It doesn’t matter today that the mind-body connection is invisible, because at the molecular level there is enough chemical clues to convince anyone that mood, beliefs, expectations, fears, memories, predispositions, habits and old conditioning all centered in the mind are critical to a person’s health.
Breathing is an automatic, involuntary function. But you can step in and make it voluntary anytime you want. The same ability extends almost anywhere.
- You can voluntary induce the stress response by going to a horror movie.
- You can alter you metabolism by exercising or changing your diet.
The dividing line between what happens automatically and what happens voluntarily isn’t fixed. Choices matter and thus the healing self comes into play.
- On its own, the body knows how to survive. It is up to us to teach it how to thrive.
You are in a position to adopt the role of self-healer. By going deeper into the power of awareness, you can activate the hidden potential of the healing system that you already depend upon everyday.
- Some major life changes lie ahead
Re-source: Respond
a reaction to something
Tons of people approach their health with one or more of the following:
- Indifference
- Denial that pain and other symptoms need attention
- Worry and anxiety
- Lack of information
- Guesswork
- Undertaking needless or ineffective treatments.
These are things that everyone wants to avoid but we fall into self-defeating responses all the time.
- We worry needlessly or pretend that nothing hurts.
- We guess at what’s wrong, and then reach impulsively for something we hope will work.
- Usually this means grabbing a bottle from the medicine cabinet or kitchen cupboard.
- Most of the time, the impulse is temporary, so we go back to waiting and worrying.
The healing response holds no judgements. It adapts to every choice you make – positive or negative.
- Your cells are chemical factories that alter their production line depending on the input you give them, which acts like a directive from upper management.
- Because everyone’s life is a mixture of good and bad choices, everything in life must be viewed as either raise a new state of wellness or lower it.
craving and resource from “The Healing Self” – A Revolutionary New Plan to Super Charge Your Immunity and Stay Well For Life – by Deepak Chopra and Rudolph E. Tanzi
