“The brain thinks and seems to know it thinks, but thinking is not its primary evolutionary imperative. Rational thinking comes second to the brain’s reactive survival instincts, and enhancing the self takes precedence over regard for the welfare of others. The primary mission of the brain is to keep us alive and to make our individual life as physically pleasurable as possible. Connection, loving, and caring are the brain’s second thoughts usually seeping through the din of its urgent energy as expressions of the heart’s code.”