added by baja ยท updated 5mo ago
The Master and His Emissary
Things change according to the stance we adopt towards them, the type of attention we pay to them, the disposition we hold in relation to them. This is important because the most fundamental difference between the hemispheres lies in the type of attention they give to the world.
from The Master and His Emissary by Iain McGilchrist
baja added 5mo ago
The kind of attention we pay actually alters the world: we are, literally, partners in creation.
from The Master and His Emissary by Iain McGilchrist
baja added 5mo ago
Is emotion really just an aid to cognition, helping us to weigh our decisions correctly, or is it something a bit more fundamental than that? Why does it matter if one hemisphere tends to see things in their context, while the other as carefully removes them from it? One
from The Master and His Emissary by Iain McGilchrist
baja added 6mo ago
The kind of attention we pay actually alters the world: we are, literally, partners in creation.
from The Master and His Emissary by Iain McGilchrist
baja added 6mo ago