It’s one thing to know all is well. How do we feel it?
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hey say that the longest and hardest road to travel is the one that goes from our head (where we know things) to our heart (where we feel things).
“I know that turbulence is normal on an airplane and that nothing terrible is likely to happen, but my body doesn’t seem to register that fact. As soon as the flight gets a bit choppy, my heart starts beating furiously, and I grip onto my seat.
“No matter how much I tell myself that everything is okay, I can’t turn any of those reactions off.”
Yes, our body seems to have a mind of its own! And in fact, it does. The cortex and our higher faculties are located in a separate compartment from our survival instincts, and each can run independently.
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