What's in a book?

For some reason, months ago, I started recording Season 25: Oprah Behind the Scenes. I am not even sure why I started DVR’ing it; and it did not become apparent until four days ago… The episodes I happened to DVR have enlightened my journey. I have had a few glimpses of the pathways I will use to offer healing touch therapies to the Greater Baton Rouge community, but the bar continues to rise; the ideas continue to flood in. And, at this part in the process, I am grateful for Oprah’s shows because she has inspired me to raise the bar and take in new information in order to truly envision and prepare for all that is before me.

In my previous blog, I mentioned Dr. Jill Bolte Taylor; I found out about her on Oprah.com’s Soul Series webcasts. At first I was intrigued just reading the story about the lady and her stroke and what the symptoms were… And then I came to the part where she discussed the attitude and energy of her nurses and caretakers. She discussed how important it was to her to be surrounded with positive individuals who offered presence and sympathy while she was healing; she was convinced it was an integral part of her ability to heal.

In the webcast, she briefly introduced why she decided to become a brain scientist and what she had to go through to contact someone to help her (she couldn’t dial 911) and I was hooked. Of course as I continued to read the transcript of the webcast, I learned of her book, My Stroke of Insight – A Brain Scientist’s Personal Journey, and I instantly wanted to read it.

At times, I am not sure why I am drawn to a book, but sometimes it just happens. And of course, sometimes I think I’m reading a book for this reason, or that, but ultimately it ends up being a completely different reason. For this book, I am interested in the technical information contained in it (put into a layperson’s language) but also because she speaks of the serenely right-brained experience she had when she had her stroke – a supremely spiritual experience that allowed her to be and exist. I received the book a couple days ago (I borrowed it from the library) and started reading it that night. The information on the front of the book cover alludes to the fact that she is going to share with us how to live in the right-brained experience without having to endure a stroke like she did – I hope it “delivers”. Cheers!