For me, the gleanings here reflect how our society -- dominated by the left, generally 'Masculine' (though not exclusive to men) hemisphere of the brain at the cost of the right, generally 'Feminine', (though not exclusive to women) -- is what perpetuates our world out of balance. And if we keep going this way, we'll end up where we're headed.
Our life-support system -- this planet -- is in peril. Our skewed priorities compound economic, political, social, religious, and environmental instability. So much boils down to a left hemisphere dominance that discounts most anything that cannot be measured. We can't easily measure the elements of the natural world that creates and sustains our existence. Nor have we been able to measure the most worthwhile qualities of human nature that truth be told, we long for the most: kindness; caring; acceptance; affection; generosity; understanding; forgiveness; compassion, companionship. Except now, thanks to neuroscience the impact of Love -- or it's lack -- is pretty much measurable in the neural pathways of the brain.
For more understanding of many of the enormously complex (yet simple) roots of our nature, see Iain McGilchrist's The Master and His Emissary: The Divided Brain and the Making of the Western World. www.iainmcgilchrist.com. And Dan Siegel's Mindsight -- http://drdansiegel.com/ And Norman Doidge's The Brain That Changes Itself http://www.normandoidge.com
Our life-support system -- this planet -- is in peril. Our skewed priorities compound economic, political, social, religious, and environmental instability. So much boils down to a left hemisphere dominance that discounts most anything that cannot be measured. We can't easily measure the elements of the natural world that creates and sustains our existence. Nor have we been able to measure the most worthwhile qualities of human nature that truth be told, we long for the most: kindness; caring; acceptance; affection; generosity; understanding; forgiveness; compassion, companionship. Except now, thanks to neuroscience the impact of Love -- or it's lack -- is pretty much measurable in the neural pathways of the brain.
For more understanding of many of the enormously complex (yet simple) roots of our nature, see Iain McGilchrist's The Master and His Emissary: The Divided Brain and the Making of the Western World. www.iainmcgilchrist.com. And Dan Siegel's Mindsight -- http://drdansiegel.com/ And Norman Doidge's The Brain That Changes Itself http://www.normandoidge.com
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