? This is because the instinctive brain produced that feeling in an instant and you tried to rationalize it by applying logic to that feeling. Once logic is applied you just sit and wonder what if…fuck logic !! Ever went to an adventure and did it ? this is because you did it in an instant, it was a fight and flight and you fought – this is the gut feeling – no time to think rationally – time to act !!
All three are related. As per the image below, the rational brain/head brain connects with the heart and the balls via the spinal cord. Therefore you feel your heart beating and a tingling at the back of the head when you see your crush. Therefore you get tears in your eyes when watching an emotional drama on tv and draw your hips in. It is all connected.
Therefore, we should have holistic development of children in schools from the start – right from the study part to the sports to the other co-curricular activities all these should be encouraged. Children should learn how to act upon their gut feelings, not to mention in a positive way and not in a degrading way like hitting a moving van with a stone :P, but the feel to choose to do what they love, what they are passionate about. If you block the gut feel, it would hamper the child’s holistic development
So if any parent/teacher/guardian declares a child unworthy because he/she cannot learn or cannot apply logic in maths, they are ignorant, show ’em this post 😛
PS : Rant courtesy Elliott Hulse
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