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The Triune Brain
By Jim Cline(ISSS = International Society of Systems Sciences; this talk I gave to the Los Angeles chapterof ISSS
on May 21, 1997
)In the Triune Brain concept, each individual person has not one, but three brains; each withits own intelligence, its own sense of time and space, its own subjectivity, and its ownmemory. The three loosely-coupled brains of each individual form a strong influence onhuman social systems.Neurobiological comparative anatomy suggests that parts of the human brain correspond tosimilar ones in lower animals. The Reptilian Complex neural chassis, or R-Complex, is like thebrain which exists in reptiles. In the human, the R-Complex is responsible for such things asphysical action, territoriality, obsessive-compulsive behavior, and it survives by routine andritual. 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 providesfor personal identity, emotional script, mammalian herd group position behavior, sociability,and broad based responses to learning. The limbic brain can be accessed through theemotions.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 complexideas, reading, writing, math, and tends to see care of self as byproduct of the well-being ofthe 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 amagical wizard sitting atop a pack wolf sitting atop an alligator, we each form a group mindsystem which socially interacts with other similar group mind systems, other people. Thatwhich appears to be a social system made up of individual human beings, actually is made upof these triune brain critters; all three of which are busy, somewhat independently, in socialinteractions.The triune brain concept was originated by Paul MacLean, of the NIMH, and amplified byCarl Sagan in "Dragons of Eden." It is no surprise that such a fundamental conceptualunderstanding would power educational businesses, and several have already emerged. TheEducational Kinesiology Foundation has used it to create a powerful set of neurological
 
balancing processes. Wayne Topping's Biokinesiology processes, and Three-in-OneConcepts Inc, have each produced workshops based on individual communication to each ofthe three brains that each person has. These sophisticated triune brain processes assist aperson in discovering one's own solid goals, and to provide a congruency among all threebrains toward those goals. Although in general human societies are hierarchical and ritualistic,the potential for improvement in human social systems by using these processes providesnew hope for humanity's future.REFERENCES1. Richard M. Restak: "The Brain"2. Sagan, Carl; The Dragons of Eden; Ballantine Books, 19773. Topping, Wayne; Biokinesiology Workbook; Topping International Institute, 262 BirchwoodAve #7, Bellingham, WA 98225; 19854. Cole, Jan; Repattern Negative Personal Life Controllers; Jan Cole, 24 Evergreen St,Broomfield, CO 80020, 19895. Dennison, Paul & Dennison, Gail, Edu-Kinesthetics In-Depth: The Seven Dimensions ofIntelligence; 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 OneConcepts, 2001 West Magnolia Blvd, Burbank CA 91506-1704 818-841-4786, 1996.James E. D. Cline, 19970521, Los Angeles Chapter of International Society of SystemsSciencesP.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 shownbelow.
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