The human brain perceives and process linear and nonlinear information primarily in two different regions. As scientist Jill Bolte Taylore explains in her book My Stroke of Insight, our right-brain and left-brain hemispheres process information quite differently (Dividing the brain into the right and left sides is over simplification and is not a holistic approach, but the construct simplifies our discussion). The right side of our brain primarily perceives and processes information in a nonlinear manner creating a model or perception of the world that is holistic and connected to the living universe, while the left side primarily perceives and processes information in a more orderly, linear way, creating a model or perception that separates us from the living universe. Therefore, our right-side brain attempts to protect our separated self from the rest of the universe. Left-brain, linear thinkingends up being self-defensive, self-protecting, with a bias to negativity and liabilities, self-assertive, short-term oriented, and having a dominated and competitive attitude toward the other members of  the web of life.

The right brain is observant, nonjudgmental, holistic, feminine and spiritual, while the left brain is analytical, deterministic, judgmental, reductionist, masculine and materialistic. In the digital age, which is a transformational era, a combination of nonlinear theories, cognitive science, neuropsychology, and spiritual teachings allow us to acknowledge the power of the linear and nonlinear perceptions and how to holistically integrate them to achieve the ultimate potentials that exist within us.