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Self-transforming brain
The self-transforming brain refers to the ability of the self to consciously use mental activity to change/modify the brain’s neural network in order to experience life with more happiness and fulfillment.〔Hebb, D.O. (1949). ''The organization of behavior''. New York, USA: Wiley.〕 This capacity of using awareness to do so is based on the assumption that the brain and the mind are closely connected that one does not change without the other.〔Siegel, D.J. (2001). ''The developing mind''. New York, USA: WW Norton & Co.〕 The phrase "I think therefore I am" is not just a famous proclamation in the eyes of neuroscience. It has been evidenced that mental activity, such as fleeting thoughts and feelings can create new neural structure in the brain and thus shape a person’s reality.〔LeDoux, J.E. (1995). ''Synaptic self: how our brains become who we are.'' New York, USA: Penguin.〕 In this manner, it is possible to make use of the brain’s neuroplasticity to re-wire/change one’s brain and life for the better by consciously activating happy, tranquil and loving mental states.
==Background: Brain-evolution link==
The experience of happiness and well-being is a universal pursuit, but often a struggle to achieve. One explanation for this is that happiness is not the brain’s default and normal state of mind. Evolutionary psychologists claim suffering is. Suffering in the form of everyday stress, hurt, anger, loneliness, worry and disappointment experienced by the layperson is thought to be the side effect of strategies that helped human ancestors survive and pass on their genes throughout evolution.〔Craig, A.D. (2011). Significance of the insula for the evolution of human awareness of feelings from the body. ''Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences, 12''(25), 72-82.〕 In this manner, the neural networks in the human brain have evolved to create pain and suffering when the evolutionary instincts cannot keep up with the outside world. This happens for example when; the brain attempts to separate the body and the self from a world where everything is connected. Consequently, the weaknesses of an individual's body become personal weaknesses, and the individual suffers as a result of negative self-image, illness and aging.〔Craig, A.D. (2011). Significance of the insula for the evolution of human awareness of feelings from the body. ''Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences, 12''(25), 72-82. doi: 10.111/j.1749-6632.2011.05990.x.〕 Another survival strategy embedded in the neural networks of the brain is the tendency to approach pleasure and avoid pain, which is why humans suffer when they experience mental states with a negative feeling tone.〔Davidson, R.J. (1992). Prolegomenon to the structure of emotion: gleanings from neuropsychology. ''Cognition and Emotion, 6''(4), 245-268. doi: 10.1080/02699939208411071.〕
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