The Tyranny of the Left

[UltraBudgie]

I didn't know that paper existed! I was just making a clever quip sort of but making a point.

It does make intuitive sense and I think it's reflected all around us.

I'll give the video a watch. Thank you.

I didn't know it existed either, until you inspired me to search for it! Thank you, I've already learned the words "androcratic" and "gylanic" from it, fun day hohoho!

Seerously though the paper makes some good points what i've read so far; and it is very interesting that we instinctively project bilateral dichotomies onto a male/female paradigm isn't it even though we all have brains!

Edit: whoah this bit totally synchonizes with a discussion i was having with maxmars about context!

For example, Thomas Kuhn argued that even science does not proceed primarily through the objective accumulation of impersonal facts, but through revolutions—paradigm shifts—in the way humans subjectively view those facts (Kuhn, 1966). Perhaps Kuhn’s most lasting contribution was the recognition that one cannot use the rationality of one’s own worldview to build steps to an incommensurable paradigm. Rather, one must empathically enter into the circle of the other in order to understand the other from within their world: their assumptions, values, methodologies, and definitions.

[UltraBudgie]

I was just reading The Gospel of Thomas, and with this thread in mind, was finding new interpretations. For example, if we consider the masculine/feminine dichotomy in terms of the differing left-brain / right-brain personalities and worldviews within us all, this is very telling:

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(1) Jesus saw infants being suckled.
(2) He said to his disciples: “These little ones being suckled are like those who enter the kingdom.”
(3) They said to him: “Then will we enter the kingdom as little ones?”
(4) Jesus said to them: “When you make the two into one, and when you make the inside like the outside and the outside like the inside and the above like the below —
(5) that is, to make the male and the female into a single one, so that the male will not be male and the female will not be female —
(6) and when you make eyes instead of an eye and a hand instead of a hand and a foot instead of a foot, an image instead of an image, (7) then you will enter [the kingdom].”

When we are young, the corpus callosum that separates and differentiates the two halves, allowing them to inhibit each other and establish their different worldviews, is not as developed. It takes many years to grow the self-conflict that makes us who we are. Then, the path is, as Lao Tsu and Jesus both said, the path becomes one of returning, towards unification, towards to the unconflicted unity of childhood. Inner harmony.

The projected conflicts we see, and in fact require, in the world then become unnecessary -- true change in the world begins within. We need to cloak ourselves in righteousness to hide the inner conflict within. That's why Jesus said the poor and suffering will always be with us -- because they're a manifestation of the split-brain suffering within us all, that humanity writes large upon the world, generation after generation. "Clothing" here being a metaphor for the self-hiding inhibitory activity of the corpus callosum that allows each half of our brains to pretend its The One and Only:

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(1) His disciples said: “When will you appear to us, and when will we see you?”
(2) Jesus said: “When you undress without being ashamed and take your clothes (and) put them under your feet like little children (and) trample on them,
(3) then [you] will see the son of the Living One, and you will not be afraid.”

[midicon]

I was just reading The Gospel of Thomas, and with this thread in mind, was finding new interpretations. For example, if we consider the masculine/feminine dichotomy in terms of the differing left-brain / right-brain personalities and worldviews within us all, this is very telling:

When we are young, the corpus callosum that separates and differentiates the two halves, allowing them to inhibit each other and establish their different worldviews, is not as developed. It takes many years to grow the self-conflict that makes us who we are. Then, the path is, as Lao Tsu and Jesus both said, the path becomes one of returning, towards unification, towards to the unconflicted unity of childhood. Inner harmony.

The projected conflicts we see, and in fact require, in the world then become unnecessary -- true change in the world begins within. We need to cloak ourselves in righteousness to hide the inner conflict within. That's why Jesus said the poor and suffering will always be with us -- because they're a manifestation of the split-brain suffering within us all, that humanity writes large upon the world, generation after generation. "Clothing" here being a metaphor for the self-hiding inhibitory activity of the corpus callosum that allows each half of our brains to pretend its The One and Only:

It's a strange topic and one that's easy to get lost in but it's just a simple truth. We only have to look around.

I once wrote a poem about it, ending with...'all expressed in our everyday lives, as we navigate the external world'....'once seen it is seen in everything'.

Jung called it 'The Conjunction of Opposites'.

Anyway that was interesting Ultra! Thank you.

[UltraBudgie]

I once wrote a poem about it, ending with...'all expressed in our everyday lives, as we navigate the external world'....'once seen it is seen in everything'.

That is beautiful. The self-sealing stembolt of the soul.

Here is a beautiful interview with McGilchrist:

Exploring the Asymmetry of the Mind & the Poetry of Existence with Iain McGilchrist: "Delve into the intricate relationship between flow and resistance in the universe, and the essential human engagement with beauty, goodness, and truth. Iain McGilchrist discusses the significance of asymmetry with Andrea, as well as the limitations of dichotomous thinking, and the richness found in embracing the complexity of life. The dialogue covers themes from Dr. McGilchrist's research and books, focusing on the importance of intuition, imagination, and our interconnectedness with nature and each other. The discussion also touches on the transformative power of poetry and art, the impact of modern digital distractions on our ability to connect deeply with the world, and the philosophical reflections on life, death, and the constant state of becoming that defines our existence. A truly moving conversation."