LAFAYETTE, Calif., April 22, 2004 (PRIMEZONE) -- In a provocative book that highlights a theory about human consciousness and mankind's relationship to the world, Byron Turner discusses the development of the human ego and therefore the lack of overall brain unity. The Flaw in each of Us: Humans? The Incomplete Animal? (now available through AuthorHouse) illustrates how humans are different than any other animal species and, in turn, with lack of unity explains the formation of religion.
All animal species have consciousness, but the human race is the only one with an additional consciousness that allows for ego and self awareness. Animal species do not have a self aware ego, and therefore immediately experience and maintain unity with the world. This "brain unity" is something humans do not typically experience until adulthood, giving them ample time in the earlier years of his life to develop self awareness, Turner writes.
It is this lack of "brain unity" that has fueled of chaotic and damaging events increasingly in the world, Turner writes. If humans had a more complete and consistent brain unity of their own earlier in life, acts of violence, exploitation and selfishness would decrease and the world would be a better place. The ego gives mankind the illusion that they are separate from the world and hold their own individual purposes. Turner writes that this illusion is sustained by religion, which leads people to believe that this flaw is remedied because they have found God. "This has also obscured the understanding of ourselves," he writes.
The eventual brain unity that humans achieve illustrates the human race's profound ability to transform itself. The ego is brought to a new place in the human psyche, which also allows for further understanding of one's purpose and meaning in life.
Turner lives with his wife in the San Francisco Bay area. The Flaw in Each of Us is an extension of the author's first book, Inside Information: Life Experiences and the Source of Personal Transformations (Bay, 1999).
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