Thursday, 6 June 2024
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Hello. All is well. God is love.

At this point, I wouldn't blame you for thinking I've gone mad. The following is simply me trying to make sense of it. I don't really comprehend it, but it's a start.

I experience the brain having three systems or selves:
- The intuitive system or acting self.
- The intellective system or thinking self.
- The imaginative system or spiritual self.

Interestingly, on the internet, I found organized practices finding something similar, including Zen Buddhism and Christianity.

I found a transcript of "Class 3: Senshin" by Ven. Anzan Hoshin roshi from 17 November 1986.

Dogen Zenji says: "When we train in any of the offices of the monastery we should do so with a joyful heart, a motherly heart, a vast heart."

From what I understand, a joyful heart is to accept your affective state in the moment. A motherly heart is to lose our sense of self. How a mother will care for a child without worrying or thinking about themselves. A vast heart is to be unbounded in perspective, embracing all with compassion.

I think they talk of what I see as the three systems in their ideal state. First attaining a joyful heart (intuitive system), then a motherly heart (intellective system), and finally a vast heart (imaginative system).

In Christianity, I find the concepts of the Trinity and the image of God similar to my understanding of the three systems of the brain. However, I don't have a good comprehension of these concepts. I think I'll look more into them before trying to interpret them.

I do find myself to be one who does not simply follow something uncritically, or at the very least, I recognize its appropriate context. My three-system view of the brain is my current understanding based on my personal experience and what I've read.

I find it interesting that my current view of the brain or the mind is already somewhat known or concluded by various religious and spiritual authorities, but I'm simply looking to investigate. I'm not advocating for any organized religion or spiritual practice.