And each has a distinctly different way oflooking at the world. Do you realize that in order for you to read this article, the twosides of your brain must do completely different things? The more weintegrate those two sides, the more integrated we become as people.Integration not only increases our ability to solve problems morecreatively, but to control physical maladies such as epilepsy and migranes,replace certain damaged brain functions and even learn to "thin" into thefuture. Even more startling is evidence coming to light that we havebecome a left-brain culture. Your brain's right and left side have distinctly different ways oflooking at the world. Your two hemispheres are as different from eachother as, oh, Micheal Wilson and Shirley Maclean. The left brain controlsthe right side of the body (this is reversed in about half of the 15percent of the population that is left-handed) and, in essence, is logicalanalytical, judgemental and verbal. It's interested in the bottom line, inbeing efficent. The right brain controls the left side of the body andleans more to the creative, the intuitive. It is concerned more with thevisual and emotional side of life. Most people, if they thought about it, would identify more withtheir left brain. In fact, many of us think we are our left brains. Allof that non-stop verbalization that goes on in our heads is the dominantleft brain talking to itself. Our culture- particularly our school systemwith its emphasis on the three Rs (decidedly left-brain territory) -effectively represses the intuitive and artistic right brain. If you don'tbelieve it, see how far you get at the office with the right brain activityof daydreaming. As you read, your left-side is sensibly making connections andanalysing the meaning of the words, the syntax and other complex relation-ships while putting it into a "language" you can understand. Meanwhile,the right side is providing emot...
