mind journey, the need to know...

 reading freud is not for the fainthearted.

apart from the fact that reading his collected works is a big job there is also the risk of catching a mental illness as well.

It is best to start with the commentaries. Peter Gay and the biography by Ernest Jones. These can be read for insight into Freuds character and a lesson in psychoanalysis.

Another excellent introduction is Freud Rediscovered by Lucy Freeman.

then if the reader is serious start digesting the opus. It is not necessary to read everything and sooner or later unless one is obsessive then the route will become clear.

When he realised that his early works were not acceptable to the prevailing wisdom viz a viz kraepelin et al he pitched his work to the common man. If couched in technical terms it would become long and boring so he synthesised it so that anyone literate could read it if they so desired

What we are really reading is what people actually think about and how and why. Intermingled with the history of individuals, their families, life in general, society and culture.

How their character is formed.

So the investigation is historical. Looking into the past to find a way forward.

Freud never said that any cure or amelioration would actually bring happiness but would enable the ability to face life on lifes terms.

almost a cliche but when we lie to ourselves and our families and the world then we become trapped in a miasma of deceit, neurosis and psychoses.

This why Freud and psychoanalysis is not for everyone.

In daily life we take the world as we find it without any theories as to why everything is just so but with a large measure of acceptance for ourselves and others. Society fixes boundaries for smooth running and if we break them there are consequences especially for moral norms unless these are hidden from view.

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curiosity, a faculty that the wishful thinkers and boosters and all the rest wish we all had. the truth is this. the infant and the child should never be exposed to the act by the parents. Any exposure will ruin the development of the need to know and divert that need into mere acquisition.

 taste touch sound sight smell

the five senses in order of development plus somatic feelings for or against. 

and; language, memory, ratiocination.

thats at least eighteen cognitive operations the body is processing simultaneously as well as the automatic functions, breathing heart beating etc.

impressive

furthermore the organ of sound is also responsible for balance and limits and reality testing are a function of intellectual and cognitive development.

together these faculties are a concatenation that creates the illusion of consciousness.

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going to church but the service cancelled because yesterday was ash wednesday. the thursday service has never been cancelled before because of ash wednesday and if the clergy want to demonstrate their piety and recondite exegesis of the scriptures and priestly theology then they should organise another service. Thursday service is for the oldies and not there to be usurped in elder abuse

on the way there and back I observed some toddlers and gregarious near children get told off by the supervisor in the best possible way and then she comforted the child caught up in whatever surge of will or dominance exhibited by these humans at play. her skill and I saw her do it twice was pretty cool. trade secret. thank you.

then three little people came out singing a song and marched around the playground and back as they collected the whole group leading them back inside. I asked the lady was it lunchtime and she said no it was time for their nap.

thank you again

the purpose of this little essay is to show that consciousness is no good without direction.

by growth and exaptation evolved nature has managed to fashion a wondrous organism that in some respects defies explanation on how it all came to be and how it all works and endless philisophical debate on what it all means.

nevertheless like the bumble bees wings and the big bang humans work and attempt to master the natural world in their drive to multiply.

this wont last.

John von Neumann

According to Ulam, von Neumann surprised physicists by doing dimensional estimates and algebraic computations in his head with fluency Ulam likened to blindfold chess. His impression was that von Neumann analyzed physical situations by abstract logical deduction rather than concrete visualization

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The hippocampus, located in the temporal lobe, is a key structure for forming and retrieving memories, particularly those related to spatial navigation and declarative memory, while the prefrontal cortex plays a role in short-term memory and working memory. 

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Key Brain Areas Involved in Memory:

• Hippocampus:

  • Located in the temporal lobe. 
  • Plays a crucial role in forming new memories, especially those related to spatial navigation and declarative memory (facts and events). 
  • Helps convert short-term memories into long-term memories. 
  • Damage to the hippocampus can lead to difficulty forming new memories. 
• Prefrontal Cortex:

  • Located in the frontal lobe, at the front of the brain. 
  • Plays a role in short-term memory and working memory, allowing us to hold information temporarily. 
• Other Brain Regions Involved:

  • Amygdala: Involved in processing emotions and forming emotional memories. 
  • Cerebellum: Plays a role in implicit memory, such as procedural skills and habits. 
  • Basal Ganglia: Involved in procedural memory and motor skills. 
  • Neocortex: Stores long-term memories, including declarative memories. 
  • Temporal Lobe: Contains the hippocampus and is involved in memory formation and retrieval. 
• Limbic System:

  A group of brain structures, including the hippocampus and amygdala, that are involved in emotion, memory, and behavior.