much of this you probably already know. the neocortex has been compared to the modern computer (which it created, by the way). as i said earlier, it is a relative "baby" and it thinks it knows everything and that the entire universe revolves around it. it is a wonderful baby anyway when it operates with lovenergy. we all know what it can do operating with fearenergy.

it functions however with two very different parts - the left and right hemispheres. unfortunately, historically, these two parts have been "warring" with one another - involved in a childish tug-of-war over "power" in the world it created around us. this "war" is often projected as a male/female struggle - or an east/west struggle. etc. I see much of this "warring" to be the result of unconscious manipulation of the neo-left and neo-right by the older brains, the emotional paleo-brain and the territorial rept-brain.

the neocortex is "wired" to sensorally perceive the world outside the body. unfortunately, it seems to be less well "wired" to what's happening inside its own body, including the valuable input from the two more ancient brains. so often, the input from the "lower" brains is relegated to the "unconscious" - which as you will see, is disastrous.

the neo-left hemis controls the right side of the body. the neo-right hemis controls the left side of the body. it is fairly evident that the Left has assumed domination in the body and in civilization at the moment. (this was not always the case - and will probably change again).

in general, the Left is seen as responsible for verbal, analytic, reductive-into-parts, sequential-rational, time-oriented, discontinuous types of "thinking" and behavior.

in general, the Right is seen as responsible for non-verbal, holistic, visuo-spatial, intuitive, timeless, diffuse types of "thinking" and behavior.

part of the reason the two hemispheres perform their specific functions is because the Right seems to have evolved to connect with the functions of the emotional paleomammalian brain. and the Left seems to have evolved to connect with the functions of the territorial reptilian brain - though they are all linked somewhat to each other and can form various "alliances" between certain parts of each brain.