As mentioned in my previous post, I’m reading ‘A New Earth’ by Eckhart Tolle. I’m finding the book very inspiring and it really gets me thinking. I love that Eckhart Tolle said that instead of asking ourselves “what do we want to do in life?” we should ask ourselves, “what does life want me to do?”.
The book has me pondering my place in the world and how I am living it.
Today while visiting Working Solo, I came across her post called Friday Inspiration. It definitely was inspirational! Leah highly recommended that her readers take 18 minutes out of their day and have a watch a presentation by Jill Bolte Taylor, a Harvard-trained Brain Scientist.
I did as Leah suggested and wow… I was really touched. Now I’m highly recommending you take the time to watch the presentation aptly named, My Stroke of Insight. It is pretty amazing!
I love TED!!!
Thanks for sharing the video.
I loved the video by Jill Bolte Taylor on TED. Thanks for sharing.
Also, did you see Dr Taylor’s interviews with Oprah on Soul Series - wonderful!
Best of all is her book MY STROKE OF INSIGHT - I’ve read it twice already. Second time better than the first
Dr. Taylor is a great inspiration. The lessons in the book are life-changing…very simple yet very powerful.
Here’s the link to the book http://www.amazon.com/My-Stroke-Insight-Scientists-Personal/dp/0670020745/ref=pd_ts_b_12?ie=UTF8&s=books
and here’s the link to Oprah’s interviews
http://www2.oprah.com/spiritself/oss/guest/oss_guest_jboltetaylor.jhtml
I read “My Stroke of Insight” in one sitting - I couldn’t put it down. I laughed. I cried. It was a fantastic book (I heard it’s a NYTimes Bestseller and I can see why!), but I also think it will be the start of a new, transformative Movement! No one wants to have a stroke as Jill Bolte Taylor did, but her experience can teach us all how to live better lives. Her TED.com speech was one of the most incredibly moving, stimulating, wonderful videos I’ve ever seen. Her Oprah Soul Series interviews were fascinating. They should make a movie of her life so everyone sees it. This is the Real Deal and gives me hope for humanity.
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Rebecca said,
March 14, 2008 @ 9:54 pmWow! What an amazing video. Thank you, Nicole.