In our previous conversations we described learning at the example of interaction of a human with the world around him or her. Apart from the world outside us there’s another one inside us. And in this inner world, we can find multiple components on an absolutely conditional basis. The first one is the sphere of automated reactions. They take place in the body beyond any control: the heart pumps blood, the lungs pumps air, the stomach digests food, the kidney remove the products of our vital processes out of the body. This normally works invisibly to our consciousness and can be compared to such well-known processes as the Earth rotation round the Sun or the water cycle. Some other phenomena are of a probabilistic nature, which means we can’t control them, yet can adapt to them. A good example of it is the natural changeability. In some regions of the Earth the umbrella is a useful thing to be with you in all kinds of weather. Therefore, we can say that we’re all under the influence of external and internal environment independent from our Ego. However, this structure has a wonderful characteristic. If we can get away from unpleasant external events, it’s impossible to get rid of our internal world. We’ve to respond to the challenges of our body at all times. The whole process, obviously, goes unnoticed by our mind only when the body functions in the familiar, which is well-regulated rhythm. If there is any failure, such as a disease causing chronic effects, a part of the responsibility to maintain the homeostasis has to be done consciously. Thus, our internal world teaches us as effectively as the social reality in which we live. On the other hand, failures to control the internal world, as well as those undesirable conditions irritate us even more than failures in activities in the world around us.

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