that the embodiment of a song's mood
may be more or less
successful
original
and/or
accomplished
but on the Tree of Life these categories
can only be applied to human performances
animals
(we trust) embody their moods
with perfect authenticity
and the origins of human
bad faith
are unknown
(Jaynes thought c1000BC
from city life or literacy
and noted that Socrates
credited his best instincts
to an inner voice of god
or genius)
let's picture the cross-section of any branch on the Tree of Life
to be a circle with a diameter wide enough
to enclose that creature's brain
but since we've flattened the Z dimension
let's flatten the whole nervous system
to fit in that circle
by representing each nerve-cell as a point
and each relationship between nerve-cells
as a line
and when we flatten this network
we can insist that no two cell-points
overlap
(but the relationship-lines
must cross like mad)
relationship-changes between the organism-branch
and the surrounding world
will be reflected in (unknown)
relationship changes between nerve cells
and important changes will lead to
more-or-less-appropriate actions
but in humans
since the crisis of faith
these actions may be authentic or inauthentic
and our only duty that matters
is to under-stand
our inauthenticities
for which Gurdjieff prescribed
self-remembering
in the face of our mechanical reflexes
(more generally termed
meditation)
and our particular challenge
is those kneejerk emotional reactions
when others punch our buttons
(with Karl Rove a punching ace)
with our network of neurons
producing less-than-ideal actions
and meditation focusing on that
instant of reflex
and visualising, say,
a new layer of nerve cells
widening that gap
