[:themen:] • Thought, emotion, and energetic movement are actually not separate things, but manifestations of one thing; let us call them themens (thought + emotion + energy) • Example. Thought: everyone is just out themselves. Emotion: I have to look out for myself and everyone for themselves; that's just how the world works. Energy: focus on self; selfishness. • Themens are intricate, mostly subconscious, and form the core themes / [firmware](human firmware) of how we live our lives. • Many teaching's themens are self-contradictory, such as teaching love for "all things" but then rejecting some innate parts of being a human. Scott has worked to make the Living Essence themens consistent! (logic theory? 👀) • • Example from [a blog post from karthik](https://blog.karthiksthings.com/posts/learning-to-ask/) • Quote, Here's my theory as to why my awareness for others is improving. Getting help from others nudges you towards seeing the world as one large community where everyone is looking out for each other. This strengthens my subconscious sense of everyday duty to strangers which sharpens my ambient perception of people in need. Never asking for help reinforces a sense of separateness from society. This emotional distance narrows the scope of my love, involvement, and responsibility-- the big emotions that drive interpersonal action-- and so the old man trying to carry three suitcases up the subway station stairs no longer penetrates my awareness as a situation that needs to be acted upon, but melds into the rest of my environment and simply becomes "a thing I shouldn't walk into".