Insight Three of the 59 Second Course in Thinking is:
Insight 03
At any NOW moment in spacetime (n) the brainuser has a cvs
NOW = cvs
The default position of your brain is what we call a cvs which is a current view of the situation. Right here, right now your brain has a cvs.
As far as we know, your human brain is the ultimate product of the 13.5 billion years of the evolution of the universe.
It is possible that one day this may change, but based on all the evidence currently available to us, there is no more extraordinary machine in the universe than the human brain.
The main purpose of your brain, as an organ of your body, is to secrete a cvs from moment to moment. If brains didn’t do this then we couldn’t live or survive.
DFQ:
Your brain has evolved to secrete, moment by moment, a cvs.
Why?
If our brain wasn’t secreting a constant stream of cvs’s then we would all be zombies sitting around waiting for someone else to tell us how to react. (like robots waiting to have our remote controls manipulated)We react to certain situations based on past experiences, perceptions, opinions etc, all which have come about due to a cvs. For the brain to continue to develop, it needs to keep loading up on new information so having a cvs is a starting point for what comes next for us, how we respond and how this might influence our next cvs.
survive and conquer!
Óur brain abhors a vacuum, and therefore our brain secretes its own percolating predictions into perceptual gaps wherever they occur.
Survival in past situations have conditioned us to think and act in a fairly programmed manner. Like code in a program it does not consider the circumstances but simply runs a subprogram it has run in similar situations in the past. It survived by doing this before, the assumption is it will survive by doing it once again without considering there could be a way to make the situation ten times better by rewriting code based upon thoughtful studying of the facts and acting upon the conclusions. If there is little time for thinking we revert to what we have been ingrained to do and usually will still survive but not thrive. Being in the middle of a divorce gives one ample opportunities to try to escape stinking thinking but the more emotional one is in the situation the more difficult unbiased thought becomes. Ah challenges!!!! CVS2BVS
Survival. That’s what it’s all about. Vocal output is optional, auditory input is constant, even when you sleep. Ears remain responsive. That’s the sentry that wakes you to face a potentially dangerous current situation. Another example, in avoiding seasickness, the best thing for a beginner is to be able to see the action of the sea. Let the brain do the work without resistance. You’ll lean automatically without even knowing it. You will because… the current view of the situation is changing moment by moment.
The evolution of our human brain able us you function and move forward in life. But humans we possess and brain that has a thinking machine so powerful to maintain the body of man. Having said this we take note also that the human brain also takes for it uses the very best of the nutrient the the body generate.
Now why we evolved to secrete moment by moment, a cvs is a simple matter we must survive and we are well placed to do that. Hence our special position we find ourselves as humans. The irony is do we realize it? Not many do know if we recognized this basic fact we could have a peaceful and better world.
My brain evolves to process past present [current cvs] experiances.toward developeing a future bvs that instantly becomes my[current cvs]
It needs to do this to survive in a ever changeing real world we live in,
it has to think learn create produce get along contribute explain improve solve plan CVS2BVS constantly.
Michael, I love your description.
To add another step, from a neurophysical / neurochemical perspective..the brain can only process one thought at a time…so, we live in a sea of “currency”. This allows us to function “automatically”..organs continue to work, daily needs are taken care of..
What we “allow” into our brain past the physical /chemical barriers controls our viewpoint. (whether it be with no input control or some input control) Hence we can have a happy day or a sad day depending upon our in put controls.
The” trick” is to be able to control the thought process such that we have the best perspective available to us at any given moment in time. Stopping the continuous stream of the thought process and pausing, allows the change from cvs2bvs.
I live in the virtual world created by my brain.
My brain is an anticipation machine and a constant flow of cvs… makes it possible to explore the futures that it creates
I live in the virtual world created by my brain. This virtual world is created by the way my brain has evolved to process external stimuli into something I can make sense of. From moment to moment I have to make decisions about whether to ‘fight or flee’ to survive. And, whether to ‘feed or replicate’.
I guess I need a constant cvs stream to enable me to make these decisions.