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March 17, 2008
The 'we' inside of me
I know I talk about brain science and brain function in this weblog a bit more than I should. But it continues to strike me that arts and cultural managers are in the business of fostering meaning, emotion, and human discovery. In that work, it might help us to know how the equipment works.
Which leads to this extraordinary lecture/reflection by neuroanatomist Jill Bolte Taylor. A lifelong student of brain science, Taylor shares with remarkable clarity her own loss of brain function, and what it taught her about her life and ours:
''...we have the power to choose, moment by moment, who and how we want to be in the world. Right here right now, I can step into the consciousness of my right hemisphere where we are -- I am -- the life force power of the universe, and the life force power of the 50 trillion beautiful molecular geniuses that make up my form. At one with all that is. Or I can choose to step into the consciousness of my left hemisphere, where I become a single individual, a solid, separate from the flow, separate from you.... These are the 'we' inside of me.
Which would you choose? Which do you choose? And when?''
Well worth the 18 minutes to watch!
Comments
This is absolutely amazing! Dr. Taylor in 18 minutes has expressed so eloquently and scientifically what the Silva Method has been teaching for 60 years now through the course in Dynamic Meditation, which opens the Corpus Callosum so the two hemispheres speak and communicate with each other under the control of the "I AM."
People learn to control the Alpha waves and experience through Dynamic Meditation this wonderful place of creativity, wholeness and Oneness with the Spirit and all creation. I am also joyful and grateful that I myself know this wonderful level of bliss, enthusiasm and interconnection through dynamic meditation, so I devoted the rest of my life in teaching people how they can experience themselves this Oneness, expanded awareness and magical reality of the spirit within.
Dr. Aretoula Fullam on March 18, 2008 8:15 PM
You can get Jill's book "My Stroke of Insight" from Amazon for a good discount.
Here's the link:
http://www.amazon.com/My-Stroke-Insight-Scientists-Personal/dp/0670020745/ref=pd_bbs_sr_4?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1210709205&sr=8-4
Doris on May 21, 2008 4:34 AM
I read "My Stroke of Insight" in one sitting - I couldn't put it down. I laughed. I cried. It was a fantastic book (I heard it's a NYTimes Bestseller and I can see why!), but I also think it will be the start of a new, transformative Movement! No one wants to have a stroke as Jill Bolte Taylor did, but her experience can teach us all how to live better lives. Her TED.com speech was one of the most incredibly moving, stimulating, wonderful videos I've ever seen. Her Oprah Soul Series interviews were fascinating. They should make a movie of her life so everyone sees it. This is the Real Deal and gives me hope for humanity.
Cameron on May 31, 2008 12:37 AM
The New York Times Sunday Newspaper on May 25 had a great two page article on Jill Bolte Taylor and her book, "MY STROKE OF INSIGHT". Her book is a must read and this NY Times article - called "A Superhighway to bliss" is worth checking out too.
Angeli on June 2, 2008 10:23 PM
Thank you for that. Jill Bolte Taylor's My Stroke of Insight is one of the most incredible stories I've heard in a long time. Her TEDTalk video blew my mind wide open to new possibilities. On the one hand, there's what she went through and how she emerged from it. On the other hand, there's what she can teach all of us.
I saw the 4 part Oprah interview on Oprah dot com Soul Series and I did learn a lot from that, but I'd like to find our more of how to do what Dr. Taylor did, without having a stroke of course!
Think how many of us are living too much in the head, and not the heart. And of course, you can't get more left brain than a Harvard Brain Scientist. Isn't it ironic that she should be the one to have the stroke and transform from the quintessential left brainer into this "seen the light" disciple of finding inner peace?
I hope this movement keeps going. Maybe there will be My Stroke of Insight classes where we can practice what Jill Bolte Taylor is preaching.
Frances on June 2, 2008 11:53 PM
Very powerful and moving film. Taylor, with her scientific background and physical experiences, uses eloquent language and vivid imagery to describe the beauty of our energetic selves and how we're connected. I'm grateful to know that space through my meditation and drawing. Thanks for the post!
Dana's Energy Drawings at Nine Tomatoes on March 18, 2008 8:32 AM