tom1
15-04-09, 23:52
Recently I came across a program about a woman who had a stroke and with it experienced a life changing experience.
Basically she describes that she lost the left-side of her brain for a while, which is often associated with the linear, logical, sequential processing. During that time she lost the left-side of her brain during her stroke, she began using her right-side of the brain hemisphere. She explains that she saw things as energy and a totally different perspective because she believes her brain was more left-side orientated. Scientists say that a lot the mind's creativity stems from the right-side as well as the baggage of random processing, fantasy orientated processing. So it's not far fetched to imagine her brain processing things differently and certainly temporarily to the right-side while the left-side was not functioning.
While the experience this woman may be true with seeing 'energy', it is possible the right-side of her brain allowed her to 'imagine' this.
Furthermore, is it not possible that those of us who suffer some form of mental illness are perhaps right-side orientated people? and perhaps the reason why logical reasoning goes out the window?
You can also find out which side of the brain orientated you are, by doing some online questionnaires. A lot of the results for mine made exact sense to my way of thinking. Here is a snippet:
"The left side of the brain processes information in a linear manner. It processes from part to whole. It takes pieces, lines them up, and arranges them in a logical order; then it draws conclusions. The right brain however, processes from whole to parts, holistically. It starts with the answer. It sees the big picture first, not the details."
"You're the student who needs to know why you are doing something."
I just thought it was quite deep and interesting.
What are your thoughts?
Basically she describes that she lost the left-side of her brain for a while, which is often associated with the linear, logical, sequential processing. During that time she lost the left-side of her brain during her stroke, she began using her right-side of the brain hemisphere. She explains that she saw things as energy and a totally different perspective because she believes her brain was more left-side orientated. Scientists say that a lot the mind's creativity stems from the right-side as well as the baggage of random processing, fantasy orientated processing. So it's not far fetched to imagine her brain processing things differently and certainly temporarily to the right-side while the left-side was not functioning.
While the experience this woman may be true with seeing 'energy', it is possible the right-side of her brain allowed her to 'imagine' this.
Furthermore, is it not possible that those of us who suffer some form of mental illness are perhaps right-side orientated people? and perhaps the reason why logical reasoning goes out the window?
You can also find out which side of the brain orientated you are, by doing some online questionnaires. A lot of the results for mine made exact sense to my way of thinking. Here is a snippet:
"The left side of the brain processes information in a linear manner. It processes from part to whole. It takes pieces, lines them up, and arranges them in a logical order; then it draws conclusions. The right brain however, processes from whole to parts, holistically. It starts with the answer. It sees the big picture first, not the details."
"You're the student who needs to know why you are doing something."
I just thought it was quite deep and interesting.
What are your thoughts?