The Schema of the Self.

Me, My Brain, My Mind, My Self Image and My True Self.
These recent* knols that I have written on the differences between the brain, mind, and the true self open up a new avenue of research in the mind sciences. We are still too fuzzy about the brain and mind so we have little clue of what emotions spring from which source and why. Having a clear idea of the functions of the brain and mind clears the way to answers to a new set of hundreds of questions. From such questions as where does inspiration spring from to who controls which behavior to who controls which emotion becomes clearer. Knowing which part of our human nature is coming from where. And which part of it is cast in stone and which not; will not only open up new insights into the working of the human personality, mentality, behavior, consciousness sub consciousness and unconsciousness; it will give us deep insights of how to correct and master our brains and minds. It will lead to new forms of education.

All this opens up a huge new avenue to understanding the mind sciences from sociology to psychology to education and every mind science subject in between. In fact it opens up opportunities to apply these insights to enhance every mind science subject and even more important it gives us an opportunity to open up and create a whole new world of insights that not only wakes us up to the different functions of the mind and brain it also gives us the opportunity to create a new subject just like math and science that enables man to educate and reeducate en mass entire populations to become super mature by perfectly aligning the brain, mind and the true self. Just think of the impact of super maturity on individual, group and country life.

And such notions as the world being one family will now no longer be a fantasy!!!

It will also make clear knowing what I am terming, 'The schema of the self' of how the emotional human being is put together. This will lead to a better understanding of the various factors that go into making a human personality. This will lead to new ways of cutting edge emotional and physical education. It will lead to creating education that will create lesser chinks in the human psyche and create a more ideal society.

Discovering the origins of emotional conflicts will lead to knowing which specific part has the problem. It is like there a maze of pipes and the leak is coming from one of them. Say it is very dark in there are you cannot figure out how to fix this leak. Now if you knew where exactly this leak is coming from it would be much easier to fix it.

Also equally important we know that we have to fix the emotional defects in our self and due to a fuzzy brain and mind complex we do not know which specific area the defect is. And we also know that we have to fix it with the same fuzzy brain and mind complex. Say the defect is in the brain and we do not know this we think that the defect is in our very own self. So we try to fix the defect of the self with the same self.

Now we can locate exactly where the emotional defect is coming from. All emotional holes are generated by the brain. We can also locate the tool that will fix the defect. This tool is the mind. Panic and irrational fears stem from the brain. The fears and concerns about the emotional holes spring from the mind. Embarrassment comes from the mind and the true self. Irrational pride and irrational self importance comes from the brain. Management and control are the forces of the mind. Restlessness of not being free and of being burdened by all these emotional holes comes from the true self and the super mature mind. At which stage the mind and the true self are the same.

It is about time we woke up to the immense opportunities of clearly and correctly defining the functions of the brain, mind and the true self.
For most people the answer they get from the question, 'Who am I?' does not come from a single source. It is a combination of what the brain feels what the self is and what the mind feels what the self is. In most mature people the feelings are well blended to feel like the answer is coming from a single source. In the case of the immature mind the answer sometimes comes in such a way that the person is confused and conflicted about the self. In the case of the premature mind the answer comes overwhelmingly from the brain. In all of this the true self genuinely feels trapped at the lower levels. It is free only at the super mature level where the mind rules supreme over the brain. So the question is what the person can do to be able to be free of the constraints of the lower level brain.
It is the self image that determines how the person is going to feel about the situation it is in. As Dr. KVSS quotes the following:


Wechsler defined intelligence as “the global capacity of the individual to act purposefully, to think rationally and to deal effectively with his/her environment”.

I would like to state that the self image can be defined as the factor that determines the quality to act purposefully, to think rationally and to deal effectively with his/her environment”.

The connection between self image and intelligence is very profound. It will not be too far fetched to say that ones self image is ones intelligence. At least that ones intelligence flows from one self image and is the chief factor that determines the quality of intelligence: the bottom line intelligence quality of emotions.
Again 'Wechsler defined intelligence as “the global capacity of the individual to act purposefully, to think rationally and to deal effectively with his/her environment”.'
I think the word capacity here is a little fuzzy and the more clear word would be 'enabling ability'. So I would restate the above statement as:

I would define intelligence as “the global 'enabling ability' of the individual to act purposefully, to think rationally and to deal effectively with his/her environment”.' Where this enabling ability stems directly from the self image.
( I have defined intelligence as an innate, though in most individuals only partly developed, ability/property that enables all other abilities.)