the triune brain a talk given to isss by jim cline in 1997

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The Triune Brain

By Jim Cline

(ISSS = International Society of Systems Sciences; this talk I gave to the Los Angeles chapter

of ISSS on May 21, 1997)

In the Triune Brain concept, each individual person has not one, but three brains; each with

its own intelligence, its own sense of time and space, its own subjectivity, and its own

memory. The three loosely-coupled brains of each individual form a strong influence on

human social systems.

Neurobiological comparative anatomy suggests that parts of the human brain correspond to

similar ones in lower animals. The Reptilian Complex neural chassis, or R-Complex, is like the

brain which exists in reptiles. In the human, the R-Complex is responsible for such things as

physical action, territoriality, obsessive-compulsive behavior, and it survives by routine and

ritual. The R-Complex brain can be accessed through muscle tone measurement processes.

Along came the mammals and added the Limbic group of brain structures, which provides

for personal identity, emotional script, mammalian herd group position behavior, sociability,

and broad based responses to learning. The limbic brain can be accessed through the

emotions.

Then along came we humans, adding to this totem pole of brains the highly developed neo-

cortex level, which is responsible for rational highly specific responses to each stimulus,strategy planning, inner speech to regulate activities on the conscious level and store complex

ideas, reading, writing, math, and tends to see care of self as byproduct of the well-being of

the total group. The cerebral neo-cortex can be accessed through symbols such as words.

Like a totem pole stack of three creatures, we humans interact with our environment. Like a

magical wizard sitting atop a pack wolf sitting atop an alligator, we each form a group mind

system which socially interacts with other similar group mind systems, other people. That

which appears to be a social system made up of individual human beings, actually is made up

of these triune brain critters; all three of which are busy, somewhat independently, in social

interactions.

The triune brain concept was originated by Paul MacLean, of the NIMH, and amplified by

Carl Sagan in "Dragons of Eden." It is no surprise that such a fundamental conceptual

understanding would power educational businesses, and several have already emerged. The

Educational Kinesiology Foundation has used it to create a powerful set of neurological


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balancing processes. Wayne Topping's Biokinesiology processes, and Three-in-One

Concepts Inc, have each produced workshops based on individual communication to each of

the three brains that each person has. These sophisticated triune brain processes assist a

person in discovering one's own solid goals, and to provide a congruency among all three

brains toward those goals. Although in general human societies are hierarchical and ritualistic,

the potential for improvement in human social systems by using these processes provides

new hope for humanity's future.

REFERENCES

1. Richard M. Restak: "The Brain"

2. Sagan, Carl; The Dragons of Eden; Ballantine Books, 1977

3. Topping, Wayne; Biokinesiology Workbook; Topping International Institute, 262 Birchwood

Ave #7, Bellingham, WA 98225; 1985

4. Cole, Jan; Repattern Negative Personal Life Controllers; Jan Cole, 24 Evergreen St,

Broomfield, CO 80020, 1989

5. Dennison, Paul & Dennison, Gail, Edu-Kinesthetics In-Depth: The Seven Dimensions of

Intelligence; Edu-Kinesthetics, Inc; P.O. Box 3395, Ventura, CA 93006-3395 805-650-3303;

1990.

6. Patterson, Erik T., Methexis & Extraterrestrial Medicine, Space Manufacturing 10,

Proceedings of the 12th SSI-Princeton Conference, 167-181, 1995.

7. Stokes, Gordon and Whiteside, Daniel; Improve Learning Awareness; Three in One

Concepts, 2001 West Magnolia Blvd, Burbank CA 91506-1704 818-841-4786, 1996.

James E. D. Cline, 19970521, Los Angeles Chapter of International Society of Systems

Sciences

P.S.:

Although page 2 and three have not yet been located in current file archives on this computer,

a related diagram I made while exploring a similar subject five years later in 2002, is shown

below.


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