You have to hand it to TED for bringing together some of the most amazing speakers in the world. Jill Bolte Taylor is one of those people. She got a research opportunity few brain scientists would wish for: She had a massive stroke, and watched as her brain functions -- motion, speech, self-awareness -- shut down one by one. In this inspiring talk, "My stroke of insight," she speaks of the revelations in the moments of both confusion and clarity during her stroke.

You have to watch the whole thing to get to this final point... (watch first)

I believe that the more time we spend choosing to run the deep inner peace circuitry of our right hemispheres, the more peace we will project into the world and the more peaceful our planet will be. And I thought that was an idea worth spreading.

Awesome stuff.