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Ep. 23 - Iain McGilchrist: The Coincidence of Opposites

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The Secret of Happiness and Fulfillment in Life

The left hemisphere is the one that makes things happen. But in fact, infact, very little in life can be made to accord to your will. The secret of happiness and fulfilment in life is not trying to force the world to your will, but according your will to the world. So when people are talking about, what do we do? How d we make the right human beings? Well, the first thing is to stop doing a lot of what we'are doing now and listen. And often you understand an answer to what needs to be done at this point when you do that. Whereas if you carry on arguing, what, in the oriental tradition is called monkey mind

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