Mapping the Brain

I think it is fascinating how scientists map out the brain and where emotions originate; the areas we have memories, learn and figure things out. Equally intriguing to me is the fact that ancient man also did studies of their own and Aristotle was in the forefront. They didn't have the equipment we have but the conclusions on how our souls confirm true and false and how we conclude what is good are quite accurate. Our day and age we have discovered electricity and magnetism so we detect how it travels in the brain. Electrons are our frame of reference. All the ancients had were observations of each other's behavior, beliefs and what previous studies had shown. The soul, or a man's being, encompasses the entire body similar in the way we look at electricity along our central nervous system.

In some ways, their approach is better because there isn't a fixation on traveling electrons and their paths. There wasn't an agenda to push evolution, randomness or a particular religion at that time. Everyone knows our thoughts and and actions aren't just the result of the spontaneous firing of neurons. Something inside us organizes them and makes choices that result in actions. We have desires, memories and reactions orchestrated through choices by a higher being called our self.

This self has rational ability and standards that must have come from another source. A car doesn't write its own owners manual. It is also unique and creative unlike any other being on the earth. This self has a feeling that it isn't alone in the universe and must have a purpose. Religions are formed to assuage that feeling. I personally have beliefs but they aren't the topic of our study. Our self blends with our desires, emotions, learning, creativity and so much more. It makes the awesome mix that we call an individual.

 Lets continue looking at the soul, its arenas, how we learn, form conclusions, and arrive at truth. We can get lost in the details sometimes and need to step back and observe the whole. Details are my vice and I will try to keep from dragging you into it by keeping this light and understandable. I keep saying that don't I; proof of the vice....