“Within the effulgence of their new brain, mammals developed a capacity we call limbic resonance-a symphony of mutual exchange and internal adaption whereby two mammal become attuned to each others internal states. It is limibic resonance that makes looking into the face of another emotionally responsive creature a multi-layered experience. Instead of seeing a pair of eyes as two bespeckled buttons, when we look into the ocular portals to the limbic brain our vision goes deep: the sensations multiply, just as two mirros placed in opposition create a shimmering ricochet of reflections whose depth recedes into infinity. Eye contact, although it occurs over a gap of yards, is not a metaphor. When we meet the gaze of another, two nervous systems achive a palpable and intimate apposition.”
(Lewis, Amini, & Lannon, 2000; p. 63)
Imagine being a powerful leader, teacher, or learner. What do you see? Is it the classic model of stoic strength and disseminator of information? Or is the leader, teacher, or learner that is CONNECTED to others, themselves and the environment? The latter is being seen as the more successful in a host of research from Scientific America to obscure studies found in universities across America. What do we do though with this knowledge? And how do we develop this CONNECTED leadership style?
“Our culture has forgotten that primordial knowledge buried underneath an impenetrable layer of lectures and instructional video tapes. Relationships have taken on the status of weather-everyone talks about them, but who knows what to do?"(Lewis, Amini, & Lannon, 2000; p. 66)
It begins by using your WHOLE brain. Notice this brain is show with the brain stem all the way down the spine. This is the whole brain! We are receiving and transmitting information constantly and what gives it organization is the meaning and purpose that directs your attention. So open up your attention, get CURIOUS! Listen with a bigger ear than just your ears, make some contact with your environment and with your self. Learning isn’t content, but effect use of your most integral intelligent processes.