Dr. Jill Bolte Taylor
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No, that's why you're wired.
That's why you can feel focused because of the cells that you are now stimulating.
In the other hemisphere, it's not about focus.
It doesn't care about focus.
It cares about the big picture and your relationship to the big picture.
So it's not like the brain is just this soup of cells.
These cells are very specifically organized
Every ability you have is because you have brain cells that perform that function.
And all you're doing right now is preferentially stimulating certain cells.
It's kind of like, okay, I'm going to open my eyes and I'm going to experience vision.
Well, that's not a placebo.
Absolutely.
In your life, this is a practice.
You don't just learn it and then go do it.
This is a practice.
You got to say to yourself, first step, step number one, recognize in this moment, am I using my left thinking judgment, listening to this conversation?
And what is my judgment?
Is my judgment?
Yes, this makes sense.
This is interesting.