consciousness
August 2008 
NeuroNirvana
Posted on Aug 10th, 2008
by 
Eric
Eric
"Oh my gosh, I'm having a stroke! I'm having a stroke! And in the next instant, the thought flashed through my mind, this is so cool!"
These were the thoughts of brain scientist (neuroanatomist) Dr. Jill Bolte Taylor as she was suffering a stroke in her left hemisphere. Remarkably, not only did she survive the experience, she also brought back a provocative story with profound implications. In this featured TED (Technology, Entertainment, Design) talk, Dr. Taylor discusses her view of the left and right brain hemispheres, as well as her first-person experience of the stroke and the surreal, nirvana-like insights she received while her left hemisphere was, for all practical purposes, "offline." In her presentation, she theorizes that, if we exercise our brain's "peace circuits" by conscious choice, we can eventually embody peace and radiate it outward into the world.
The video is about 19 minutes in length. The entire talk is intriguing, but the last 10 minutes are nothing less than amazing:
http://www.ted.com/index.php/talks/view/id/229.
Dr. Taylor also appeared on a recent, short webcast with Oprah, wherein she expresses her belief that the neural correlates of profound inner peace are located deep within the core of the right hemisphere. You can view that video here:
http://www.oprah.com/spiritself/oss/guest/oss_guest_jboltetaylor.jhtml.
She has also written a provocative and highly recommended book, MY STROKE OF INSIGHT: A BRAIN SCIENTIST'S PERSONAL JOURNEY.
Questions:
Is it really possible to activate inherent "peace circuits" within the brain?
If so, how?
Can we cultivate peacefulness in a manner that actually hardwires peacefulness within the brain?
Is there really any scientific evidence for such an idea?
Is our society biased toward left-brained ways of being?
How do we, in Dr. Taylor's words, effectively "step to the right of our left brains"?
Are there specific methods for doing so?
Is there any research supporting the idea that humanity's deeper spiritual and altruistic capacities are mediated by the right brain?
What do YOU think?
These were the thoughts of brain scientist (neuroanatomist) Dr. Jill Bolte Taylor as she was suffering a stroke in her left hemisphere. Remarkably, not only did she survive the experience, she also brought back a provocative story with profound implications. In this featured TED (Technology, Entertainment, Design) talk, Dr. Taylor discusses her view of the left and right brain hemispheres, as well as her first-person experience of the stroke and the surreal, nirvana-like insights she received while her left hemisphere was, for all practical purposes, "offline." In her presentation, she theorizes that, if we exercise our brain's "peace circuits" by conscious choice, we can eventually embody peace and radiate it outward into the world.
The video is about 19 minutes in length. The entire talk is intriguing, but the last 10 minutes are nothing less than amazing:
http://www.ted.com/index.php/talks/view/id/229.
Dr. Taylor also appeared on a recent, short webcast with Oprah, wherein she expresses her belief that the neural correlates of profound inner peace are located deep within the core of the right hemisphere. You can view that video here:
http://www.oprah.com/spiritself/oss/guest/oss_guest_jboltetaylor.jhtml.
She has also written a provocative and highly recommended book, MY STROKE OF INSIGHT: A BRAIN SCIENTIST'S PERSONAL JOURNEY.
Questions:
Is it really possible to activate inherent "peace circuits" within the brain?
If so, how?
Can we cultivate peacefulness in a manner that actually hardwires peacefulness within the brain?
Is there really any scientific evidence for such an idea?
Is our society biased toward left-brained ways of being?
How do we, in Dr. Taylor's words, effectively "step to the right of our left brains"?
Are there specific methods for doing so?
Is there any research supporting the idea that humanity's deeper spiritual and altruistic capacities are mediated by the right brain?
What do YOU think?
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Greetings Beloved Family,
in her book she goes into how she uses tricks and techniques to bring her into her rightish brain. The book is called My stroke of insight….it's lovely.
I, personally, find that since several awakenings and even more since using lots of hemi sync and Jeffrey Thompson audio that I can energetically go into whole brain state immediately or right brain state…sorry, hhhaha haven't tried left brain state hahaha….I suggest to you that it's much more than that. It's really about realizing how our brain is a hologram and learn to create through it's infinite potential. Perhaps to see that it is perpetual “sacred energetic geometry” that produces various phenomena ie me them this that bliss love etc etc…It's really about true Intelligence awakening and the Universal Mind awakening through it's “our” mind. Universal mind is we right now in it's sprouting state, so to speak. Right and left brain stuff are much true but that is a very two dimensional presentation and we can add depth and other perceptual structures to go ever deeper.
I love sound technology and even though I'm happy to say that I'm in a constant state of open free consciousness I'm still using lots of sound technology, like right now, for the sweetness of it. Thanks and I hope I added something valuable to us….
Johnny