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Programming Jason’s Biocomputer

Steven Barnes
4 min readJun 5, 2020

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I’m in crunch time: Monday I start Jason’s program, designed to set him up to aim at a “B” average in school. I was talking to my friend Dawn about this, and she said something interesting: that at his age, he no longer listens to what I say. NOW he will pay attention to what I DO. That means that I have to raise my own game, exemplify the characteristics that are most important for him to express.

Wow. I guess that’s why parenthood is such a learning experience — WE HAVE TO GROW!

So I’ve been combing through everything I’ve ever learned and taught, asking myself what to give him, what software would be most important to implant in what John Lilly called the “Human Biocomputer.” One factor to remember is that the average human mind can handle seven (plus or minus two) pieces of information at a time. The fewer things to remember, the easier it is to function with efficiency and effectiveness.

My question is: if there was something I wish my father had sat down and given to me when I was sixteen, that would have made the greatest difference in my life…what would it be? If this was IT. This was all I was ever going to be able to give him…what would I move heaven and Earth to teach?

Just maybe, I have it down to four, if I squint just right.

  1. The Three Centers. Belly Brain, Heart Center, Head Center. This is a simple, profound map of the entire human organism. It also suggests a dynamic syntax of action, if one awakens them from the base up. It leads…

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Steven Barnes
Steven Barnes

Written by Steven Barnes

Steven Barnes is a NY Times bestselling author, ecstatic husband and father, and holder of black belts in three martial arts. www.lifewritingpodcast.com.

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