The use of ENERGY in a practice of Mindfulness and for the healing of our bodies and minds relies on the Right Hemisphere of our brain. The right hemisphere of our brain naturally, biologically, relies on ENERGY to function. The right hemisphere lives in the present, the here and now and receives ENERGY from the atmosphere and from that produces ‘pictures’ from which we manufacture reality. It learns through the movement of our body and produces feeling sensation from which we again manufacture our reality (hot/cold, fear/excitement, peace/rage.) Kinesthetically, when we move, our body again relies on energy. The energy from the atmosphere enters our sensory system and this manufacturing of our reality begins to interpret what this present moment looks like, feels like, sounds like. The Right Hemisphere of our body is conscious of the true ‘reality’, home to our deep-peace circuitry.
As neuroanatomist Dr. Jill Bolte Taylor famously said in her landmark TedTalk ‘I am an energy being connected to the energy all around me through the consciousness of my Right Hemisphere. We are energy beings connected to one another through the consciousness of our right hemispheres as one human family.” https://www.ted.com/talks/jill_bolte_taylor_s_powerful_stroke_of_insight#t-540110
It is through the right hemisphere of our brains that we are connected to oneness, the collective consciousness, the here and now, the perfection of complete energetic potentiality. This is not science fiction or new age thinking. This is a scientific fact,.
The Left Hemisphere, on the other hand, is that which separates us – through the use of language. It is our use of language that creates the disconnect and causes dysfunction. The Left Hemisphere of our brain is the command-center and home to Brain Chatter, the incessant noise which produces the doubt, fear, and suffering.
The majority of humans plugging away in their offices, shuttling through traffic, living their harried existences are entirely enthralled with the left side, the linear, language-based, calculated intelligence center of their brain. And so they remain separate. The concept of oneness, inter-connectedness, mindfulness and energy healing makes no sense. For them, in fact, it causes utter skepticism and disbelief. Because they remain separate, enthralled with the Left Hemisphere. And that is too bad.
With the escalation of Artifical Intelligence and Hyper-technology, it is more important than ever to adopt mindfulness practices into our daily routines. This means paying attention to that which resides in the Right Hemisphere. Humans more than ever need to adopt the core concepts of mindfulness and understand what energy really is so they can create higher levels of clarity, focus, and effectiveness. By choosing to pay more attention to the traits of the right hemisphere of the brain, you, as an individual, will become more creative, have clearer thinking, better focus, sustained effectiveness, and more satisfaction at work and in your personal life.
As Dr. Taylor-Bolte elegantly shares people can ‘chose to step right of their left hemisphere.’
I invite you to consider making this choice, even if for only a few moments a day. You can join me for ‘micro-mindfulness – sneaking serenity in five minutes at a time’ on LinkedIn. https://www.linkedin.com/in/sarah-saint-laurent-8b2007104/