In this episode we discuss one of the most common confusions in our search for love: the difference between The-Brain and The-Name. Review the podcast or let me know what you think on Instagram @LoveLogician
When talking about love, sometimes I can say “I love you” but mean it in that lustful, hormonally evolved way. This is The-Brain urging along this ancient act of our ancestors: make babies. I did this when I was 16 and loved a women, who was still a girl I didn’t know. The-Brain wants short-term hedonistic pleasures now, with little regard about what consequences that will have in the future. However, there’s also something in me that wants more than pleasure.
This is what I call “The-Name”, and it’s the part of the “I” we can grow with thoughts like “I am a vegan”, “I am committed to x” or “I am a Christian”, “I’m yours” and “I love you.” The-name is like the words you type into the ancient search engine of The-Brain. Just as creatures repeat actions to habit, Humans can repeat thoughts to habits. Habits then become an individual beings destiny.
We can change The-Name by choice, by changing our habits, adjusting to what we’ve learned. We cannot change The-Brain — it will always be there playing in the background — however we can choose to act (or not act) on it, to feed it or soothe it. Even though I’m sharing these concepts here with you, trying to define The-Name or The-Brain, is like trying to peel an onion to find a center seed - you’ll end up in tears with empty onion-smelly hands. There is I believe, value in exploring The-Name and contemplating the existence of The-Brain so we can best choose our own individual path.
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