We talk about "sovereignty" all the time... we hear it all the time... and then we witness words and action in disalignment. But why? From a science perspective, our brains and nervous system LOVE routine. The nervous system does not care of it is healthy or not, because we use routine to gauge change, and in the primal brain (brain stem) change means danger. We often confuse the brain and the mind, and there are two distinct classes of people: Dualists believe that the brain and mind are separate. Monists believe they are one. True, it is a bit more complicated, but we are stripping this down to its bones in order to see the roots. I digress... Sovereignty is easy when we apply it to the outside world, but are we truly sovereign if we are slaves to our conditioning? So... what do you believe and why? Are the brain and mind the same? Are they separate?