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"a team at yale came to the startling realization that 'the cortical map reflects our perceptions, not the physical body' adding that 'the brain is reflecting what we are feeling, even if that's not what really happened' [...]
"one possible mechanism to explain the ability of our brains to override our senses is the surprising recent discovery that the bundles of nerve cells running from our brain to our senses outnumber the ones running in the other direction by a factor of 10 to 1 [...] u of oregon neuroscientist michael posner says, 'the idea that perceptions can be manipulated by expectations is fundamental to the study of cognition'
"since we are building these neural pathways with every thought & feeling, we have an opportunity, by taking control of the quality of our thoughts & feelings, to build a neural network focused on the transmission of positive, healing, & joyful impulses [...] we may indeed see, in time, the beautiful world we imagine [...]
"our emotional & mental environment, which we create as individuals, is 1 of the primary influences turning genes on & off in our cells [...] the awareness that we each create our mental environment & that the genetic effects of environmental changes begin to occur within seconds provides us with an exciting new awareness of the degree of control we enjoy over our wellbeing" (pp. 100-101)
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