The Self Is A Perpetually Recreated Neurobiological

...i Sense That Stepping Into The Light Is Also A Powerful Metaphor For Consciousness, For The Birth Of The Knowing Mind, For The Simple And Yet Momentous Coming Of The Sense Of Self Into The World Of The Mental.

When We Talk About Emotion, We Really Talk About A Collection Of Behaviors That Are Produced By The Brain. You Can Look At A Person In The Throes Of An Emotion And Observe Changes In The Face, In The Body Posture, In The Coloration Of The Skin And So On.

For Pure Joy, I Look At A Small Painting By Arbit Blatas. An Ocean Liner Is At The Center Of The Composition, Perhaps Ready To Depart. It Holds The Promise Of Discovery.

I Believe That It Is Made Out Of The Same Cloth Of Mind, But It Is An Add-on, It Was Something That Was Specialized To Create What We Call The Self. And It Exists For Very Special Purposes And It Has Very Special, And I Think By And Large Good Consequences, Although Not Only Good Consequences.

Emotion Consists Of A Very Well Orchestrated Set Of Alterations In The Body That Has, As A General Purpose, Making Life More Survivable By Taking Care Of A Danger, Of Taking Care Of An Opportunity, Either/or, Or Something In Between.