How a Stroke Led to a Spiritual Epiphany (VIDEO)
Brain researcher, Jill Bolte Taylor, studied her own stroke as it happened. She came away with some truly profound insights into human consciousness and our spiritual inter-connectedness. Watch her powerful presentation below (from TED.COM) (approx. 19 minutes).
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There are so many lessons on so many levels in this talk…the ability to choose your life and your experiences; the “grand-ness” of people in the big picture; and more.
Of course, we couldn’t help but notice an analogy to men and women. Jill talks about how the left brain keeps us grounded and connected to the world. It keeps us physical and able to operate day-to-day. The right brain lets us experience spirit, motion and emotion…the sweetness, drama and wonder of life. The corpus callosum connects the two and allows people to have a full and balanced experience.
In relationship, men, who are said to be more left-brained, are grounded and are happiest producing in the world. Women, who are said to be more right-brained, enjoy experience, motion and swinging out. Men are the rock, women are the sweet nectar. We believe they are connected by a powerful energy flow. As a result, together, they offer the other a fuller experience of life than is possible alone. Like the two halves of the brain, their differences are perfectly complementary. The two “separate” parts serve the whole.
Is this coincidence? Is it holographic, where all of life is a reflection of itself? What do you think? Share your thoughts. We’d love to hear from you.
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