Emotion only lasts in our bodies for about 90 seconds. After that, the physical reaction dissipates, UNLESS our cognitive brain kicks in and starts connecting our anger with past events. Jill Bolte Taylor More Quotes by Jill Bolte Taylor More Quotes From Jill Bolte Taylor My stroke of insight would be: peace is only a thought away, and all we have to do to access it is silence the voice of our dominating left mind. Jill Bolte Taylor voicesilencemind To experience peace does not mean that your life is always blissful. It means that you are capable of tapping into a blissful state of mind amidst the normal chaos of a hectic life. Jill Bolte Taylor caringinspirationalmean Although many of us may think of ourselves as thinking creatures that feel, biologically we are feeling creatures that think Jill Bolte Taylor feelingsmaythinking Please be responsible for the energy you bring into this space. Jill Bolte Taylor responsiblespaceenergy Unfortunately, as a society, we do not teach our children that they need to tend carefully the garden of their minds. Without structure, censorship, or discipline, our thoughts run rampant on automatic. Because we have not learned how to more carefully manage what goes on inside our brains, we remain vulnerable to not only what other people think about us, but also to advertising and/or political manipulation. Jill Bolte Taylor gardenrunningchildren When we are being compassionate, we consider another's circumstance with love rather than judgement... To be compassionate is to move into the right here, right now with an open heart consciousness and a willingness to be supportive. Jill Bolte Taylor judgementheartmoving For me, it's really easy to be kind to others when I remember that none of us came into this world with a manual about how to get it all right. We are ultimately a product of our biology and environment. Consequently, I choose to be compassionate with others when I consider how much painful emotional baggage we are biologically programmed to carry around. I recognize that mistakes will be made, but this does not mean that I need to either victimize myself or take your actions and mistakes personally. Your stuff is your stuff, and my stuff is my stuff. Jill Bolte Taylor emotionalmistakemean We have the power to choose, moment by moment, who and how we want to be in the world. Jill Bolte Taylor momentswantworld The left hemisphere is very interested in language; it communicates in words, it has a past, a present, and a future; it has a time component and it's all about details. The right hemisphere is more about the right now-right here experience where everything is an enormous collage of all the sensory systems flooding into our brains. Jill Bolte Taylor detailsbrainpast I am the life-force power of the universe. I am the life-force power of the 50 trillion beautiful molecular geniuses that make up my form, at one with all that is. Jill Bolte Taylor soulgodbeautiful Take responsibility for the energy you bring. Jill Bolte Taylor taking-responsibilityenergyresponsibility Most of the circuits in our brains run on automatic. The more you think a thought, the more energy goes into that circuit. Eventually it gets enough energy to run the thought automatically without us needing to put more energy into it. Jill Bolte Taylor brainrunningthinking My favorite definition of fear is: False Expectations Appearing Real Jill Bolte Taylor definitionsrealexpectations Just like children, emotions heal when they are heard and validated. Jill Bolte Taylor emotionalhealchildren We actually do generate some new cells, some new neurons. So in the case of trauma there is the potential for there to be some new neural development which gives the person the chance to create new circuitry. Jill Bolte Taylor cellsdevelopmentgiving Our right hemisphere, it thinks in pictures and it learns kinesthetically through the movement of our bodies. Information ... explodes into this enormous collage of what this present moment looks like, smells like and tastes like, what it feels like and what it sounds like. Jill Bolte Taylor smellbrainthinking We can all learn that we can take full responsibility for what thoughts we are thinking and what emotional circuitry we are feeling. Knowing this and acting on this can lead us into feeling a wonderful sense of well-being and peacefulness. Jill Bolte Taylor emotionalresponsibilitythinking I realized, "Oh my gosh! I'm having a stroke!" And the next thing my brain says to me is, Wow! This is so cool! How many brain scientists have the opportunity to study their own brain from the inside out?" Jill Bolte Taylor wowbrainopportunity Most of the different types of cells in our body die and are replaced every few weeks or months. However, neurons, the primary cell of the nervous system, do not multiply (for the most part) after we are born. That means that the majority of the neurons in your brain today are as old as you are. This longevity of the neurons partially accounts for why we feel pretty much the same on the inside at the age of 10 as we do at age 30 or 77. Jill Bolte Taylor cellsbrainmean In the course of four hours, I watched my brain completely deteriorate in its ability to process all information. On the morning of the hemorrhage, I could not walk, talk, read, write or recall any of my life. I essentially became an infant in a woman's body. Jill Bolte Taylor brainwritingmorning
