The Divided Brain and the Sense of the Sacred with Iain McGilchrist

Nick Spencer speaks to Dr Iain McGolchrist, author of The Matter with Things, and The Master and His Emissary.
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[@poppymoon777]

I love him. He says so much of what I feel and think every time I listen to him

[@shefo3916]

57:49 This kind of beautiful, graceful, deeply respectful response is exactly what seems to be missing from current discourse. This sort of open, thoughtful handling of a rather esoteric topic feels like a sign of wise intelligence and has a way of making me feel that, despite appearances, everything really is going to be okay :). Thank you both for this wonderful interview.

[@ElkoJohn]

Much obliged for this video.

[@markdelepine2772]

Wish I’d heard it live.

[@jamespercy8506]

primary mapping, process, and meaning grounded in agency and relevance realization. Relevance transcends 'nothing buttery'.

[@theobservereffectexplained1102]

Thank you for sharing your years or experience 🎉 it makes sense from both sides of the brain, it’s all good until it’s not.

[@theobservereffectexplained1102]

I seeks for truth And find it’s like a moving sky More like my grandparent’s dreams Swim up my spine Like salmons in the wild Let each person have the freedom to choose the way and truth about the scared and the divine to create what is true, beautiful and good to their own values and beliefs ❤

[@margaretmiros1672]

Malvern, Pa enlightening and even more important to me, sensible.

[@naradaian]

Oh my goodness - what a flushing out process following this conversation was said the old Sufi

[@annieok654]

Keswick, Virginia, USA

[@alist4ir]

Auckland New Zealand

[@shelabreau7194]

Nova Scotia Canada

[@jeffhenry4654]

vancouver island canada

[@jinsugarbrown]

iian is simply beautiful

[@donaldmain5088]

South Africa

[@CarolPrice4p]

'In a nutshell...' 😊(or skull?)

[@olenick9590]

Lol....the etymology of amygdala is almond and the brain does look like a hazelnut(hugely connected to salmon if knowledge)...irish myth....ill have to research the source of the nutshell metaphor... 😅

[@anderz64]

Would anyone agree if I say that prayer is only a way to reduce/negate the left brain, in order to enhance the right brain?

[@siyaindagulag.]

Perhaps a result of but not the purpose of . Fair question.

[@anderz64]

@@siyaindagulag. nice, … so what is the purpose of prayer?

[@siyaindagulag.]

@@anderz64 I do not know for sure, time out from the monkey mind which jumps hectically from branch to branch, maybe.

[@anderz64]

@@siyaindagulag. the right hemisphere is another branch -a branch with no timelimits where the mood is adjusted. Best wishes from 🇳🇴

[@siyaindagulag.]

@@anderz64 Cheers, from Australia

[@ChrisFariaGTARealtor]

Namaste 🙏💐🤍🕊️🌎🌟😇

[@anhumblemessengerofthelawo3858]

The host is not oriented either to authentically discuss let slone experience the sacred. Just stating the obvious: without some method of reversing the analytical processes, as in meditation, contemplation or prayer, one cannot absorb into Unity the many different parts. And just your overall vibration makes it obvious you are not in that moment suitable to discuss the thing you are discussing! That's why Iain at one point said Sorry to discuss the sacred in such a glib way! Anyway, I'm mean. Now meditate in reverse the analytical processes of the left brain, and return to unity and sense! Peace

[@anhumblemessengerofthelawo3858]

Haha look at that completely phony smile 6:01

[@rorschach7623]

Would you just start the fkn video man, 6 min in and you're still talking