Reading the surroundings

The four basic steps of the mind introduced in the previous post are:

1. Read the surroundings the body is in
2. Pick a best possible rule to apply for the situation
3. Decide on a course of action and
4. Physically direct the body
   

For the brain to function efficiently all the four steps should be accurate and timely.

Reading the surroundings can be broken down further into sensing, perceiving, feeling and emoting. The details are not that important here. The final result of reading the
surrounding is an "emotion". Human beings are capable of many many emotions to varying degrees. This is what makes life exciting.

It is possible for the mind to read the surroundings (interpret the feelings inaccurately resulting in an inappropriate emotion ) triggering a behaviour that may not be best suited for survival.

Fear of the surroundings and lack of trust in one's mind is the biggest reason why people fail to read the emotions correctly. The second guess both the feelings and the conclusions. This is because, initially when we are kids, our accuracy is very low. As we grow older we become better and better at reading the surroundings. Because we witness so many failures to read the surroundings, it is natural to be afraid and skeptical of our emotions.

To be wise, one needs to start taking immediate steps in regaining the trust in ones' mind and letting go of the fear of the surroundings.

It only helps to delve into the details of sensing, perceiving, feeling and emoting only if we are dealing with someone who has severe problems learning to trust their mind and
are very scared of their surroundings.

There are many many theories on the various things I discuss here. Some of the topics received scholarly treatment from experts in the field. Each topic very interesting in it's own right. For someone to be wise, it really doesn't matter how exactly a person feels or emotes. We have to learn to recognize if the emotions are accurate and timely or not.