More ESP – Expanding the Mind’s Potential
ESP, precognition, premonition, intuition, sixth sense or perhaps “spidey-sense”. Call it what you will but the human brain seems to have a capacity and ability to interpret information outside and apart from what we usually receive through our five senses. Science is hesitant to study this aspect of the human condition because of its intangible quality, but there have been countless accounts from ordinary people who have had extraordinary experiences, perhaps saving themselves from harm or difficult situations just because they listened to their gut.
ESP – Expanding the Mind’s Potential
No conversation about the expansive potential of the mind would be complete without considering psychic abilities. This would comprise telepathy (communicating with others via thoughts), precognition (prediction of future events), telekinesis (moving objects with the mind), remote viewing (seeing a location with the mind’s eye without being at that location), out-of-body experiences (also known as astral travel) and mediumship (the ability to communicate with souls who have crossed into the Light, or with earthbound spirits). All the supernatural, paranormal or psychic events that Randi James, the famous sceptic and paranormal debunker, would call woo-woo.
New Year, New You?
Statistics show that a quarter of us make New Year’s resolutions. 80% of those individuals will have given up by February. Maybe as we begin not only the start of a new year, but the start of a new decade, we will feel newly inspired to attain success? Here are some hints and suggestions to hopefully help you reach your goals.
More Amazing Mental Feats
This instalment continues to look at individuals with extraordinary mental abilities. Savants have one or more mental abilities that can be considered a superpower. Most savants are on the autistic spectrum and can possess social, cognitive or language difficulties and often have an IQ of below 70. An article in The Guardian (Feb 12/05) estimates that 10% of the autistic population and 1% of the neurotypical population fall into the category of savant.
Amazing Mental Feats
Ordinary people with extraordinary mental abilities. They’re out there. Over the next couple of months, we will be looking at several individuals and their special talents. If science can ever pinpoint how the brain of these individuals allows such abilities to manifest, to figure out how the seemingly impossible is achieved, I wonder if the extraordinary could be the norm for future generations?
The Amazing Mind – How Change Happens
Time and again, I have come across sources that point to meditation as the key to moving beyond the perceived limits of the mind. Becoming greater than what we are. Developing the ability to shape our personal reality as we would like it to be. As we become more aware of the mind-body connection and the power of meditation, we tune in to the potential for healing, improving our mental health and creating our desired future. Changing our reality falls within the realms of possibility.
The Amazing Mind - Continued
Last month we looked at gtum-mo meditation practitioners and their masterful control of the body’s physiological processes. Imagine being able to dampen your body’s response to heat and cold, regulate your blood pressure, maximise resistance to illness, control pain and reduce stress using the power of the mind? It is possible. Science has observed and recorded such mental feats.
The Amazing Mind
Last month we looked at the real-life superpower, for lack of a better term, of Barbara Ann Brennan who has a gift of seeing energy around all living things. She has been able to hone these skills to determine, locate and heal illness in others. One might think that this was impossible, yet, she does it. Do we have the capacity ourselves to go beyond the mind’s normal ability?
Our Incredible Brain Part 3
Last month we determined that the entire brain is used to process and help navigate our environment through the course of an average day. Psychologist William James, however, believed that humanity possessed the potential for more. While science is of the general opinion that we already make use of the brain’s maximum capacity, what of the people who have demonstrated abilities that go beyond the norm? Over the next couple of months, we will be looking at some of these special individuals. Here is one of them.
Our Incredible Brain Part 2
Our brain is a wondrous and complex tool that helps us navigate and process the world around us. Last month, I wrote about a few ways that we all benefit from our brain’s behind-the-scenes workings. But what of the brain’s potential? There is a belief that has been perpetuated since the beginning of the 20th century that we only use 10% of our brain. Is there any truth to it?
Our Incredible Brain
The brain is probably the most complex system we know. A gelatinous mass weighing approximately 3 pounds, it contains about 100 million neurons and each one has up to 10,000 potential synaptic connections to other neurons. While science has developed ways of learning about our grey matter, much of it is still a mystery. From dreams and sleep to the way it processes information without our conscious knowledge. From controlling our breathing, temperature and heart rate to abstract thought. From creativity, in all shapes and forms, to going beyond average performance. The brain has some fascinating abilities.
Addictions – In the Pursuit of Happiness
Addiction is defined as not having control over doing, taking or using something to the point where it can negatively affect your relationships, professional life and your mental and physical wellbeing. We commonly think of drugs, nicotine and gambling as the main sources of abuse, but addiction, really, can be anything; work, shopping, internet, gaming and so on.
Sleep…It’s a Fine Balance
Sleep is a fundamental biological necessity. Less than adequate amounts will have a profound effect on our ability to function. Science is well versed on the physiological effect sleep, or lack thereof, has on the body. Important for processing, storing and reinforcing learning and memory, sleep helps to maintain cognitive skills. We know ourselves that we find it difficult to function when we are not getting enough sleep. Perhaps we even become more susceptible to illness. We struggle to concentrate, make decisions or cope emotionally when faced with challenging events and situations. Lack of sleep affects our mood and we tend to become more irritable. As well, getting too little sleep colours our perception of the outside world and we are more likely to engage in negative thinking.
‘Tis the Season for SAD
Sometimes referred to as the “winter blues” or “winter depression”, Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD) is at its height in the winter months. Described as low mood and depression that comes and goes in a seasonal pattern, MentalHealth.org claim that 1 in 15 people in the UK are affected by SAD between September and April.
Mental Health…Let’s Talk
Recently numerous celebrities and public figures have spoken out about their mental health struggles. Stars such as Beyonce, Carrie Fisher, Adele, Cara Delevingne, Glenn Close, Miley Cyrus, Lady Gaga and many more have helped open the door to a better understanding and greater acceptance toward mental health issues.
Living in the Now
The run up to the holidays can be a stressful time for many of us. Shopping, crowded malls, depleting bank balances, cooking, decorating, travelling and a myriad of other activities that are part and parcel of the holiday season. For others, looking ahead to the holidays can intensify loneliness, stress or sadness, especially for those who have lost a love one and are still grieving.
Hypnosis and a Brief Look at Some Studies
Having reservations about hypnotherapy is quite common. Television, movies and stage hypnosis contribute much to the erroneous perception of mind control. Sadly, this casts doubt on clinical hypnosis and diminishes its value as a mental health complementary therapy. Many of us look to science to give us answers. Science quantifies in order to qualify. There is quite an extensive list of studies on hypnosis in a clinical setting. Here is a brief look at what some of the research reveals.
Back to School Blues
With the beginning of a new school year underway, we hope that our children and teenagers have settled in well. New classes, new teachers, perhaps a new school, new challenges and demands. Developing new friendships or renewing older ones. Although it is perfectly normal to feel a sense of nervousness, for some it can be a time of crippling anxiety. Some young people are so affected by anxiety that they are unable to attend school altogether.
The Karmic Treadmill
The word karma originates from the Sanskrit language and simply means action, deed or doing. Not just recently, but in fact going back thousands of years and across several cultures and faiths, karma somehow got the short end of the stick by becoming associated with retribution and punishment. There are many videos, for example, on Youtube under the heading of “Instant Karma” where individuals are filmed creating bad karma, only to receive swift punishment in return.
The Mind – Body Connection
Ever since Austrian-Canadian physician Hans Selye pioneered the modern notion of stress in the 1950’s, the condition has gained significant attention in terms of how it links our emotional state to our physical health. The impact of mind on the body. Many of us have likely noticed that we have a higher susceptibility to catching flus and colds when stressed and run-down. It is not uncommon, either, to see articles or studies that acknowledge the impact stress has on aggravating certain medical conditions.
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- One Brain - Two Minds
- Past Lives - Hints, Clues and Signposts, Part 2
- The Plastic Brain
- Past Lives - Hints, Clues and Signposts
- The Gift of Dreaming
- Opening a New Door to Healing
- The Adolescent Brain
- The Fear Factor
- Your CCF in Action
- A Window on Sadness and Depression
- Negative Forecasting in Focus
- Creating Change for the Year Ahead
- What is Solution Focused Hypnotherapy?
- When the Stress Bucket Runneth Over
- A Weighty Issue
- Power of Positive Thought
- Understanding Anger
- Demystifying Trance
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