How do we get inner peace? Dr. Jill Bolte Taylor, in her book My Stroke of Insight reminds us that we are "connected to a Cosmic flow." In fact, when she lost the function of her left brain due to hemorrhaging from her stroke, she experienced life only through her right brain. She did not perceive herself to be a solid; rather she perceived herself to be a fluid, connected to all other living things here on this earth and throughout the universe. The feeling was "Divine Bliss."
Therefore, now that she has fully recovered her left brain after eight years of diligence, her first recommendation to us in regard to feeling inner peace, is to slow down, and take a pause from whatever busy circuitry our left brains are running. Don't worry, she assures us, the left brain will be only too happy to restart! Dr. Taylor recommends that we pay attention to our physiological responses to stimuli in all our senses. The goal is for us to be appreciative to our cells for the hard work they do in helping us heal. Dr. Taylor recommends saying out loud something like, "In this moment I reclaim my joy." This, of course, is an acknowledgement that we were created to live eternally in joy and peace. She found that joy and happiness were the natural states of her right brain.
I believe we need to thank our Living God, for creating our miraculous bodies and minds, and invite Him to lead us not into temptation but deliver us from evil, such as harming ourselves or others, or being content to be less than we were created to be.
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And I am grateful that He knew this would be an issue here and has ways to help us through it.
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