Jill Bolte Taylor Quotes

To experience peace does not mean that your life is always blissful. It means that you are capable of tapping into a blissful state of mind amidst the normal chaos of a hectic life.

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.

My stroke of insight would be: peace is only a thought away, and all we have to do to access it is silence the voice of our dominating left mind.

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

We have the power to choose, moment by moment, who and how we want to be in the world.

Please be responsible for the energy you bring into this space.

Take responsibility for the energy you bring.

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.

Just like children, emotions heal when they are heard and validated.

My favorite definition of fear is: False Expectations Appearing Real

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.

The easiest way I have found to humble myself back into a state of peaceful grace is through the act of gratitude.

My left brain is doing the best job it can with the information it has to work with. I need to remember, however, that there are enormous gaps between what I know and what I think I know.

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.

If I can choose who I am in the moment, then I can choose to come in as my left brain personality and all of the skill sets that goes with that.

Peace is only a thought away.

I love knowing that I am simultaneously as big as the universe and yet merely a heap of star dust.

Then it crosses my mind, "But I’m a very busy woman! I don’t have time for a stroke!"

I really need people to take responsibility for the kind of energy they bring to me.

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

Who are we? We are the life-force power of the universe.

The two hemispheres of the brain are two very different places and they don't share any cell bodies. They are completely separate entities.

I have the ability to make a choice in how I respond. My natural response does not have to be the only response I have.

I'm an advocate for whole brain thinking. I'm not an advocate for the right brain or the left brain.

chaos is the first step in the creative process.

I don't have time for a stroke!

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

An attitude of gratitude goes a long way when it comes to physical and emotional healing.