baɪ ðɪs ˌʌndɚstˈændɪŋ, ðə bˌaɪəlˈɑːdʒɪkəl sˈɛlf ðæt ˌʌndɚstˈændz ˈoʊnli ðə mˈoʊmənt ɪz ɪn pɚpˈɛtʃuːəl kˈɑːnflɪkt wɪððɪ ˌɪntəlˈɛktʃuːəl sˈɛlf ðæt kənsˈiːvz ʌv pˈæst, pɹˈɛzənt, fjˈuːtʃɚ, ænd ðə pˌɑːsəbˈɪlᵻɾi ʌv ɪtˈɜːnᵻɾi.
By this understanding, the biological self that understands only the moment is in perpetual conflict with the intellectual self that conceives of past, present, future, and the possibility of eternity.