Plan, organize, and direct yourself towards greater experiences of awe, compassion and humility. This is how the emissary (the left hemisphere) properly serves the master (the right hemisphere).
I’m curious though. I would have thought that I was using my left brain to organize and direct myself to my soul (rather than right brain) from which awe springs naturally. So, is the right brain the seat of the soul?
Hi Marsha, thanks for your comment and welcome to the community! I wouldn't like to answer on behalf of Dr McGilchrist, but what I do know is that the relationship between what we see going on in the brain, and how it actually connects to our experience of life is little-known. It's called 'the hard problem of consciousness' so there is room for a self, or a soul, outside of the brain, but the right hemisphere is definitely engaged with experiences of awe.
I just got The Master and His Emissary out of the library!
I hope you love it!
I loved this answer of Iain’s:
Plan, organize, and direct yourself towards greater experiences of awe, compassion and humility. This is how the emissary (the left hemisphere) properly serves the master (the right hemisphere).
I’m curious though. I would have thought that I was using my left brain to organize and direct myself to my soul (rather than right brain) from which awe springs naturally. So, is the right brain the seat of the soul?
Hi Marsha, thanks for your comment and welcome to the community! I wouldn't like to answer on behalf of Dr McGilchrist, but what I do know is that the relationship between what we see going on in the brain, and how it actually connects to our experience of life is little-known. It's called 'the hard problem of consciousness' so there is room for a self, or a soul, outside of the brain, but the right hemisphere is definitely engaged with experiences of awe.