Let's start with the brain, which is divided into two basic parts - emotional (instinctive, intuitive) and cognitive (conscious, rational). The first one which we "share" with all the mammals, and in some parts with the reptiles, is responsible for the survival and is closely attached to the body. The second one is aimed towards the outside world and it is called the "new brain" or "neocortex". It has evolved for millions of years and embraces the first one. It is also called “limbic brain”. The emotional brain comes from ancient times and keeps the features of our ancestors. According to Darwin, evolution of a species consists of maintaining certain physical characteristics and gradually adding new. Many experts believe that we humans are …show more content…
After all, they are our family, which is deeply in our hearts and provides warmth, peace, love and security. We associate those people with the place we were born and carefully raised. This is our home. Instead of feeling “doomed”, we should rather be proud of bearing the signs of our kind and love, respect and take care of them. Probably, it is not very clear what all this has to do with the monkeys and the reptiles? At first glance a close relationship between our family and them is not obvious. Although, if we look at the issue globally and if we carefully trace the evolutionary chain, we will not only determine how close we are, but we will recall who our real home is. Leafing layer by layer the development of our existence back in time, we will inevitably come to it. It is the only and pure Nature. Our emotional brain brings deep memories of this home. Very often we remain breathless at the sight of beautiful landscapes and we are even more emotionally touched if they are connected to the place where we were born. With the evolution of consciousness and the development of the neocortex, these memories gradually fade out and push us away from home. I will illustrate all this with an example of an evolutionary process of consciousness associated with the …show more content…
From now on, they can either cooperate or contest the control of thoughts, emotions and behaviors. The result of this interaction is cooperation or competition which determines what we feel about our relationship with the world and the other people. The various forms of rivalry make us unhappy. Conversely, when the emotional and cognitive brains work together– the first one (emotional) to give direction of what we want to live through and the second one (cognitive) to move us forward on this path in the most reasonable way, we feel inner harmony - "in my life, I'm where I want to be," and that is the foundation of any long lasting experience of inner