A Stroke of Insight

[johnasmodeus]

don't know if somebody's already posted this. i found it somewhat tangentially relevant, but inspiring nonetheless. dear mod: it's a ted talk, so i believe it's non-controversial enough to pass through the link filter.

http://www.ted.com/talks/view/id/229

[Ashnandoah]

that video clip was very enlightning. i need to go ask my dad if he experienced any of the same revelations. thank you for sharing

[transiten]

mooooooving!

liliane

[Bill]

wow. that was amazing. the engineer in me loved the scientific portion of it, but i must admit i was really blown away by the 'right-brained' inspiration. wow... in any given moment... what would you choose?

[kac527]

thanks johnas for sharing. that was an incredible video...a very brave and strong woman indeed.

[dazcox]

excellent! thanks for the link!

[meganarline]

thanks for that. wow. amazing.

i was bawling my eyes out by the end of it.

megan

[snowflower]

thank you so much. i loved it.

[Bill]

i went back and watched it again for the second time. truly amazing. i love how she is able to eloquently describe the experience that i know i have been reaching for, but have never completely experienced. i do not wish to have a stroke in order to experience it, but i now better understand how i can move into that experience.

by the way, i sent her a message thanking her for her presentation, and invited her to this forum as well. figured many here might enjoy her insights. not sure if the title of her presentation was intended to be so ironic... a 'stroke' of 'in-sight'... beautiful play on words....

[lala]

oh thank you for sharing!
exellent!

i love it i love it

[Kranos]

a truely exellent video. thanks for sharing. :)

[joebananas101]

very touching. also enlightening. as far as i have read the ra material, this goes perfectly along with what is mentioned in the video clip. unity is path to the positive and separation is the path of the negative. this video is probably the best example of how it probably feels. very inspirational.

[estopatitiana]

that is a great video, it seems to me the left hand path and the right hand path could be linked to the hemispheres, think about it. having two parents that have had strokes in the left hemisphere i remember my mother talking about how she felt like she was a part of everything, and i remember her not being very sad afterwords considering what happned.

its interesting how we are all woking so hard to get that right hemisphere experience but people whove had strokes are blessed to get a shortcut to it, at the expense of many other things. her recovery is also amazing

great stuff!:)

[De Mango]

wow, i was amazed at the detail of the experience. i also think it's kind of a shortcut to temporary enlightenment (if you recover). my dad died last year from a stroke in the left hemisphere, now i finally know what exactly happened and what he experienced.

thank you so much for sharing this video.

[Mozart]

for those of you who need a transcript, here it is:


http://blog.ted.com/2008/03/jill_bolte_tayl.php#more


good stuff, indeed. and i liked the fact that she was holding a real human brain in her hands, lol. a true scientist.