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.

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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?

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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.

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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?

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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.

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