Dr. Joe Dispenza was one of the first to study the influence of consciousness on reality from a scientific point of view. His theory of the relationship between matter and mind brought him worldwide fame after the release of the documentary We Know What Makes a Signal.
The key discovery made by Joe Dispenza is that the brain does not distinguish between physical and mental experiences. Roughly speaking, the cells of the "gray matter" absolutely do not distinguish the real, i.e. material, from the imaginary, i.e. from thoughts!
Few people know that the doctor's research in the field of consciousness and neurophysiology began with a tragic experience. After Joe Dispenza was hit by a car, doctors suggested that he fasten the damaged vertebrae with an implant, which could later lead to lifelong pain. Only in this way, according to doctors, he could walk again. But Dispenza decided to quit exporting traditional medicine and restore his health with the help of the power of thought. After just 9 months of therapy, Dispenza was able to walk again. This was the impetus for exploring the possibilities of consciousness.
The first step on this path was communication with people who had experienced "spontaneous remission". This is a spontaneous and impossible, from the point of view of doctors, healing a person from a serious illness without the use of traditional treatment. In the course of the survey, Dispenza found that all people who went through such an experience were convinced that thought is primary in relation to matter and can heal any disease.
NEURAL NETWORKS
Dr. Dispenza's theory states that every time we experience an experience, we “activate” a huge number of neurons in our brain, which in turn affect our physical condition.
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It is the phenomenal power of consciousness, thanks to the ability to concentrate, that creates the so-called synaptic connections - connections between neurons. Repetitive experiences (situations, thoughts, feelings) create stable neural connections called neural networks. Each network is, in fact, a certain memory, on the basis of which our body in the future reacts to similar objects and situations.
According to Dispense, all of our past is "recorded" in the neural networks of the brain, which shape the way we perceive and experience the world in general and its specific objects in particular. Thus, it only seems to us that our reactions are spontaneous. In fact, most of them are programmed with robust neural connections. Each object (stimulus) activates one or another neural network, which in turn triggers a set of specific chemical reactions in the body. These chemical reactions cause us to act or feel in a certain way - to run or freeze in place, to be happy or upset, excited or apathetic, etc. All our emotional reactions are nothing more than the result of chemical processes conditioned by the existing neural networks, and they are based on past experience. In other words,in 99% of cases, we perceive reality not as it is, but interpret it based on ready-made images from the past.
The basic rule of neurophysiology is that nerves that are used together connect.
This means that neural networks are formed as a result of repetition and consolidation of experience. If the experience is not reproduced for a long time, then the neural networks disintegrate. Thus, a habit is formed as a result of regular "pressing" of a button of the same neural network. This is how automatic reactions and conditioned reflexes are formed - you have not yet had time to think and realize what is happening, but your body is already reacting in a certain way.
THE POWER OF ATTENTION
Just think: our character, our habits, our personality are just a set of stable neural networks that we can weaken or strengthen at any time thanks to our conscious perception of reality! By focusing consciously and selectively on what we want to achieve, we create new neural networks.
Previously, scientists believed that the brain is static, but research by neurophysiologists show that absolutely every slightest experience produces thousands and millions of neural changes in it, which are reflected in the body as a whole. In his book The Evolution of Our Brain, the Science of Changing Our Consciousness, Joe Dispenza asks a logical question: if we use our thinking to induce certain negative states in the body, won't this abnormal state eventually become the norm?
Dispenza conducted a special experiment to confirm
the possibilities of our consciousness. People from one group pressed the spring mechanism with the same finger every day for an hour. People from the other group only had to imagine that they were clicking. As a result, the fingers of people from the first group got stronger by 30%, and from the second - by 22%. This influence of purely mental practice on physical parameters is the result of the work of neural networks. So Joe Dispenza proved that for the brain and neurons there is no difference between real and mental experience. This means that if we pay attention to negative thoughts, our brain perceives them as reality and causes corresponding changes in the body. For example, illness, fear, depression, outburst of aggression, etc.
WHERE IS THE RAKE?
Another takeaway from Dispenza's research concerns our emotions.
Stable neural networks form unconscious patterns of emotional behavior, i.e. a tendency to some form of emotional response. This in turn leads to repetitive experiences in life.
We step on the same rake only because we do not realize the reasons for their appearance! And the reason is simple - each emotion is “felt” as a result of the release of a certain set of chemicals into the body, and our body simply becomes in some way “dependent” on these chemical combinations. Having realized this dependence precisely as a physiological dependence on chemicals, we can get rid of it.
Only a conscious approach is needed.
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Today I watched Joe Dispenza's lecture "Break the habit of being yourself" and thought: "Such scientists need to put up golden monuments …" Biochemist, neurophysiologist, neuropsychologist, chiropractor, father of three children (two of whom were born under water on Dispenza's initiative, although 23 years ago in USA, this method was considered complete madness) and a very charming person in communication. He lectures with such sparkling humor, speaks about neurophysiology in such a simple and understandable language - a real enthusiast from science, enlightening ordinary people, generously sharing his 20 years of scientific experience.
In his explanations, he actively uses the latest achievements of quantum physics and talks about the time that has already come, when it is not enough for people to just learn about something, but now they are obliged to apply their knowledge in practice:
“Why wait for a special moment or the beginning of a new year in order to start to radically change your thinking and life for the better? Just start doing it now: stop showing often repeated daily negative behaviors that you want to get rid of, for example, say to yourself in the morning: "Today I will live the day without judging anyone" or "Today I will not whine and complain about everything." or “I will not be annoyed today”….
Try to do something in a different order, for example, if you first washed and then brushed your teeth, do the opposite. Or take it and forgive someone. Just. Break the usual constructions !!! And you will feel unusual and very pleasant sensations, you will like it, not to mention those global processes in your body and consciousness that you start by this!
Get used to thinking about yourself and talking to yourself like your best friend.
A change in thinking leads to profound changes in the physical body. If a person took it and thought, impartially looking at himself from the side:
Who am I?
Why do I feel bad?
Why am I living the way I don't want to?
What do I need to change in myself?
What exactly is stopping me?
What do I want to get rid of?"
etc. and felt a keen desire not to react as before, or not to do something as before, which means that he went through a process of "awareness." This is an internal evolution. At that moment, he made a leap. Accordingly, the personality begins to change, and the new personality needs a new body. This is how spontaneous healings take place: with a new consciousness, the disease can no longer remain in the body, because the whole biochemistry of the body changes (we change thoughts, and this changes the set of chemical elements involved in the processes, our internal environment becomes toxic to the disease), and the person recovers.
Dependent behavior (i.e. addiction to anything from video games to irritability) can be defined very easily: it is something that is difficult for you to stop when you want to. If you can't get off your computer and check your Facebook page every 5 minutes, or you understand, for example, that irritability interferes with your relationship, but you can't stop getting annoyed, know that you have addiction not only on a mental level, but also on a biochemical level. (your body requires the injection of hormones responsible for this condition). It has been scientifically proven that the action of chemical elements lasts a period from 30 seconds to 2 minutes, and if you continue to experience this or that state longer, know that the rest of the time you artificially maintain it in yourself, with your thoughts provoking a cyclical excitation of the neural network and the re-release of unwanted hormones,causing negative emotions, i.e. you yourself maintain this state in yourself! By and large, you voluntarily choose how you feel. The best advice for such situations is to learn to switch your attention to something else: nature, sports, watching comedy, or anything that can distract and switch you. A sharp refocusing of attention will weaken and "extinguish" the action of hormones that respond to a negative state. This ability is called neuroplasticity. And the better you develop this quality in yourself, the easier it will be for you to control your reactions, which, in a chain, will lead to a huge variety of changes in your perception of the external world and your internal state. This process is called evolution. Because new thoughts lead to new choices, new choices lead to new behaviors, new behaviors lead to new experiences,new experience leads to new emotions, which, together with new information from the outside world, begin to change your genes epigenetically (i.e., secondarily). And then these new emotions, in turn, start to evoke new thoughts, and in this way you develop self-esteem, self-confidence, etc. This is how we can improve ourselves and, accordingly, our lives.
Depression is also a prime example of addiction. Any state of addiction indicates a biochemical imbalance in the body, as well as an imbalance in the work of the mind-body connection.
The biggest mistake people make is that they associate their emotions and behaviors with their personality: we just say “I'm nervous”, “I'm weak-willed”, “I'm sick”, “I'm unhappy”, etc. They believe that the manifestation of certain emotions identifies their personality, therefore, they constantly subconsciously seek to repeat a response pattern or condition (for example, physical illness or depression), as if confirming to themselves every time who they are. Even if they themselves suffer a lot! A huge misconception. Any undesirable state can be removed if desired, and the capabilities of each person are limited only by his imagination.
And when you want changes in your life, imagine clearly what exactly you want, but do not develop in your mind a “hard plan” of HOW EXACTLY this will happen, for the possibility of “choosing” the best option for you, which may turn out to be completely unexpected. It is enough to relax internally and try to rejoice from the bottom of the heart that has not yet happened, but will definitely happen. Do you know why? Because at the quantum level of reality, this has already happened, provided that you clearly imagine and are heartily happy. It is from the quantum level that the emergence of materialization of events begins. So start first there. People are accustomed to rejoicing only in what "can be touched", which has already been realized. But we are not used to trusting ourselves and our ability to CO-CREATE reality, although we do this every day and, basically,on a negative wave. Suffice it to recall how often our fears come true, although these events are also formed by us, only without control … But when you develop the ability to control your thinking and emotions, real miracles begin to happen. Trust me, I can give you thousands of beautiful and inspiring examples. You know, when someone smiles and says that something will happen, and they ask him: “How do you know?”, And he calmly answers: “I just know …”. This is a vivid example of the controlled realization of events … I am sure that absolutely everyone has experienced this special state at least once. "Trust me, I can give you thousands of beautiful and inspiring examples. You know, when someone smiles and says that something will happen, and they ask him: “How do you know?”, And he calmly answers: “I just know …”. This is a vivid example of the controlled realization of events … I am sure that absolutely everyone has experienced this special state at least once. "Trust me, I can give you thousands of beautiful and inspiring examples. You know, when someone smiles and says that something will happen, and they ask him: “How do you know?”, And he calmly answers: “I just know …”. This is a vivid example of the controlled realization of events … I am sure that absolutely everyone has experienced this special state at least once."
This is how Joe Dispenza talks about the complex. I would warmly recommend his books to everyone, as soon as they are translated into Russian and sold in Russia (it's high time, in my opinion!).
And Dispenza also advises: never stop learning. Information is best absorbed when a person is surprised. Try to learn something new every day - it develops and trains your brain, creating new neural connections, which in turn will change and develop your ability to think consciously, which will help you model your own happy and fulfilling reality.
"Our most important habit should be the habit of being ourselves."
Joe dispenza
Elena Kolodiy
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