Taking responsibility for what you focus on…
Friday, May 30th, 2008In the past year, I have been reading some amazingly powerful material by Eckhart Tolle. More recently, I read Jill Bolte Taylor’s book (My Stoke of Insight). In a very captivating and enticing way, Harvard trainined brain specialist Dr. Jill Bolte Taylor describes her experience of having a stroke (left hemisphere-the thinking side) and how she lived out of the right side of her brain for a long time while experiencing amazing stuff about the workings of the mind. While refuged in the right side of her brain, she lived in Nirvana for days. She describes and explains the whole experience from a scientific point of view. Bolte Taylor provides a scientific view of the biological and physiological underpinings to concepts such as ‘Let whatever happens be okay’; ” Focus on what you want” and ‘Be the witness of your chattering mind’. Here is a sample excerpt from her book:
“It is so easy to get caught up in the wiring of our pre-programmed reactivity (limbic system) that we live our lives cruising along on automatic pilot. I have learned that the more attention my higher cortical cells pay to what’s going on inside my limbic system, the more say I have about what I am thinking and feeling. By paying attention to the choices my automatic circuitry is making, I own my power and make more choices consciously.In the long run, I take responsibility for what I attract into my life.”
I highly recommended this unusual book for your summer reading pleasure: My Stroke of Insight/ Jill Bolte Taylor, ISBN 978-0-670-02074-4
