My Stroke of Insight

A Brain Scientist's Personal Journey
Author: Jill Bolte Taylor, Ph.D.
Subject: Neuroscience
My rating: 5*

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From the book:
'step to the right (hemisphere)'
'tend carefully to the garden of your mind'
'90 seconds of emotional reaction concept'
'Peacefulness should be the place we begin rather than the place we try to achieve'.

'Enlightenment is not a process of learning, it is a process of unlearning.'
'(another reason) why many of us may not choose happiness is because when we feel intense negative emotions like anger, jealousy, or frustration, we are actively running complex circuitry in our brain that feels so familiar that we feel strong and powerful.'

'Ultimately everything we experience is a product of our cells and their circuitry. Once you have tuned in to how different circuits feel inside your body, then you can pick and choose how you want to be in the world.'
'I must be willing to give up what I am in order to become what I will be.' (Einstein)