Posts tagged mind
General Rules about the Mind

These are some general rules of the mind that are a useful reminder. They are really important and many of us don’t truly realise how powerful our thoughts can be for our own health and wellbeing. When we don’t follow these rules, we can get ourselves in a lot of trouble.

Every Thought Has A Physical Reaction

The mind is where the action is, the body is where the reaction is.

Example
Stress headache or butterflies in your stomach. Our feelings and thoughts change our bodies and over the long term can cause major problems with our health.

How can this affect my life for good?
Understand that thoughts are just thoughts, you’ve had plenty of them and just let them pass. It’s like thinking about buying something, then not doing it. The buying thought was just a thought that had no effect over you, unless you let it;)

Holding on to negative thoughts and feelings can have a negative effect on your ability to handle situations and can hurt you mentally or physically in the long run.

Where Your Attention Goes, Your Energy Flows

Wherever you put your thoughts, good or bad, you go in that direction.

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Jill Bolte Taylors Stroke of Insight – Brain Recovery

I find Jill Bolte Taylor’s book, ‘My Stroke of Insight’ such an inspiring and informative read for anyone interested in the amazing powers of our brain. My Mum was diagnosed with early onset Alzheimer’s when she was sixty and this has really increased my interest in the brain. Click on the link above to view her talk on TED.com which is just under 20 minutes long.

Jill Bolte Taylor is a brain scientist who had a stroke, and watched as her brain functions shut down one by one. It took her 8 years to get her brain function back and she has become a powerful voice for brain recovery.

“I am the life-force power of the universe. I am the life-force power of the 50 trillion beautiful molecular geniuses that make up my form, at one with all that is.” Jill Bolte Taylor

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