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THE RIGHT HEMISPHERE
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We know that the core is literally hundreds of thousands of times more powerful than our "conscious" left hemisphere, but no one seems to know the exact power of the right hemisphere. As for its function, the right hemisphere is the source for the three big "IV:

Inspiration

Insight

Intuition

When your right hemisphere is running the show, everything seems effortless. Instead of a struggle created by the left hemisphere or a roller coaster created by the core, the right hemisphere is just a "float down the river" (Figure 11-7). Life (the market) itself is a support mechanism. You seemingly can do no wrong. You need a downtown parking space and one magically opens up. Everything in life seems to be geared for

Putting the three brains into computer language, we would say that the left hemisphere is the programmer and the soft­ware, the core is the central processing unit (CPU), and the right hemisphere is a universal modem connecting this CPU to all the other CPUs in the universe.

The right hemisphere is the least known and least understood component of the nervous system. We cannot even begin to evaluate the power that this hemisphere contains. Its power seems almost infinite.

Its uniqueness lies not only in its power but also in its seemingly unlimited capacity for knowledge. Maybe this is what Galileo meant when he said, 300 years ago, "You cannot teach anyone anything, all you can do is to reveal to them what is already inside of them." Some religions address this part of a person. Christianity teaches that "the kingdom of heaven is within." Buddha said, "If a person cannot turn to himself, who can he turn to?"

In holographic terms, the right hemisphere may contain the knowledge and the blueprint of the universe. If this supposition is anywhere near accurate, we certainly want to access this source in our trading. How do we access it? By getting out of our limiting left hemisphere, which means going beyond lan­guage, forgetting time, giving up trying, quitting judging, and having a good time. Is this transition the reason trading is so rewarding and so frustratingly difficult at the same time?

Figure 11-8 shows various balances among the different minds and how their combination will affect trading. For example, traders who are dominant and trade primarily from their left hemisphere will lose because they are scared and they do the wrong things at the wrong time. Those who trade only from the core will lose because of recklessness. Those who trade only from the right hemisphere will lose because of bad management.

The Right Hemisphere

Figure 11-8 Three-brain model with overlaps.

If one trades with both left hemisphere and core but not enough right hemisphere, that trader will lack intuition, insight, and inspiration. If one trades with too little left hemisphere, that trader will have a lack of grounding. If one trades with too little of the core involved, that trader will experience a lack of confidence. What becomes obvious from the model is that the most efficient and profitable way to trade is to use all three brains and make the trading completely "mindful." We are searching for a better understanding of how we mix these three minds in our trading recipe. In Level Five, we will examine the four possible "software" programs our minds use when we trade.

One of the most interesting characteristics of your intrap- ersonal inhabitants is that you can always tell in an instant

which one is in command. The way the world looks to you at this moment will tell you exactly which one is in charge. If your life at this instant is a struggle, you are concerned about time and language, you dearly want to do the right thing, and/or you aren't having fun, your left hemisphere is definitely in charge. If, on the other hand, life is a series of ups and downs, you feel good physically, and you are having a good time, you are operating from your core. If life is absolutely a bowl of cherries and everything in the world seems to be geared to giving you exactly what you want, you are in the right hemisphere.

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