Emotional Evolution: Wisdom The seventh core circuit of emotional evolution is based on wisdom. In that moment of stress, wisdom vanishes. We really, truly believe that we cannot have joy. Other people can have joy, but they ran out of it before they got to us. There was none left, and now what are we to do? The false generalization that is encoded in the brain is: I cannot have joy. To rewire it, you can do another Grind In. First state the reasonable expectation, then the essential pain, and finally the earned reward you will receive for accepting it. Core Expectation: I AM JOY. Essential Pain: I must give. Earned Reward: Freedom
When I am at Brain State 1, which happens rarely, I feel joy. Yet it’s more than that. I feel deeply wise. I KNOW in my heart of hearts that my very nature is joy, my essence is joy. Then it vanishes, but in that moment I AM JOY. And if I am JOY, then I have a lot to give. I can take joy in being of service, giving back. I don’t clutch possessions as tightly or worry as much 175