TITLE:
Eplerian Philosophy for a New Way of Life
AUTHORS:
Gary R. Epler
KEYWORDS:
Eplerian Philosophy, Brain, Heart, Mind, Life, Health, Happiness, Compassion
JOURNAL NAME:
Open Journal of Philosophy,
Vol.11 No.1,
February
25,
2021
ABSTRACT: Eplerian philosophy is defined as: “Know who
you are moment by moment.” The purpose of this article is to show that the
philosophy is based on scientific research, the relevance and implications, and
how to apply the fundamental principles. This means knowing where you’re thinking
from and that’s who you are. There are four locations you can think from: the
head brain, the heart, the belly brain, and the mind. These are independent
locations with no interconnection among them, and you can only think from one
location at a time. The function of the head brain is to improve our financial
and social lives daily by implementing the actions from the heart, the belly
brain, and the mind. The feelings from the head brain include anger, stress
from self-thinking, and pleasure from the addiction center. Application of the Eplerian philosophy is to
bypass the head brain amygdala anger center, cingulate stress center, and the accumbens addiction center by thinking from the
heart and the mind. The function of the heart is to keep itself healthy, and
the feelings include kindness, empathy, gratitude, and giving. The function of
the belly brain is risk-benefit management, and the feeling is fear. The
function of the mind is creativity, and
the feelings include total calmness and unconditional love. Thinking from the head is unhealthy, unproductive,
and causes stress. Thinking from the belly brain keeps us grounded. Thinking
from the heart and the mind is healthy and feels good. This is a new way of
life for extraordinary living.