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Every time that I write the words, “from my heart”, or “with the mind and the heart”…
I CRINGE.
I cringe because I KNOW it’s WRONG… as you do.
Our “heart” has nothing to do with anything!
Sure, it’s a pump.
It’s THE pump.
But, it has NOTHING to do with emotion, nor intent, nor understanding, nor behavior.
Why do I use the words “from the heart” then?
Because – you know what I mean.
BUT – in the spirit of “absolute truth” and learning and expanding our harmony… let’s call it what it is… THE MIND!!! THE BRAIN AND ONLY THE BRAIN decides our emotions, behaviors and rationality.
HOMEWORK:
(You don’t often get homework for HARMONY, but this time you have.
And, IT’S MANDATORY!)
You must cut and paste the link below and watch this Ted talk, OR you need to go on Google and type in “Stroke of Insight – Ted Talk” and watch the 18 minute talk by Dr. Bolte-Taylor.
https://www.ted.com/talks/jill_bolte_taylor_s_powerful_stroke_of_insight?language=en
I watched it years ago, and I watched it multiple times this weekend. I have often heard about the brain works “left is math, right is art”. But, I never thought much about it.
Dr. Bolte-Taylor makes our brains come to life in a way that should truly alter our lives.
First- our “BRAIN” is really
TWO COMPLETELY SEPARATE ORGANS….
The left brain, a server in “series”, as the good doctor calls it – stores data. It’s our “thinking” brain. It captures every one of our experience and files it away to understand how things work, to define us, to allow us to plan our future. Our left brain is the “library of congress” that is constantly filing and retrieving data on how the world works and how we work in it.
The right brain, “a parallel server” – uses our body to sense the universe. It is our “experiencing” brain. After watching her video, I am more conscious of it. It is the brain that sense our being in alignment with everything around us. Our right brain is in the moment… it feels and hears and senses and sees…
It is not the one that makes us talk… but rather fills us with energy.
It is not the one that understands what we are seeing… but rather acknowledges beauty.
It is not the one that creates fear or anxiety… bur rather the one that makes us jump back from danger.
YOU HAVE GOT TO WATCH THIS VIDEO….
OUR right brain FEELS THE IS…
OUR right brains ENERGIZES us from INSPIRATION…
OUR right brain KNOWS WHEN HARMONY IS HAPPENING….
OUR left brain PUTS WORDS TO THE IS…
OUR left brain PUTS PRECONCEPTION and BIAS and ANXIETY to the IS…
And, OUR left brain MAKES US SELFISH…
Our right brain senses ourselves as part of everything else…
Our right brain defines empathy in emotion…
Our left brain separates us from the world around us..
Our left brain is biased by what we know and held back in many ways by our experiences.
It MAKES SO MUCH SENSE…
Meditation is to QUIET the left brain to allow the right brain to feel peace… and reset ourselves.
The right brain CARRIES NO BAGGAGE! It only experiences joy and pain…
I need to think about HARMONY and how it relates to this… but I think HARMONY might be the PIVOT point for our left and right brain.
To DEFINE THE “IS” of the moment, we need to use BOTH of our brains. We need to silence our LEFT brain to be able to consider and understand the possibilities.
And, the line between “wishing” and “wanting” is the line that defines our left brain…
It defines whether the “files” that I pull from my memory allow us to acknowledge the right brain or not.
When you pull “WISHING” thoughts from your left brain, you send your left brain into a spin… “There is a DEFICIENCY between your life and what you wish it was…”… A RATIONAL BRAIN cannot solve a problem with no solution… I WISH MY LIFE HAD HAPPENED DIFFERENTLY…
We CAN NOT RATIONALLY solve that problem. It’s unsolvable…
And, I believe that creates defensiveness, fear, and DISCOMFORT with the moment.
When you pull “WANTING” thoughts from your left brain, and you have acknowledged the IS… “There is a solution to the problem”… OUR RATIONAL BRAIN can find a solution to the formula!
IF I am alive and healthy,
IF others have solved the problem,
IF tomorrow I can behave differently,
IF tomorrow I can modify my approach….
I CAN ACHIEVE MY WANT… My want is an OPPORTUNITY not a deficiency.
WANTING – is within our control – building off of our IS… Our left brain knows there is a possibility of a SOLUTION… And, our right brain leverages joy and feels gratitude…
WISHING – is outside of our control – it doesn’t build off our IS…. Our left brain knows NO solution … and, our right brain is overcome by the defensive rejection of the left.
I am not a brain researcher… but it just seems like common sense.
HARMONY is leveraging the left brain files to find a solution to permit the right brain to have a say…. And allow us to find joy and acknowledge suffering in our journey.
DISHARMONY is when the left brain errors out with its data… finds no solution… and takes over the moment with fear and anxiety and defensiveness..
Take 18 minutes – to learn more about the amazing BRAINS that we have in our heads.
LEVERAGE our rationality to quiet our minds.
LEVERAGE our rationality to separate our thoughts and senses.
LEVERAGE our rationality to achieve success….
LEVERAGE our rationality to know joy…
EMOTIONS come from both BRAINS!
EMOTIONS don’t come from the heart… nor the right brain…
EMOTIONS are the END product / result of the conversation between our left and right brain.
OUR RATIONALITY IS EVERYTHING…
OUR RATIONALITY or the LACK of our RATIONALITY produces our behavior.
RATIONALITY only exists with HARMONY.
DISHARMONY IS IRRATIONALITY… Trying to change that which we cannot affect (the past / the future).
HARMONY is the ultimate RATIONALITY…
And, done in every moment… unleashes the RIGHT brain to feel and sense…
NIRVANA is a quiet mind… a sensing mind.
And, HARMONY makes it possible to feel moments of NIRVANA…
No… I haven’t lost my mind…
I have simply come to understand it better.
WATCH Dr. TAYLOR…
I am not sure exactly how this ties into HARMONY… but I know that it does.
Imagine the ability to understand ourselves more as a continuum to our surroundings.
Imagine the ability to BE truly at one with all that is around us…
Imagine the gratitude we would feel if everything was a part of us…
It is when we start to define ourselves that we limit ourselves…
It is when we start to define the IS that we limit the IS…
We need both…
It is in the moment where both come together… and battle for control…
OUR SENSES battling our EXPERIENCES to see which can control our behavior most…
HARMONY is our brain working hand in hand….
No more CRINGING! No more silly heart talk...
OUR MINDSET IS EVERYTHING… the heart has NOTHING to do with it!
Help me discover and uncover HARMONY…
I'd love your thoughts as to whether this makes any sense…
And WATCH the video!
Nesto