I believe a force, a power, a science exists which few people understand but many use to overcome the adversity of life and achieve outstanding success. I believe that our thoughts create reality and I believe that science can prove this beyond a shadow of a doubt.
<aside> đź’š If thou canst believe, all things are possible to him that believeth. Mark 9:23
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The issue is that our human family has not learned the true science of reality. The miseducation of humanity alters our perception and our world view. It's time we learn the truth. It's time we start asking what is reality? How powerful is our consciousness? And how can I use my powers in a good way?
<aside> đź’š When humanity learns to become conscious creators. When humanity learns the power of our thoughts, our emotions and our intention on over our actions, it will be the dawn of a new day.
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As a child of God, as a child of the Cosmos, as a child of the Creator you are endowed with superpowers. Most of our family doesn't know that but now is a great time to learn. But Matt - you might be thinking - you're a crazy bastard. What are you talking about? If you are thinking that - you're right - I am a crazy bastard but let me explain..
<aside> đź’š Whether you think you can or you can't, you're right.
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The phrase above is famous. Why? Because our attitude, our approach to life is paramount to us manifesting the highest good for ourselves and for our family. Not only is our attitude important but our beliefs are important. Our beliefs about our reality have a physical material impact upon the world. We can witness the manifestation of this wisdom by examining scientific research data.
A study from Stanford University found that just thinking you’re prone to a given outcome can trump both nature and nurture. Researchers learned that simply believing a physical reality about yourself can actually nudge the body in that direction—sometimes even more than actually being prone to the reality.
These researchers were interested in two areas—endurance during exercise and satiety during eating. For the endurance part, they did genetic testing on the participants to see whether they carried variants of a gene that make a person more or less prone to tiring easily. They also had people run on a treadmill to measure their endurance.
Then, they randomly split the participants into two groups, telling one they had a gene variant that made them tire easily and the other they had a gene variant made them more prone to exercise endurance—the catch was that they’d randomly divided the participants into these two groups, so some were being given accurate results and others the exact opposite.
When the participants ran on a treadmill again, their endurance changed measurably—those who were told they had poor endurance genes couldn’t run as long (they stopped 22 seconds sooner), and had poorer lung capacity, and their bodies didn’t rid themselves of carbon dioxide as effectively. Those who were told they had better endurance ran a bit longer, regardless of what genes they actually carried.
Similar results were found for the part that focused on a hormone that signals satiety (or fullness) to the brain during eating, so is protective against obesity. When the participants ate a meal after hearing the (true or false) results of their genetic tests, their bodies performed differently from how they had before hearing the news: those told they made more of the fullness hormone actually released 2.5 times more than they had before.
And that was also reflected in how much they ate. “It was really a much stronger and faster physiological satiety signal, and this mapped on to how much more full participants said that they felt,” said study author Bradley Turnwald in a press release. People told they had the gene to produce less of the hormone didn’t show a huge change in their eating or hormone levels.
“The take-home message here is that the mindset that you put people in when you deliver genetic risk information is not irrelevant,” said lead author Alia Crum, who’s lab has been studying how mind affects the physical body for some time. “The mindset of being genetically at risk or protected can alter how we feel, what we do and – as this study shows – how our bodies respond.”
Did you know Optimists recover better from medical procedures, have healthier immune systems and live longer? Both in general and when suffering from conditions such as cancer, heart disease and kidney failure (Annals of Behavioral Medicine, vol 39, p 4).
Recent scientific studies are being used to measure the effects of both positive and negative thinking with respect to disease and optimal health. Never doubt that negative thoughts have just as much power as positive ones. Negative thinking can slowly wear you down, resulting in a host of mental, physical and emotional problems and conditions; including poor self-esteem, depression and even illness.
It is well accepted that negative thoughts and anxiety can make us ill. Stress – the belief that we are at risk – triggers physiological pathways such as the “fight-or-flight” response, mediated by the sympathetic nervous system. These have evolved to protect us from danger, but if switched on long-term they increase the risk of conditions such as diabetes and dementia.
What researchers are now realizing is that positive beliefs don’t just work by quelling stress. They have a positive effect too – feeling safe and secure, or believing things will turn out fine, seems to help the body maintain and repair itself. A recent analysis of various studies concluded that the health benefits of such positive thinking happen independently of the harm caused by negative states such as pessimism or stress, and are roughly comparable in magnitude (Psychosomatic Medicine, vol 70, p 741).