A product of more than 500 million years of evolution!
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Built like an onion layer over layer, we share older parts of the brain with the cod fish (from when life was in the oceans), and then we have a reptile brain, mammal brain (monkey brain), and finally a human brain. They all have their own operating systems. They work relatively independent from each other, as well as in coordination.
The reptile brain is the most powerful one; it is the one in charge of survival and automated subconscious functions of a human being. This “reptile brain” is for humans “a curse and a blessing” as it helps us survive, but under certain circumstances it kidnaps us and makes us do horrible things (from road rage to domestic abuse, all forms of abuse, to torture, war and Holocaust). We carry our worst enemy inside all the time! This is why Dr. Ojeda-Ebert’s training is called “The Enlightened Lizard” teaching how to manage your inner reptile and empower your conscious mindful life! NOTE: The triune brain is a model of the evolution of the vertebrate forebrain and behavior, proposed by the American physician and neuroscientist Paul D. MacLean. MacLean originally formulated his model in the 1960s and propounded it at length in his 1990 book The Triune Brain in Evolution.[1] The triune brain consists of the reptilian complex, the paleo mammalian complex (limbic system), and the neomammalian complex (neocortex), viewed as structures sequentially added to the forebrain in the course of evolution. However, this hypothesis is no longer espoused by many comparative neuroscientists in the post-2000 era. Brain science has shown that evolutionary processes and brain development of the different species is way more complicated. Nevertheless, it is used as a very compelling and useful metaphor in Dr. Ojeda-Ebert's coaching. |