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{{Infobox Body Communication | {{Infobox Body Communication | ||
| Name = Needs | | Name = Needs | ||
| Image = | | Image = Food Water Exercise.jpg | ||
| Caption = | | Caption = | ||
| Prerequisites = [[Conversing with Your Body]] | | Prerequisites = [[Conversing with Your Body]] | ||
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==The Source of Needs== | ==The Source of Needs== | ||
Everyone knows that their body needs food to live. We need air. We need water. Seeking out nourishment to fulfill bodily needs is the basic behavior that keeps us alive. Medical research has found the parts to the systems that keep us going, from the largest organ in the human body to the smallest organelle in a human cell. However, consciousness itself is still a mystery. This | Everyone knows that their body needs food to live. We need air. We need water. Seeking out nourishment to fulfill bodily needs is the basic behavior that keeps us alive. Medical research has found the parts to the systems that keep us going, from the largest organ in the human body to the smallest organelle in a human cell. However, consciousness itself is still a mystery. This website does not answer that mystery. I am just as confused about that as everyone else. Perhaps even more so because body communication has made me aware of one more piece in the puzzle of consciousness. | ||
===Initial Assumption=== | ===Initial Assumption=== | ||
When I first discovered body communication, I thought that I was sending requests for information to a biological machine | When I first discovered body communication, I thought that I was sending requests for information to a biological machine: my body. I thought that I was getting responses to those requests from my body, as a biological machine. However, some observations didn’t add up. Occasionally, my body would communicate that it had a need, but the responses when trying to determine that need would exclude everything. Then the responses would weaken, and in some situations even go offline for a while, hardly responding at all. It was as if my body was confused or disagreeing with itself. If it’s a machine, why would my body express confusion when asked about some of its own needs? If it’s a machine, why would my body disagree with itself? | ||
Some dreams convey needs. A need-based dream that I had showed a situation I was in as a child from the perspective of me as the abuser and my body as the abused. When I asked my body about it, my body wanted to cry. I did not want to cry or see a reason to cry, but my body did. It turned out that my body wanted an apology from me. It wanted remorse. When my body received that remorse, it let the issue go and the need to cry stopped. If my body is just a machine, how could it feel trauma, remember trauma, and express trauma from situations that I was personally completely fine in and had no issues with? Why would my body need me to apologize? Why would it react to me apologizing? Machines don’t want apologies, nor do they care about or react to apologies. I came to the realization that there is more to the human body than I had first thought. It appeared to be a separately conscious entity. I was closer to seeing what was going on, but I wasn’t even close to the full picture. | Some dreams convey needs. A need-based dream that I had showed a situation I was in as a child from the perspective of me as the abuser and my body as the abused. When I asked my body about it, my body wanted to cry. I did not want to cry or see a reason to cry, but my body did. It turned out that my body wanted an apology from me. It wanted remorse. When my body received that remorse, it let the issue go and the need to cry stopped. If my body is just a machine, how could it feel trauma, remember trauma, and express trauma from situations that I was personally completely fine in and had no issues with? Why would my body need me to apologize? Why would it react to me apologizing? Machines don’t want apologies, nor do they care about or react to apologies. I came to the realization that there is more to the human body than I had first thought. It appeared to be a separately conscious entity. I was closer to seeing what was going on, but I wasn’t even close to the full picture. | ||
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Another change that I experienced, and had no choice in, was to my sexuality. That isn’t supposed to be possible, but it happened. I was shocked by the change, but as I am not bigoted, I wasn’t against the change itself. I was, however, existentially shattered for a few weeks. I was rapidly changing in many ways. My body greatly reduced the amount of meat that I needed to eat, so I lost that, and I lost my sexuality. I knew how much I was changing, and I had no idea what change I would notice next. Most of the changes were internal though, so they didn’t directly affect my life. But what would be the next change to my personal identity? How was I supposed to relate to others if I could be a completely different person an hour after I share anything about myself? This still concerns me. | Another change that I experienced, and had no choice in, was to my sexuality. That isn’t supposed to be possible, but it happened. I was shocked by the change, but as I am not bigoted, I wasn’t against the change itself. I was, however, existentially shattered for a few weeks. I was rapidly changing in many ways. My body greatly reduced the amount of meat that I needed to eat, so I lost that, and I lost my sexuality. I knew how much I was changing, and I had no idea what change I would notice next. Most of the changes were internal though, so they didn’t directly affect my life. But what would be the next change to my personal identity? How was I supposed to relate to others if I could be a completely different person an hour after I share anything about myself? This still concerns me. | ||
This warning is the most important warning in this entire book. If you walk down this path, you have very little choice in who you will become, and neither does anyone else. You can improve greatly, and those improvements tend to be almost effortless, but you cannot predict, nor control, how you will change or what you will lose of what you currently consider part of your identity. My best friend knows more about my methods than anyone. They understand this risk and chose not to take this path at this time. I chose to take it, and I regret nothing. It’s awesome, it’s amazing, and the good more than makes up for the strange situations that I find myself in because of it. I love who I am, I | This warning is the most important warning in this entire book. If you walk down this path, you have very little choice in who you will become, and neither does anyone else. You can improve greatly, and those improvements tend to be almost effortless, but you cannot predict, nor control, how you will change or what you will lose of what you currently consider part of your identity. My best friend knows more about my methods than anyone. They understand this risk and chose not to take this path at this time. I chose to take it, and I regret nothing. It’s awesome, it’s amazing, and the good more than makes up for the strange situations that I find myself in because of it. I love who I am, but I have no idea what I will become. | ||
The choice is yours. Do you want to be you, or do you want to be more? Your internal network is always there, and many of them likely hate their current life, even if you like it. It’s a kindness to work with them, and it would be good for all of you, but it’s up to you to choose what path you take. The choice is yours. | The choice is yours. Do you want to be you, or do you want to be more? Your internal network is always there, and many of them likely hate their current life, even if you like it. It’s a kindness to work with them, and it would be good for all of you, but it’s up to you to choose what path you take. The choice is yours. | ||
==Review== | ==Review== | ||
===Making Querying Easier=== | ===[[#Making Querying Easier|Making Querying Easier]]=== | ||
*It can take a while to discover the details of an uncommon need. Some ways to speed up the process are: | *It can take a while to discover the details of an uncommon need. Some ways to speed up the process are: | ||
**Have a list of all known needs and need categories with you. | **Have a list of all known needs and need categories with you. | ||
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**Write out each question that you ask and mark it with the answer that you receive. | **Write out each question that you ask and mark it with the answer that you receive. | ||
===The Source of Needs=== | ===[[#The Source of Needs|The Source of Needs]]=== | ||
*Needs that are communicated through body communication appear to be sourced from a multitude of conscious decision makers that are part of the human body. These decision makers are nodes. | *Needs that are communicated through body communication appear to be sourced from a multitude of conscious decision makers that are part of the human body. These decision makers are nodes. | ||
*You are also a node on this network. | *You are also a node on this network. | ||
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*The information in this book is from a combination of observations and discussions with these nodes. This is an anthropological method of study, not an experimental method of study. This is not ideal, but it is a good starting point for future work. | *The information in this book is from a combination of observations and discussions with these nodes. This is an anthropological method of study, not an experimental method of study. This is not ideal, but it is a good starting point for future work. | ||
===The Purposes of Needs=== | ===[[#The Purposes of Needs|The Purposes of Needs]]=== | ||
*Needs exist because you only have enough attention to be aware of so much. You have other nodes inside you that are aware of matters that you are unaware of. They plan actions that take care of the body that you all share, to improve all your lives. You can work with them and help each other. | *Needs exist because you only have enough attention to be aware of so much. You have other nodes inside you that are aware of matters that you are unaware of. They plan actions that take care of the body that you all share, to improve all your lives. You can work with them and help each other. | ||
*Needs exist because it’s not just your body. You’re sharing it and the others that live there do need to have some form of agency in their own body. They need to cry occasionally. They need to be able to intend to move the body and have the body they live in actually move. They need to be allowed to be people too. | *Needs exist because it’s not just your body. You’re sharing it and the others that live there do need to have some form of agency in their own body. They need to cry occasionally. They need to be able to intend to move the body and have the body they live in actually move. They need to be allowed to be people too. | ||
===Existential Issues=== | ===[[#Existential Issues|Existential Issues]]=== | ||
*The observation that a person is made of a layered, sentient network of entities, including their own consciousness, calls into question the concepts of free will and personal identity. | *The observation that a person is made of a layered, sentient network of entities, including their own consciousness, calls into question the concepts of free will and personal identity. | ||
*Working with your body can result in unpredictable changes to who you are, and you may have no say in the process or the results. Memories may be affected. Central aspects to your identity, such as sexuality, may be affected. At times, there is no choice, and there is no undo button. | *Working with your body can result in unpredictable changes to who you are, and you may have no say in the process or the results. Memories may be affected. Central aspects to your identity, such as sexuality, may be affected. At times, there is no choice, and there is no undo button. | ||
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==Comments== | ==Comments== | ||
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