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Right :
Why use right hand?
Right handedness.
Usually in Indian culture we pay attention to use right hand
while giving and receiving anything from others.
Human evolved from lower animals when
started using hands. It is the usage of hands that speeded up the evolution
by stimulating the growth of brain. Hands and brain are so interconnected.
children should be allowed to use hands a lot while growing up to be smart.
The Human brain is divided into two parts
the Right Brain and Left Brain.
The left side of our body is "wired" to the right side of our
brain, and vice versa. For whatever reason nature did this cross-over, it
applies even to our eyes, which process a majority of their sensory data on
opposite sides of the brain.
ustrate the characteristics which are known to reside on each side of our
brains.
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LEFT
BRAIN
FUNCTIONS
uses logic
detail oriented
facts rule
words and language
present and past
math and science
can comprehend
knowing
acknowledges
order/pattern perception
knows object name
reality based
forms strategies
practical
safe
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RIGHT BRAIN FUNCTIONS
uses feeling
"big picture" oriented
imagination rules
symbols and images
present and future
philosophy & religion
can "get it" (i.e. meaning)
believes
appreciates
spatial perception
knows object function
fantasy based
presents possibilities
impetuous
risk taking
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Courtesy
of Dan Eden web site.
The right
hand usage stimulates more neuronal activity in the left brain and
left hand stimulates
more neuronal activity in the right brain.
The reason is that all our action should be done with logics. However,
when doing all rituals the hand right along with left hand is used denoting
the co-ordination of the two hands. Actions done with no emotional
involvement will not be complete and be boring. Doing actions with no logic
but out of excitement do not give the desired results and often results in
more suffering. Bottom line is that the logical reasoning
(analysis) along with the emotional involvement alone brings success in all
our actions.
Why do we hold ear lobes and squat down to the
ground before Ganesha?
It is a common simple ritual to hold left ear lobe with right hand hand
and right earlobe with left hand's pointer finger and thumb and slowly
squatting down to the ground before Ganesha. Lord Ganesha is also prayed
for awakening our awareness which is needed to do any task to
fulfillment.
When we did mischief , especially at school, the Indian teachers gave a
small punishment. This is in Tamil is called "Thoppu Karanam". Now Brain
studies shows this punishing act infact improves brain function for both
young and adults.
See this video demonstration of how the EEG patterns change when some one
does this Ganesha Ritual.
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