Unlearning the Right Brain/Left Brain Myth

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Click to Play This Video and put to rest the idea that people are either right-brained or left-brained.

Urantia Book teachings inform us that we mortals are of the “two-brain” type, and that one of the two hemispheres of our brains is concerned with intellectual functions and the other with the spiritual-counterparting activities of the Thought Adjuster. 

“From the two-hemisphere type of the Urantian cerebral cortex you can, by analogy, grasp something of the one-brained type. The third brain of the three-brained orders is best conceived as an evolvement of your lower or rudimentary form of brain, which is developed to the point where it functions chiefly in control of physical activities, leaving the two superior brains free for higher engagements: one for intellectual functions and the other for the spiritual-counterparting activities of the Thought Adjuster.” Read more

Is Empathy a Weakness?

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According to NPR, “People tend to think of empathy or caring about other people’s feelings as a good thing, but in some circles, there’s a growing chorus of voices arguing that empathy could be bad.” Read More

Jesus addresses this issue in The Urantia Book using the word sympathy, and empathy is a word that can mean sympathy, sensitivity, and a sense of fellow feeling for another. In his ordination speech Jesus talked about the importance of sympathy. Even though he talked particularly about the importance of sympathy in men and boys, showing tenderness towards others is evidence of a courageous spirit for all of us. “Being sensitive and responsive to human need creates genuine and lasting happiness, while such kindly attitudes safeguard the soul from the destructive influences of anger, hate, and suspicion.”  Read more

The Strange Power of Laughter

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On the website Sapiens.org, an anthropologist explores laughter as a far more complex phenomenon than simple delight—reflecting on its surprising power to disturb and disrupt. Read More

The Urantia Book says, “Joyful mirth and the smile-equivalent are as universal as music. There is a morontial and a spiritual equivalent of mirth and laughter.”

Read HERE Urantia Book teachings about the importance of laughter and humor – both in this life, and into our eternal career 

Other reference: One of the functions of humor is to help all of us take ourselves less seriously. “Humor is the divine antidote for exaltation of ego.”