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We're not using the right side of our brains! (enough)

Before I write anything, I feel it wise to state i'm only 17.
I like to feel as if i'm talking on behalf of my teens, but I don't know for sure..
No, I don't have a piece of paper stating i'm intelligent - I don't even wear shoes.
I'm not a psychologist or a neuroscientist; but I'd rather read, write or run then talk to other humans, being young I don't think I've quiet had the opportunity to 'find my kind' yet.
As I've grown up, I've watched my teenage contemporaries chase desires that some greedy intellectual has created.
I've watched them direct their emotional insecurities into a facaded product of media.
I've watched insidious piles of information and influence uncontrollably seep into their consciousness, deprecating their talents, passions and potential.
I observe.. quietly yet torturously as my fellow teens live; completely oblivious to the world that narrows their perception, and kills their ambition, subtly encourages apathy and evilly feeds off their ignorance.
This 'new world' hasn't been around for long right?
No one has taught us. No one IS teaching us, to be aware, to know of it.
WE NEED TO BE TAUGHT OF IT'S IMPLICATIONS.
We are being drowned in information and starved for knowledge.
What hurts the most, is that it's found upon, and nurtures ego and greed.
I feel as if the months of pain and self education has lead to such a simple conclusion.
We're bought up in a world that predominantly focuses on the development of the left brain right?
I think we need to begin raising awareness to this influence, nurturing a protective psychological construct to barrier this bombardment of 'junk information' subtly yet evidently manipulating our consciousness.
I believe through my own lively experience, and the many books I have read that we need to start nurturing the development of our left and right brains EVENLY.

We need coalescence of reductionism, and holism.
I feel this is the answer.. (r)evolution.

My wee project
https://www.pledgeme.co.nz/542

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    Oct 27 2012: Do you want to know why this is, this lob sided affair we call existence. The male population which has always been in control is actually weak with fear that has been with us since birth. This weakness was countered with anger, the anger became denial and the weakness protected it with excuse. So now you have a species who can not assume weakness so it denies half of it self (the emotional side). In a system where we are made up of 50% female and 50% male, the male leader denies the female side in him for fear of its appearance...boys don't cry and so on...then the world they produce with these guide lines pull the woman to a more male version of the half and half. This is why we only use one side of our brain, it is the male dominated side we were raised to focus on...this is also the soul reason woman end up stronger than the boys, they are naturally more feminine but lead by the other so they become more balanced...so you want to use the other side...good luck, it would be better to dream a good sleep...

    Oh by the way, life is a deja vue, everything you are challenging yourself with right now, a child thousands of years ago and all through history have done the same thing with the same results...maybe you can change things...
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      Oct 27 2012: I've pondered this before, and I agree to a point!
      Men are definitely far too dominant, look at some religions/cultures, it's so blisteringly blatant that the rules are founded upon men's social/emotional insecurities; and politics is mostly men, and i'm sure most women are more empathetic. I've also read many times women have naturally better communication through their Corpus Callosum.

      The thing is, it may be deja vu, but now we have globalization, we have technology and mass media.
      Our voice has the ability to be amplified to such an astounding degree; with enough passion & persistence anything is possible.

      Napoleans immutable rule: ((Passion x Talent) + Action + Association) x Faith = Success

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