subtitle: Exploring the Feelings Behind Worldviews

Quick Links:      Table of Contents          List of Songs          How to Order  

important note: this book is now available bundled with The Worldview Literacy Book
as part of the new Worldview Literacy and Emotional Intelligence course. 

front cover:	back cover:
spine-centered view of this large (8.5" x 11.0")  124 page, 80,000 word paperback book:

Table of Contents                                                                                                                                       

Part I                  Worldviews, Neurons, Music, Muses                                                page 

 Overview                    The Goal: Happiness and Self Actualization                                         1

 section A                     Introduction                                                                                       2

 section B                     Your Brain: Concepts and Thinking                                                    6

 section C                     Your Brain: Songs, Rewards and Feelings                                         10

section D                     Your Brain: Social Behavior and Joining                                             13 

section E                     Your Brain: Reflexive and Reflective Doing                                         16

 section F                     Your Brain: When Muses Lived Inside!                                             19

Part II                  Worldview Themes and Songs                                                       20 — 100

There are eighty-one worldview themes and new songs.  Each has its own page, containing:                                   

                                     a paragraph summarizing the theme with words

                                     a new song, with notations è notes that promote understanding                                                  

                                     name / info about the original song upon which the new one is based

                                     comments related to associated emotional armor / baggage / coping issues

                                     relative thinking / feeling / joining / doing contributionsè TFJD code

                                     an emotional volatility index VI                                                              

                                     a link to the www.projectworldview.org theme page for lots more info

 Part III         Music, Emotional Volatility, Memes, Oracles, Strange Events

 section A              More on Worldviews, Emotions, Music                                                101

 section B              Emotional Volatility, Creativity and the Reality Marketplace                   104

 section C              Toward a Memetic Code or Something More Immediately Useful         107

 section D              The TFJD Oracle: An Oracle for the 21^st Century                                 111

 section E              Strange Events That Shake Worldviews—
                                      Two Stories Involving Music & Love                                            114

                       Notes and Index                                                                                  117—119