The hindbrain is responsible for our innate desires, such as food, survival, reproduction, etc. Have you ever found yourself engaging in an activity that you knew was wrong, but your body somehow continues with the activity?
I used to find it happened to me a lot with random internet entertainment. It starts off with intending to only watch one video but it continues for at least an hour. It wasn't until I started analyzing my root desires that my body began to react in harmony.
hind brain -----> fore brain
Cravings and desires originate in the hind brain, and by the time it reaches our frontal lobe, we're powerless to stopping it. If we do somehow manage to stop it, it depletes a large amount of our finite willpower. Real change can't be made until the root is addressed.
We experience harmony once the two regions of the brain begin sharing a common goal.
fore brain <------> hind brain
This is the state of zen.
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