Neuroanatomist Jill Bolte Taylor had an opportunity few brain scientists would wish for: One morning, she realized she was having a massive stroke. As it happened -- as she felt her brain functions slip away one by one, speech, movement, understanding -- she studied and remembered every moment. This is a powerful story about how our brains define us and connect us to the world and to one another.
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Hi all - Just got a chance to watch this. She's an amazing speaker and clearly explains how it is possible for us to choose to be in the present moment. It's a choice that we have every single moment of the day. She lost that choice when her left hemisphere shut down but we still have that choice. Sometimes it is important to be "left-brained" but other times we can choose to be in the present moment. She refers to this feeling as nirvana - peaceful, at one with the world (almost literally). I spend most of my time hooked into my intellectual side and often forget to just be. This reminded me what a powerful feeling it is to just be and that I can choose to go there whenever I want to. If it's even only for a moment it can bring peace to the rest of my day.
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