by Viktoria Vidali on June 27, 2009
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In My Stroke of Insight, neuro-anatomist Jill Bolte Taylor recounts in vivid detail the events of her 1996 stroke, caused by an arterio-venous malformation, including the removal of a golf ball size blood clot that was placing pressure on the language centers in the left hemisphere of her brain. Her explanation of this life-threatening and life-changing experience from the unique perspective of a brain scientist reveals how each of us can access at any time the loving oneness and compassion of our right-brain function. continue reading …
Admit something:
Everyone you see, you say to them, “Love me.”
Of course you do not do this out loud; otherwise,
someone would call the cops.
Still, though, think about this, this great pull in us
to connect.
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by Viktoria Vidali on June 27, 2009
in General
As advertising has become more and more sophisticated and aggressive, the modern middle and upper classes have become increasingly susceptible to its primitive pressures and to judgments from others based on possessions. They either pass muster or they don’t. Though this is nothing new, the intensity of these pressures and the near-universal failure to cope with them are. Even in loving families where the importance of empathy, gratitude, and self-awareness have been taught, the worm of materialism has found entry. continue reading …
by Viktoria Vidali on June 27, 2009
in General
One definition of renewal is “renovation by cleansing, repairing, or rebuilding,” often associated with physical objects such as personal living spaces, old homes, buildings, vehicles, or gardens. “Renovation by cleansing, repairing, or rebuilding” can also be symbolically employed in connection with human relationships.
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