Half 2 —The 4 Mind Characters and Two-Mind Knowledge

In Half 1, I launched you to the reality our two mind hemispheres really are like two completely different minds or personalities working inside us and trigger main issues in the event that they don’t work collectively. Harvard educated neuroanatomist, Jill Bolte Taylor, realized first-hand about the way in which the 2 hemispheres of the mind work when she suffered an enormous stroke in her left-hemisphere. As soon as she recovered, she wrote the e-book, My Stroke of Perception, that recounted her experiences and what she realized and a latest e-book, Entire Mind Residing: The Anatomy of Selection and the 4 Characters That Drive Our Life, which I’ve discovered very useful in my very own life following my spouse’s latest stroke.

Attending to Know Your 4 Mind Characters

“There’s now convincing neuroanatomical proof of the existence of 4 mind characters,”

says Dr. Taylor.

“Surgically separating our two mind hemispheres has scientifically proven us that they don’t seem to be merely two anatomically separate halves of an entire. As an alternative, the 2 halves of our mind home fully completely different character profiles that every exhibit distinctive desires, goals, pursuits, and needs.”

            Dr. Taylor discovered that in every mind hemisphere there’s a considering character and an emotional character.

“Neuroanatomically these 4 teams of cells make up the left and right-thinkingcenters of our greater cerebral cortex, in addition to our left and proper emotional facilities of our decrease limbic system,”

says Dr. Taylor.

She goes on so as to add:

“The higher your 4 Characters, the better your life will grow to be.”

            Since all data comes into the mind first by way of our emotional facilities, Dr. Taylor says we’re all “feeling beings who assume, reasonably than considering beings who really feel.” The thinker, René Descartes’ dictum cogito, ergo sum, (Latin: “I believe, due to this fact I’m”), whose views have tremendously influenced our tradition, demonstrates the imbalance in direction of our considering facilities which have come to overshadow our emotional facilities.

            Character 1. This rational character in your left-brain considering is amazingly gifted at creating order within the exterior world. This a part of your mind defines what is true/flawed and what’s good/unhealthy primarily based upon its ethical compass. It is usually our left-brain Character 1 that triggers our stress response since it’s a perfectionist in all it does.

            Dr. Taylor suggests we identify every of our mind characters as a approach to start to grow to be intimate with these distinctive characters inside us. She calls her Character 1, Helen.

“She is Hell on wheels and will get issues completed.”

I name my Character 1, Jaydij  for Simply Do It, Jed. This character is motion oriented, takes no prisoners. He’s impatient and jumps to creating options, typically earlier than he will get all of the details. Relatively than taking his time–In your mark, get set, go–he typically “goes off” shortly, by no means needing to prepare or set. This could, and sometimes does, trigger issues with relationships.

            As you get to know your personal Character 1, you’ll provide you with your personal identify and be taught his or her traits. Dr. Taylor lists among the traits of Character 1 as follows:

• Organizes and categorizes every little thing.
• Divides individuals into we and they.
• Is protecting of our individuals and suspicious of these individuals.
• Plans properly.
• Respects authority.
• Critically judges proper and flawed, good and unhealthy.
• Enthusiastic about particulars and variations.
• Counts every little thing.

            Character 2. The left-brain emotional character is preoccupied with one very important query: “Am I protected?” That is the core concern for any intimate relationship in addition to our very survival by way of our lengthy evolutionary historical past. Making a flawed resolution was actually a life and dying concern, notably for ladies. Selecting a associate who was not protected put ladies prone to sudden dying from predators, from males from different tribes who may trigger hurt to her or her kids, in addition to from a doubtlessly untrustworthy associate. For males, the chance was additionally there, however the specter of dying was much less imminent.

            Character 2 is usually powered by a well-recognized feeling of unease that stems from both a traumatized or out-of-control previous. Because of this, this Character 2 a part of our mind could find yourself feeling both “lower than” or “undeserving.” It may possibly additionally convey up fears of abandonment. That’s why I name the Character 2 a part of my mind, Aban.

            Quite a lot of the conflicts I’ve had in relationships will be traced again to my fears that my security and safety wants had been being threatened.

            Dr. Taylor says among the most vital traits of Character 2 embody:

• Will get offended and name-calling when upset.
• Feels responsible.
• Internalizes disgrace.
• Loves conditionally.
• Damaging self-judgment.
• Experiences an excessive amount of anxiousness and fear.
• Selfish.
• Blames others.

            The place Characters 1 and a pair of, tackle problems with our previous and future and the way we will  use issues and other people, our proper mind Characters 3 and 4 are all concerning the current second and we will join with others and admire their uniqueness.