Sublime

Your brain is a network​—a collection of parts that are connected to function as a single unit.

For the most part, our brains are equal to our environment, a record of our personal past, a reflection of the life we’ve lived.

recent advances in microscopy have revealed the gut to possess 100 million neurons and thirty neurotransmitters, effectively making it a second brain as big as a cat’s that works in tandem with the one up top.59 This so-called gut–brain axis forms the core, not just of how we eat, but of how we sense, and make sense of, the world.

reality. When this gland is in balance, your brain works in a clear manner. You are lucid, more conscious of both your inner world and your outer world, seeing and perceiving more each day.

hubs in the brain tend to be strongly interconnected with each other,

Lieberman also discovered that the human brain devotes significant resources to two different major networks that work together toward the goal of mentalizing: helping us understand other people’s minds, including how they are feeling and their intentions.