Brain Lateralization and Dissociative Identity Disorder
The brain has two sides and is separated into distinct cerebral hemispheres. The brain’s two lateral halves also known as the left hemisphere and the right hemisphere. Each lobe has a unique set of functions. The two sides of the brain interact with one another by the corpus callosum to operate all vital bodily activities. The left and the right side of the brain, though similar but share differences, especially in processing information.
The main function of the right brain is a kind of self-polygraph function of “admitting the facts, facing the truth, accepting the reality”. The function of the left brain is dualistic “logical reasoning”, but it has no function of acknowledging the facts.
Hemispheric dominance varies from one person to another. This phenomenon causes diversified personalities in the human world.
The left brain is surface awareness (the self of the physical being corresponding to the three-dimensional world), and the right brain is the inner awareness (the self of the spiritual being corresponding to the world of alternative dimension). Because the left brain does not have the same level as a receiver for the right brain information, the right brain information often has to be symbolic (such as dreams and poem) or take the form of instinctive impulse (such as suddenly hungry, tired, and eager to eat some specific food) to deliver the message to the left brain. In the Taoism vernacular, the left brain is controlled by shi-shen (internal vision), and the right brain is dominated by yuan-shen (inner brightness). The state of surface awareness accessing the inner awareness was depicted as “the heaven in the heart” or “the truth in the heart’ in the book of Zhuangzi and was named “the god of the heart” in Chinese medicine. The delusions deviate from the facts comes from the left brain logically deduced, in other words, the false notion originated from the action of not admitting the facts, hereinafter referred to as ego-centrism. Zhuangzi called it “pseudo”, and called it discrimination in the second chapter of the book of Zhuangzi — “Discussion of the Equality of Things”.
Originally published at http://poeticmindfulness.wordpress.com on August 20, 2020.
