In “What Is Religion?” (Chapter 1, section 1.5), author Keiji Nishitani compares
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In “What Is Religion?” (Chapter 1, section 1.5), author Keiji Nishitani compares the field of consciousness, which looks at things without from a field within a self, to the idea of life as a living bond in which all beings are experienced as bound to one another in a field of psychic sympathy. He sees this contrast as epitomized by the Cartesian worldview which split the world into subject and object, as opposed to the prescientific, pre-Cartesian view of the world of sympathetic affinity.
Explain Nishitani's point and compare it to Jill Bolte Taylor's description of experience seen through the right brain rather than left, which can be found at: http://www.ted.com/talks/view/id/229 .
Explanation / Answer
Psychic sympathy is often confused with love and caring ,but sympathetic reactions are usually based on an unconscious identification with another person.
Jill Bolte Taylor's description of experience seen through the right brain rather than left
The left brain is often the conscious ,logical side that looks at the past and projects into the future.The right brain is creative , about emotions ,energy flows, and allows us to think beyond logic.