In summary, sensory motor input hits the old brain, is sent to the midbrain, encoded in symbol; object and episode, complete with emotional weighting, and sent to the frontal cortex.

Different networks use different electro-chemical signals. The frontal cortex cannot use the signals of the old brain in the same way the old brain can use them. It's not wired for the same chemicals. Drugs that affect the body use old brain signals. Most drugs that affect the mind affect midbrain signals and some networks of the frontal cortex, their bodily effects being actuated through hormones, or the end result of chain reactions. The message is universal because each neuron uses only its own chemicals from the whole selection produced. All receive the same message, in their own particular neurotransmitter language.

The archetypal images have the associations they do because certain patterns of behavior occur much more often than others. They are expected. Episodes are likewise expected. Boy meets girl, they like each other and they...? ... (They probably don't usually start a fire-engine manufacturing company, for example). The images in AL are so powerful and seem so important because they have been with us throughout our evolution and they have heavy emotional weighting. If things don't turn out how they 'should', it's a sign that something could be very wrong, from biology's point of view.

It must be obvious that two things are very important in this system: making sure the images are associated with the correct translations, and recognizing when events deviate from expected patterns.

Here is where the first problems occur. A good analogy for AL is a computer keyboard and the software that turns your keystrokes into words on your screen that your frontal lobes can think about. There are a limited number of keys, but our sensory motor actions (typing) at one end enable the translation into a format our logical minds can understand. This is pretty much exactly what AL is doing, but instead of a keyboard, the 'keys' are all archetypes. When we put these together in the right order and attach the correct emotional package, the message will be understood by the PFC. Everything we perceive is judged by us according to our expectations based on previous experience, and everyone we meet is categorized according to whom we have met before. Those we have spent the most time with, those who made the greatest impressions on us, and those who were around us during brain growth spurts will have given our databank the strongest weighting. Whether any of them were sane and healthy is a matter of chance, we will form our ideas about 'normality' from their example. If our whole society is terrified of bears, we probably will be too.

This is quite a reasonable way to assess things, from biology's point of view. Nature expects the world to show us examples of reality; of what is 'the norm' in various circumstances. Our first examples are expected to be a reflection of reality overall, that is to say, our parents should be more or less similar to other humans, and as we get to know our family and friends we should see a broad enough spectrum of life and human personality types to get a basic idea of humans in general. Likewise our parents' interactions and family life should slowly introduce us to society. All of this should fit in very nicely with our own mid brain's archetypal 'patterns' or 'templates' because they are about reality too. A sane society incorporates its knowledge and understanding of archetypal patterns into its fabric as the underlying themes, and makes sure it chooses beneficial ones.

What we get instead is a cycle of repeating patterns in our relationships, our work and our society, which seem to happen outside of our control, or sometimes even awareness. The AL images are associated with the wrong translations.

Our knowledge of how things 'should' go is equally sparse, taken as it is from whatever just happened on television. Interaction, which is what intelligence aims for, requires all participants to be operating from the same archetypal template. This is an impossibility if anyone is 'running another story'. Our underlying themes must cohere, if we are ever to function in effective groups.

The influence of these two things, our conscious awareness of archetypes and our accuracy in their use, cannot be overestimated in assessing our perception. Unconsciously, every word we hear affects our opinions. Every sight we see consolidates or changes them. Every experience we have, if we're stuck in a matrix, can reinforce our stuck position, or help us to improve.

This effect is all-pervasive and can be totally accidental. For example, if I tell you about a kind of food you've never eaten, and whilst I'm talking about it I look quite disgusted (because actually your dog is trying to make love to my leg, but you haven't noticed this), you will be less likely to consider the food pleasant when you try it, even if I said it was okay. You'll remember my uncomfortable, disgusted body language as one of the first pieces of information connected with that food, and the first information we receive about anything always has strong weighting, regardless of its verity.

Even if the second piece of information contradicts it, the first piece matters most. For another example: I'll tell you a story about Jane. Jane's a nice, warm, friendly sort of person and she's a restaurant owner in Paris. Now I'll introduce you to Mr. Sing, who owns my local Chinese restaurant and is having a few problems with his computer. You'll talk to Mr. Sing in a more receptive, friendly way than you would have if I'd previously told you a story about a nasty, mean, miserly Italian restaurant owner who rips off his customers. The correlative term 'restaurant owner' has tied these people together in your unconscious, despite all the other differences between them you expect similarities. Subliminal links and clues in the growing midbrain jump topic with only the slightest connections and clump together at the least excuse. We are designed to modify the mid brain's behavior as we grow, using LH logic and RH creative flexibility, synergizing in the ACG to make logical common sense out of the code. But a dysfunctional PFC cannot understand the mid brain's interpretations, and stands no chance of doing so if they remain incorrect (Because they do not make logical sense). Such an immature midbrain on its own cannot help but believe it's own creations, it has no overview with which to modify. And it effects our every judgment, with false weighting from irrational associations.

This is the realm of our susceptibility to psychological tricks and deception, and knowing the rules can help prevent them happening to you. The 'first impressions' effect only happens if two pieces of information are encountered close together. If there's a gap, the opposite occurs. Whichever way it goes, if we're not under control we make prejudiced judgments. On top of this we categorize things in our midbrain and try to see patterns in information, even where none exist. ...Did you ever take an instant irrational dislike to someone because their name was the same as that of someone you despised? Or express an opinion of like or dislike about someone you have never met (say, some celebrity)? Often a single characteristic forms the basis of the mid brain's view of a person or thing, and without the PFC we only pay attention to that one factor. The characteristic we choose will often reveal which matrix we're stuck in, for example someone in M4 would be far more likely to notice that a guy had a violent temper than someone in M2, where such behavior may be considered 'normal'. Someone in M3 would probably see spirituality as a positive trait, someone in M4 could see it as a negative one.

Add to that some inevitable sensory distortion (unless all your senses function perfectly), and consider the phenomenon of the alternative memories we dig up depending on our mood, and then consider the effect of having a damaged or incomplete reticular formation (input distortion) and a non-functional ACG (no translation of midbrain imagery). With this as a basis people are trying to operate from parts of the brain that they should have finished building and moved on from years ago. We are stuck currently with whole generations of permanent 7 to 11 year olds 'running' large sectors of society.

Perhaps the cruelest thing is that we do it to ourselves. We see ourselves as being part of a 'group' or groups and judge ourselves according to their faulty archetypes, altering our lifestyles to 'fit in', believing we are 'sinners' or 'the chosen' or whatever they want to tell us we are. We see our groups & archetypes as being superior to other groups and their archetypes, and become more hostile to people in other groups. Some social psychologists claim that prejudice is a result of personality. To me this is a little like saying that being fond of too-tight hats is a result of going bald. It is a correlation, not causality. As far as perception is currently concerned, it's a circle: personality is a result of prejudice (because our personality is built up from our like/dislike response, and then is subject to the prejudice inherent in perception.) Society doesn't help. Often, 'conformity' is a way of gaining social approval (or avoiding rejection) and increasing status.

In reality, the only relevant discrimination between people is a natural one. If there are four of you escaping from somewhere horrid and only one can interact with (fly a) plane, you don't feel discriminated against if they pick her to be the pilot. Ability determines position. Our archetypal 'heroes' should be those able to interact in the most varied situations, the greatest unknowns. Those with the most abilities in service of survival, those most able to increase their own intelligence and with the greatest potential are obviously very valuable. Those who already have many abilities are the current (Kings and sometimes Wizards) wealth of intelligence, but those with most potential are its best investment (Its princes and princesses, its unrecognized heroes). Input and relationships that enable us to get to this stage and beyond (Masters and Students) is valuable input, all else is either deleterious or irrelevant. Except for magic swords. (Or any piece of tech that we can work with in synergy, as though it were a part of us.)

AL

People's ignorance of the origin and purpose of archetypes is stunning, so we really do have to start right at the beginning in order to avoid the popular confused memes. But we can make it more fun by doing an interactive lesson. Here's the game: wire yourself up to a pulse/BP monitor.

...How far can you raise you pulse using only your imagination? Keep your hands to themselves. And find out.

...How far can you lower it?

Most people have no difficulty thinking of all kinds of things that will increase their pulse, but not many can reduce it by very much, or even think of anything to reduce it. What does this tell you?

Try this out next: wire yourself up for GSR, MCG and pulse rate. Imagine a scene in which someone you care about is betraying you in some nasty way and plotting to harm you, and you've secretly found out. Imagine how you would feel. Watch those readings change! Nothing is going on in reality, but your body thought it was because your imagination said so.

Emotion and imagination weight every thought. The first conscious port of call for any form of entertainment you are exposed to, from outside or in, is emotion and imagination networks. Mixed in with ambient surroundings and events in our lives in real-time, all the movies, books, music and art we encounter is noticed, assessed and filed by the midbrain before it gets any intellectual attention.

Imagination uses various different kinds of representation in the mid brain's programming language. One kind is visual imagery, symbols or pictures, which are archetypes. Another is words, but not in the grammatical format we normally use in speech or text. The use of words as representations in midbrain thought is as allegorical or analogical language.

Examples of archetypes are: (Objects): fox, bear, dragon, mermaid, wizard, healer, warrior, star, sun, moon, king, queen, death, fate, god, goddess, sword, spear, blacksmith, apple, rose, black, red. (Add any culturally recognized symbol you know) (Episodes): 'The wounded healer' (the guy who can cure all pain except his own) 'The return of the king' (the king/warrior sleeps/hides, to return again in time of greatest need/end of world) 'Star-crossed lovers' (two people fall in love and win/lose against great opposition) 'Sacrificial king/god/warrior' (someone has to die horribly to save humanity/the planet) 'Cinderella' (someone in hopeless circumstances achieves their wildest dreams and lives happily ever after) 'The 3 bears' (large scary creatures/threat plus innocent vulnerable human, turns out fine in the end)...Add every traditional tale you know.

These 'Episodes' are constructed on the basis of patterns of events that occur in all societies, of every age in every time. In all societies these same dramas are played out. We don't have room to file every event we experience as a separate event. Archetypes are the patterns of our lives, stripped down to the common denominators of all experience. Our personality types align us with archetypes; every scientist is a 'wizard', every actress is a queen. Every waiter is a servant, and the prince or princess who will sweep us off our feet is just around the corner in the wine bar. Our life patterns align us with these episodes; every relationship will fall into an archetypal category or several; teacher/student (master/novice); teenagers in a relationship against the will of parents (star-crossed lovers); man more interested than woman, (pauper courting princess or human courting goddess); everything hinges on this contest (save the world). Once people get into an archetypal episode it is very, very difficult to stop it. Everything in our subconscious minds knows the story and will try to conform to it because of expectations. We expect the young girl to leave the old wizard and go off with the prince, when he arrives, someday my prince will come and save me from the drudgery...take me away from all this, I knew you would come for me, now I don't have to do that horrible degree my evil stepparents are pushing me into. We expect the doctor to be altruistic and politically neutral, the scientist to be slightly eccentric if not a full blown mad genius, the soldier to be fierce but honorable, the nurse to be a gentle soul and Men of God to be serious and somewhat ascetic. We categorize people subconsciously according to archetypes and expect them to behave accordingly. We get surprised if they don't. Episodic archetypes represent a lot of people.

Symbols also represent a lot of things. When we see, for example, a swastika, what happens? Your 'old' brain looks at the shape via the eyes, but has no idea what it is, although memory has already shouted 'beware'...as the input is passed to the midbrain, because even the old brain knows that when a lot of people see that sign they run away, so you might have to run away real soon...The midbrain is searching its files, finds the object, sends a quick cryptic email to the frontal cortex saying 'swastika-nazis-fascists-political-war-uniforms-flags-shouting-violence-cruelty-torture = evil tyrant + danger + death.' The cortex applies its intellectual and creative skills to these concepts, whilst dozens of other messages are arriving via the midbrain...if the other messages are 'tattoo', 'thug', 'shouting' and 'knife', we are probably halfway down the next block by now with a fair turn of speed...midbrain awareness alone was enough to trigger the old brain into action pumping those legs like roadrunner, hormones flowing, and the cortex is only just catching up...if the other inputs are on the other hand 'book' 'learning' and 'history', we are probably settling down into the chair with our tea quite calmly and getting on with it.

How the symbols are interpreted depends on the back up associations they make. To program our own archetypes we have to go one step along the information tree and replace the back up associations with the information relevant to AL. So let's get on with some intensive file management...

Unwire yourself, get somewhere comfy and relax. In 'Imagination/Mid brain networks/eidetic memory/objects', look for a folder called 'King' (if you can't find one, make one). Empty it, i.e., assume you know nothing about the word, have no associations for it, as though it's from a foreign language. In that folder place this information:

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· Definition: Powerful person with much higher status in their environment than most, who could be a powerful ally if friendly but a powerful enemy if not friendly, tends to excel at certain abilities although they may not necessarily be beneficial ones. Highly regarded by many. Probably has access to many resources and contacts. Successful and therefore a role model for survival in their own environment. May be a good role model for some abilities.

· Questions to be pursued if necessary: Is this person 'Beneficial' or 'Not beneficial'? How can I interact with this person in a way beneficial to both of us? How can I prevent this person harming others? How can I assist this person's worthy work?

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Move all files and folders labeled 'Top', 'Best', 'Admired' 'Successful' and so on into the folder called 'King'.