Then, when desired, any of the various ego states or modules can be taken on as the primary lens being used through which to see the world. This gives us sophisticated perceptual options through which to analyze the meanings in which we are embedded, which gives rise to a much greater range of behavioral choices. The way we saw the world at infancy or at four or at eight is still an accessible capacity. Those developmental stages exist in one form or another in all life-forms;
