"Jill Bolte Taylor (JBT) was a neuroscientist working at Harvard’s brain research center when she experienced nirvana.
She did it by having a stroke.
On Dec. 10, 1996, Dr. Taylor, then 37, woke up in her apartment near Boston with a piercing pain behind her eye. A blood vessel in her brain had popped. Within minutes, her left lobe — the source of ego, analysis, judgment and context — began to fail her. Oddly, it felt great."
The New York Times Journal of Medicine had a fine piece about JBT on Sunday, May 25, 2008. You can access this article here: JBT NYT
In addition, TED has a presentation by JBT on their web site. It is 18 minutes long, but it is fascinating and worth listening to: My Stroke of Insight
What are your thoughts about this? This is controversial. It touches on the connection between Cells to Soul which is a concern of ours.