Dr. Jill Bolte Taylor

But the thinking portion, the character for portion of our brain is the wisdom that we gain from the knowledge that we have had and we have associated it and we can relate to it.

And this part, all it cares about is that emotion that I felt that morning, which was awe.

Awe that I'm alive at all.

And when we can connect to that, people, you know, it's billion-dollar industry.

of meditation to quiet what's going on in the left hemisphere so that we can open up the possibility to what's going on in the right hemisphere.

And it's our peace.

We are wired at the core of our being, of our right thinking tissue to feel peace.

And we do not exist in a world that is peaceful.

So if we are functioning on an extreme left brain, left thinking, and we are emotionally volatile when people insult us, and we're all about the me, me, me, and we have forgotten about the we, look at the world we currently live in.

And right now, we are so skewed to me, the individual, and I want more, and I'm against you because you're not a part of my tribe.

And we balance that by knowing that I am alive.

It is this incredibly precious gift.

The odds that I had to beat just to be here.

Have you ever stopped to think about the odds you had to beat just to be here?

Think about this.

Now, first of all, think about this.

The little egg cell that would evolve into you eventually, it took form.

It's about the size of, you know, it's an egg cell.

It's tiny.

But it took form during your mother's fifth week of gestation.