THE THREE BRAIN LAYERS
ONE MUST KNOW THE FUNCTIONS

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NOT OPTIONAL, IF YOU WANT TRUE HAPPINESS

If you want to run your life for true happiness, you absolutely must know how the parts of your brain work and how you can work them in order to get what you want!


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Read the chart in detail for now and then use it for reference later. 

I've added more detail below, plus some of the strategies of working the brain so you can adjust it to get the desired effect that will contribute to your happiness and effectiveness.  This is the core management skill for managing the other parts of your life!

I recommend that you not continue to let your life run you and for you, instead to learn the basics of how things work!





































NECESSARY TO UNDERSTAND:

Evolution - The key to knowing why the brain has developed the way it has - and its seemingly "out of control" functions.
How The Brain Developed - This takes you through how the brain itself evolved, so you can see more of how it works.
The Structure Of The Brain - This includes the three layers of the brain and what each does, the components of the brain and its circuits, the neurotransmitters used by our body, some special pieces of the brain, and the formation of mental (neuronal) pathways.   And you are asked to decide and then make a commitment to the level of mastery you choose.
How The Primitive Brain Thinks - It is vital that you realize that it is "just" a mechanical process - and how to adjust the process!!!!
Stupid Brain, Stupid Patterns, Smart Brain Design - How the brain matches patterns to decide what to do, and how to supply new patterns that work much better.
How To Rewire  The Brain - You can physically rewire the brain by using very doable steps that do not require you to have willpower or make great mental leaps, yet you can automatically experience more peace of mind and make better decisions. 
Seems miraculous, but it isn't fictional, as science has proven it.

THE BRAIN (LAYERS)


PRIMITIVE,
REPTILIAN
BRAIN


“LIZARD BRAIN”
DUMBER

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MID-BRAIN
(LIMBIC);


“EMOTIONAL” BRAIN


“THE MONKEY MIND”
DUMB

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NEO-CORTEX
(NEW BRAIN): 


“HIGHER BRAIN”
SMART
FUNCTIONS

1) Involuntary functions.  Regulates breathing, metabolism, heartbeat, and circulation (below consciousness).

2) Fight/flight/startle response
(Excess perception of threats causes inappropriate anger and/or anxiety/fear.) 


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1)  Nurture.  Programmed neural connections added to create the impulse to nurture.
2) Distinguish emotions.  To see the needs of the young (and others) and to “read” the intentions of other animals/humans.
3) To adapt and learn.  Processing the more complex signals to create more survivability.

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Reasoning, planning, conceptualizing. 
Capacity for imagination, creating, understanding,   symbolizing, languaging, etc.
The capacity to recognize and reflect on one’s experiences.

  COMMENTS

It’s the “brain stem” at the top of the spine.
It is automatic and compelling - more so the greater the danger.
Causes adrenaline to course through the body, unless overridden by offsetting thoughts  or the higher brain.
Left by itself, reptiles are more combative and tend not to nurture.
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Subparts:

1) Hippocampus – Memories/experiences emblazoned in brain, stronger based on level of emotion 
2) Amygdala  – Able to “feel” emotions and to create “emotional memories.”

See, below, how these affect us.


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Function is to balance the other brains.  It allows us to problem solve, analyze, judge, control impulses, and organize information, to learn from past experience and to empathize with others.