Personality Duality
The mind is magical even spiritual.
We all have a brain, I hope. A physical organ within the skull that acts like a CPU of our persons. Our neurotransmitters handles electrical and chemical messages constantly to manage our persons every need. From breathing, reflexes, movement, learning, memory, sight, sound, every mood swings, the brain is the chief. It is the boss.
The top dog that works overtime, every time. For as long as we breathe, it never truly sleeps. A CPU overheats and so does the brain. But unlike the CPU, there’s an underlying, very abstract, probably metaphysical, part? or entirety? of our consciousness called the mind. Personally I think our consciousness is linked to the singularity we call God, for the disbelievers, lets just call it spirit.
I think, our mind is in a constant battle with our spirit. The struggle between singularity of the spirit and duality of our very human brain, the battleground on which we reason and negotiate with. A tug of war between our mind and our consciousness I think is what causes those “conversations” some of us know all too well.
I think that the spirit is what gives us our consciousness and links us to the singularity. The duality of the mind occurs when our earthly experiences through our brains (experiences, environment, nutrition, stress, etc.), has a sort of tug-of-war with our consciousness leading us to internal struggles, irrational & rational thoughts, we end up conflicted, usually ending up in despair within the mind.
So when we have internal struggles, if we’re not bound closely to the singularity of the spirit, or the word of God, we will depend more and more on earthly desires to soothe said despair, and we end up further away, usually ending up depressed or worse, for as long as you allow it.
That objective morality we have today, that helps you think you’re doing good and you’ll never attribute to the wisdom of the universe? That’s your spirit giving you hints on what to do. Find yourself wrestling too much for an answer you want to think is rational? That’s the duality of the mind trying to lean you and could probably be affected by your own logical reasoning from environmental factors, or your own ignorance. That is probably how we ended up with moral subjectivism.
These are my thoughts based on my 15 years of depression. Have I oversimplified it. Yes. Just sharing what I can for this daily imperfect project of mine.
Do we all have the same brain? No. Even identical twins have detectable differences in their brain anatomy. Size is the common differentiator, then there’s environmental factors like nutrition and stress that can affect brain development, and neurodivergent individuals who have brains that function differently compared to the average Joe.
- To operate efficiently through our physical dimensions (3D), and our day to day operations the brain is split to our left and right hemispheres. The left handles x,y while the right handles a,b
- Now what about the last dimension, time? our frontal cortex is the boss there. It has its own way to time the days affairs. Talk about how time is relative?
The brain tends to coordinate the days affair fairly similarly for everyone, mostly. But why are we all so different? Why do we have individual traits and characteristics that we’ve carried from childhood. I still enjoy poking fun and making lame jokes, I still emphasize fun in everything I do, my primary source of learning is only through understanding and still I enjoy making loved ones happy.
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We have qualitative traits that cannot be explained by science and there are many things that science still cannot explain. They’re on the verge of a breakthrough from mapping the human brain, but that is probably a decade away.
- Ancient cultures had a way to explain our brain but are there any merits in them ?
- Is there a way we can distinguish individual traits in a more valid way ? Can we use horoscopes? Many cultures tend to make life decisions using it. Are there any merits? Talk about the calendars of different cultures, and the zodiac signs.
At the end of the day it boils down to the individual. I was supposed to do great things but I instead picked up bad habits and went down a slippery slope. The only upside to that is I’m still alive and I’m working my way up again, and finally understand how people find the truth.
We have tons of data out there that has not been analyzed qualitatively. We just brush it of as pseudoscience and move on with our lives. Though I’m not saying we should use it as absolute truth, I’m just saying perhaps it would be super efficient to consider it to matchmake people to enrich their lives. From life partners, to temporary gigs, to lifelong jobs, I think the possibilities are endless.
What if people obsess over it, that it changes their outlook or trajectory ? Navigating life isn’t easy either way, but for the vast majority of people, it serves as a guide/or streamline their lives using sAI. Perhaps it could be a tool used by counsellors, teachers, employers, or anyone whose duty it is to matchmake.
Individual data collection wouldn’t be difficult. It’ll be just like today, but perhaps more focused to their interests, getting opinions about world events, and in some cases, from friends — your friends tend to see you better, especially those that mean well.
Yes it is all very opinion based, a suggestion, based on my understanding of a rather small worldview of various cultures, experiences, and social circles. Birds of a feather tend to flock together and for good reason. It could be because of anything and everything, but personality compatibility would make life much easier.
Think about it, certain personalities are great managers, some are great workers, some a great with people and match making personalities and skills to a job would improve overall happiness and performance in any organization.
But Christians are not allowed to believe in such stuff — horoscope. For good reason. There’s an obsessive value to wanting to believe in supernatural things and since everyone operates in ranges, staying out of it is best.
The Bible however contains plenty of underlying values, so it makes me wonder, could the same be done with the 12 apostles? Is there a reason Jesus chose 12 disciples? Is there a way we can come up with a personality traits using the Bible? What do we do with such information. We shouldn’t label people, but we can certainly guide people. If I do some test and it says I am acting like a pre-crucifixion Peter, but I want to be more like John, could said system tell me what I need to change or focus more in my life ? Just a thought.
Since divination and fortune telling has been condemned by God, would studying above also be? I wonder. The thing about AI is, once it gets so streamlined or perfect, with actual understanding of human nature, based on history, it will be able to predict the future.
Let’s leave Judas out of it for now. Hahaha. Judas fulfilled his role, and I (personally) think he’s in Heaven, despite the suicide. He was man after all (sinful/greedy), and though his suicide was from guilt/shame, and suicide is condemned by God, without Judas’ betrayal, we wouldn’t have eternal salvation. He could’ve lived on and carried Jesus’ legacy forward, but his truth (the betrayal) would eventually speak louder and drown/cast more doubt, to the story of God on earth. And that is also a reflection for us. That those who have too much guilt, fears, no moral backbone & no perception of higher deliverance will often have suicide on their mind. Speaking from experience. I was lost, now I’m found.
“And you know me, my will is eternal.” I pray that whoever is going through any mental battle discovers how to be balanced and centered. Mine was from reading the Bible.
There’s a scene from my favourite anime, Naruto, where he overcomes his secret, hateful self. His hateful self appears when he is meditating under a special waterfall and would be aggressive, and Naruto tried defeating it by force (he’s a ninja) but after some personal development with his mentor, he realised that only love could overcome hate. The illusion/duality of Naruto disappeared after and if only it could be as simple for us. But it’s not that difficult, stay tuned.
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