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My kids say if there's any family dinner that doesn't result in somebody crying, it's not a good dinner. They cry because it helps relieve them of a guilt or some onerous emotional burden. It's like a family tradition.

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Jill Bolte Taylor

It takes 90 seconds from the time we have a thought that is going to stimulate an emotional response. When we have an emotional response it results in a physiological dumpage into our bloodstream. It flushes through and out of our body in less than 90 seconds.

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Emotion only lasts in our bodies for about 90 seconds. After that, the physical reaction dissipates, UNLESS our cognitive brain kicks in and starts connecting our anger with past events.

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To experience peace does not mean that your life is always blissful. It means that you are capable of tapping into a blissful state of mind amidst the normal chaos of a hectic life.

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Although many of us may think of ourselves as thinking creatures that feel, biologically we are feeling creatures that think

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My stroke of insight would be: peace is only a thought away, and all we have to do to access it is silence the voice of our dominating left mind.

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When we are being compassionate, we consider another's circumstance with love rather than judgement. . . To be compassionate is to move into the right here, right now with an open heart consciousness and a willingness to be supportive.

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