I already wrote about Jill Bolte Taylor — Scientist Turns Microscope on Herself (while having a stroke) — but this article in the NYT, “A Superhighway to Bliss,” adds much more to the story. The experience enlightened her in the Buddhist sense, and she has written a memoir to try to share what she learned.
Today, she says, she is a new person, one who “can step into the consciousness of my right hemisphere” on command and be “one with all that is.”
Although it took eight years to recover from her stroke, she has not been permanently debilitated.
Her desire to teach others about nirvana, Dr. Taylor said, strongly motivated her to squeeze her spirit back into her body and to get well.
Her perspective is unique and can’t be Read the rest of this entry »
