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Brain 1 – the lowest and earliest brain – is the Reptilian Brain: the brainstem and cerebellum.
Brain 2 – the second evolutionary stratum – is the ancient Mammalian Brain: the limbic system.
Brain 3 – the human layer – is the neo Mammalian Brain: the neocortex.
Although all of the brains are interconnected by nerves (hence can communicate with each other) they often seem to operate autonomously as separate brain systems with their own distinctive capacities.
In colloquial terms, a human being is like a crocodile (reptilian brainstem), a horse (limbic system) and a computer (neocortex) all lashed together...with almost comical consequences in many cases (or should that be tragic?).
The crocodile part of us deals with the basic survival, instinctive and reproductive functions: the four Fs – feeding and fucking, fight or flight. (This is the level to which men typically sink after a few drinks.)
That’s all that crocodiles do with their tiny, pea-sized brains: they fight and feed; they flee if necessary; they reproduce. Otherwise, they’re just waiting and watching. Paul MacLean wrote, “It is very difficult to imagine a lonelier and more emotionally empty being than a crocodile”. (Yup, sounds like a lot of men!)
The horse part deals with a higher F – “feelings”. This is the level women typically operate at.
The computer part is where our reason resides. This is the level of the philosophers, scientists and mathematicians.
In terms of characters from the original Star Trek, we might say that the most primitive part of our brain is our inner Captain Kirk, the emotional part our inner Dr McCoy and the computer part our inner Mr Spock.
In Freudian terms, the id corresponds to the crocodile brain, the ego to the horse brain and the superego to the computer brain.
Most men don’t get much beyond the id/crocodile level of existence. They are the knuckle-dragging Neanderthals who spend the years watching every sequel of Fast and Furious up to F & F 500!
Few of humanity rise to the world of reason and consciousness powered by the logic circuits of the computer brain. This highest arena is uniquely human – no other animals have an onboard computer – and the irony is that few humans know how to operate it. They are whizz-kids at using iPhones, but they are clueless about using their own brains properly. They mostly use brains 1 and 2 and rarely trouble brain 3. It lies dormant and dusty in most people, like some never-visited library containing all the knowledge of the cosmos. In fact, many men struggle to use anything more than the crocodile brain. Their minds are preoccupied with fucking, fighting and feasting – like the Vikings.
The computer brain, sadly, does not dominate the lower brains. The limbic system – the seat of the emotions – usually hijacks the higher mental functions i.e. reason is put to the service of the emotions rather than the emotions being in the service of reason. In times of great stress or sexual excitement, the crocodile takes charge of everything and humans become reptiles operating at the basic instinctive level.
With this model of the brain, it becomes easy to see why humanity struggles to reach its potential. Most people are stuck at the level of crocodile or horse, and can’t raise themselves to the godlike, rational level of the internal supercomputer. The attainment of gnosis requires the highest brain working at full capacity.
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