Thank you for sharing this David. I know myself I have moments when I feel truly in what I would say where I’m one with the universe although I don’t have the vocabulary or words to express how I truly feel in these moments, and it isn’t when I’ve had to much to drink or whatever. It’s a moment where I can pray for Bill Gates and for the person who has nothing material in life or the person who is getting tortured etc. and just want the best for everyone, friends, foe, people I don’t know whoever. A mystical inner place of love and peace. Part of the transcipt below which resonated with me. I am glad she shared this with us and for you letting us know about her. A great connection, again, thank you. I can’t imagine what she went through and is still experiencing.

“So who are we? We are the life force power of the universe, with manual dexterity and two cognitive minds. And 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. I am Dr. Jill Bolte Taylor, intellectual, neuroanatomist. These are the “we” inside of me.

Which would you choose? Which do you choose? And when? I believe that the more time we spend choosing to run the deep inner peace circuitry of our right hemispheres, the more peace we will project into the world and the more peaceful our planet will be. And I thought that was an idea worth spreading.”

my god.. this is something interesting. I unfortunately understood 75% cuz im not 100% bilingual.. But wow. she is very interesting. If i’d have strokes : i would be the first to be scared!!But in the same time, ill remeber what she said..how it could be beautiful! Well, thank you.

The dream is the connection we have with each other, the space in between as it is …the I AM…which binds us to the peacefulness of our space in time. The interconnectedness of our brain, like a computer, but much more than that is our awareness of our being and our responsibility to use that awareness in sharing the art of being human…thus the human element. In such the way that our brain connects us to our body, so shall our energy be used to connect us with each other. Being in the moment….connecting those momments to a deeper understanding of our purpose is a beautiful thing. Thank you David for sharing:-) “Life isn’t about the breaths you take, but about the moments that take your breath away” XO

-Yvette “Don’t you know me? Don’t you know me by now?”

Thank you for sharing! It’s nice to be reminded that there are others who see all people & things as truely interconnected. I see so few examples of this type of thinking in my daily life and am saddened by it. Also very interesting to see it explained scientifically.

Namaste

That is a really fascinating talk! Thanks for posting it! It reminds me a lot of the first hand accounts of individuals with Autism who have talked about the perceptions that make up their everyday reality.

It particularly reminds me of a woman named Temple Grandin, born profoundly affected by autism, who has a doctorate in animal behaviour and has extensively studied the brain. She speaks around the world and is able to relate her own perceptions and thoughts very objectively to the functioning of the brain. She gives a really unique take how we all think and what makes us who we are.

Anyone really interested in brain and behaviour should look her up.

thank you for finding yet another way to make me shed tears!!! _

Thanks for the tip Shannon! I’ll have to look her up:-)Funny you should mention that ,Shannon, since I’ve just spent the last few hours on here researching Autism and Jenny McCarthy’s new book. As a person who works with autistic children I can fully relate. I have suspected for years that my son has some form of high-functionning autism, but with small changes in diet and having an understanding of the way his brain works, it has given us ways to help him succeed. He is a brilliant child with an amazing sense of humour and he sees the world in a curious and unique way. Life to him is ambiguous and we have to answer the many “Whys” he poses throughout the day. He’s smarter than any fourth -grader I know and is reading at a grade 8 0r 9 level. He’s a pretty awesome piano player too! The brain is an amazing entity that is puzzling to most. I’m glad they don’t all work the same:-)

-Yvette

Interesting info there gals. This reminds me that all people in this world are truly unique beings, gifts, with so much to offer in whatever way, and everyone deserves to live with dignity. The awe of living and being, amazing, the awe of life. Reminds me a bit of some reading I did in the past of Joseph Campbell, mythologist - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Campbell - and Matthew Fox’s creation spirituality - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matthew_Fox_%28priest%29. It was the latter person who opened me up to a whole different way of looking at life from someone like myself who was born and raised in a fairly traditional Roman Catholic environment.

this is very interesting! it would be nice to switch at our ease to the right emisphere they say we only use 10% of the brain capacity, we all think we’re so smart and what we do consider ‘normal’ is just an illusion i think. i say : ignorance is blessing

Thank you Shannon & Michael. Some interesting stuff, particularily Temple Grandin’s accounts of autism.

In the spirit of “something worth watching” I caught a documentary not long ago that is worth a look see. I’ve posted a link to the trailer below. The premise is a look at the world’s most pressing problems through the eyes of nine Nobel laureates.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WePBOArQ7Pk

I swear, you’ve affected my life so very much with your words and this too, it’s just, amazing. I think you have affecting my ways of thinking more than, say, my own parents. Never stop.

That was surreal.
Weird timing as I am currently reading ‘A new Earth’ by Echkart Tolle which is a kind of “spiritual guide” on the art of living in the ‘now’ as opposed to being a slave to our egos and endless role playing (VERY eye opening). That was a bit too emotional for a Tuesday morning…

very very interesting stuff, especially how it includes the 3 interesting keywords, neuroanatomist, schizophrenia, and nirvana. i will have to re-watch and think about it again and agian to get more insights though.

hi, HoneyCup, i also used to read Echkart Tolle’s book, “the power of now”, interesting.

anyway, there is a book named “Einstein Questions, Buddha Answers” i’d like to recommend to everyone here. it may also worthwhile if you take a look at the brief summary of the book; http://tinyurl.com/yrg7xc

thank you, david.