There's More Than One Road to Nirvana
A friend sent me a link to this lecture on ted.com:
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 of recovery and awareness -- of how our brains define us and connect us to the world and to one another. (Recorded February 2008 in Monterey, California. Duration: 18:44.)
Basically, one side of her brain exploded and she found Nirvana within that experience. (Without a master or anything.) The experience she describes matches what some of us found through meditation... so I guess there is a biochemical reason for what we experienced. So I could relate to her experience of Nirvana... and walking around with only half a brain. But her speech is worth listening to. Hope you enjoy it.
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 of recovery and awareness -- of how our brains define us and connect us to the world and to one another. (Recorded February 2008 in Monterey, California. Duration: 18:44.)
Basically, one side of her brain exploded and she found Nirvana within that experience. (Without a master or anything.) The experience she describes matches what some of us found through meditation... so I guess there is a biochemical reason for what we experienced. So I could relate to her experience of Nirvana... and walking around with only half a brain. But her speech is worth listening to. Hope you enjoy it.
