Quotes by Jill Bolte Taylor

Jill Bolte Taylor

Although many of us may think of ourselves as thinking creatures that feel, biologically we are feeling creatures that think

Feelings

May

Thinking

Can we think more than one thought at the same time? Most of us know we can’t do that. Both hemispheres are always working all of the time. But one of them is always dominant.

Always Working

Hemisphere

Thinking

chaos is the first step in the creative process.

Creative

Creativity

Firsts

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.

Body

Brain

Past

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.

Emotional

Mean

Mistake

From watching my own mind deteriorate circuit by circuit, I learned that every ability I have, from wiggling my finger to creating language, is dependent on a group of cells inside of my brain functioning in a healthy, happy way. I realized in order to get well I had to make the cells that performed those functions well again. It gave me an entirely different way to look at myself as an individual and at all of us as people.

Cells

Get Well

Order

I am always in quest of being open to what the universe will bring me.

Quests

Universe

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.

Beautiful

God

Soul

I believe that the more time we spend choosing to run the deep inner circuitries of our right hemispheres, the more peace we will project into the world and the more peaceful our planet will be.

Believe

Peaceful

Running

I can choose to come into the world as my right brain personality, which is more compassionate, more open, more loving, and more right here, right now available.

Brain

Personality

World

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Always Working

Beautiful

Believe

Best Job

Body

Brain

Caring

Cells

Children

Choices

Creative

Creativity

Definitions

Details

Development

Doe

Dust

Emotional

Energy

Expectations

Feelings

Firsts

Force

Garden

Get Well

Giving

God

Grace

Gratitude

Heal

Heart

Hemisphere

Humble

Inspiration

Inspirational

Jobs

Judgement

Knowing

May

Mean

Mind

Mistake

Moments

Morning

Motivation

Moving

Natural

Opportunity

Order

Past

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Quotes by Jill Bolte Taylor

Jill Bolte Taylor

Although many of us may think of ourselves as thinking creatures that feel, biologically we are feeling creatures that think

Can we think more than one thought at the same time? Most of us know we can’t do that. Both hemispheres are always working all of the time. But one of them is always dominant.

chaos is the first step in the creative process.

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.

I am always in quest of being open to what the universe will bring me.

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.

I believe that the more time we spend choosing to run the deep inner circuitries of our right hemispheres, the more peace we will project into the world and the more peaceful our planet will be.

I can choose to come into the world as my right brain personality, which is more compassionate, more open, more loving, and more right here, right now available.

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