Posted by 64bowtie on January 27, 2005, at 16:30:39
In reply to My T's talk about feelings has twisted my brain up, posted by littleone on January 26, 2005, at 20:23:14
Howdy,
Try reading up on what goes on in the viscera. My viscera is the heart, the stomach, the intestines, and the diaphram (lungs have no muscles to make us breathe.... and let's face it! We all gotta breathe). See how that works? Brain says, "Viscera! this is your job!" Dern if it don't work good, toooo...!
Inside the writings of Antonio Demasio, (U. of Iowa), he and Jean Piaget of 80 years ago, both sense(d) that information traffic for kids passes through their gut (viscera). Other neuro-folks ratify this if you can get them to look in that direction.
The 'jaw-dropping' book about what happens when kids hold onto the model of shunting everything past their gut way into adult life is, "The Second Brain". The author's 'learned' position is that for way toooo many folks, they pander to the whims of their gut out of habits carried forward from their unresolved childhood(s). Czek it out! You may answer your own questions about feelings.
None of this is meant to deminish feelings, but rather to assign them a role in our adult lives. We can better plan our lives and successfully navigate our plans when we know what's going on IRL!
Rod
PS: I suggest all consider mapping out a strategy of balancing feelings, intellect and Intention for daily navigation and problem solving. I suggest folks find their own levels of balance. I suggest the starting point is to assume that 90% of what you are doing today is formed by feelings. Also, assume that this is not anywhere near balanced. ...and go on from there...
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