Seems odd, talking about minds and am loosing mine at the same time!
I was going to move to bodies, but want to share more of Dr. Caroline Leaf...
-As you read this (or listen to someone...)you are taking in information.
-There is a 'garden hose' like thing that all the info is sifted through; and here you have a choice to reject or accept the information.
-If you reject it, it leaves as heat energy.
-If you accept it your brain starts the process of building a memory tree. -If you have one already started with similar information, then the info is added to. If new, a new tree is created.
-If you aren't really listening, aren't really thinking or are stressed the branches of the memory tree will be flappy and the glial cells will gobble them up as you sleep.
-If it is strong it remains. (a potential 'stronghold')
If you accept the thought at some point(can't remember exactly when this takes place), the chemicals/hormones that are sent through your body first go to your heart - and you again have the choice to accept or reject the thought ...
"For though we walk (live) in the flesh,
we are not carrying on our warfare
according to the flesh and using mere human weapons.
For the weapons of our warfare are not physical
[weapons of flesh and blood],
but they are mighty before God
for the overthrow and destruction of strongholds,
[Inasmuch as we] refute arguments
and theories and reasonings and
every proud and lofty thing that sets itself up
against the [true] knowledge of God;
and we lead every thought and purpose away captive
into the obedience of Christ (the Messiah, the Anointed One)"
Also 1Corinthians 8:9
"Only be careful that this power of CHOICE (this permission and liberty to do as you please) which is yours, does not somehow become a hindrance to ..." others.
Deut. 30:19
"I call heaven and earth to witness this day against you that I have set before you life and death, the blessings and the curses; therefore CHOOSE life, that you and your descendants may live.."
Josh.24:15
"....CHOOSE you this day whom you will serve ... as for me and my house, we will serve the Lord."
Job 34:4
"Let us CHOOSE for ourselves that which is right; let us know among ourselves what is good."
Ps.25:12
"Who is the man who reverently fears and worships the Lord? Him shall He teach in the way that he should CHOOSE ..."
Thinking positive can help a person ... positive speaking can too ... but to make lasting changes we need a heart change - which is supernaturally done. With the mouth confession is made to salvation - with the heart one believes to righteousness (Rom.10:9-11) - it has to be both.
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Our brain does 4 billion actions per second, we are conscious of about 2000 of them.
We have 100trillion brains cells, each holding up to 70,000 pieces of information - equivalating to about 3 million years worth of storage!
Einstein and the such used about 5% of their brain.
About 1% of the world's population uses 2-3 %.
95% of the population only use 0.001% of our brains.
Two things come to mind ...
- our brains are created for much more :)
- 'experts', including Dr. Leaf, feel that as we are coming out of the "information age" we will have the dumbest generation. Intelligence is not how much one can cram in; learning is not reading or hearing a 5 minute snippet of information and thinking you've learned all about it! Our children don't know how to think properly - and I for one - have not helped one iota!
Television, computers and video games have their place; but have also been shown multiple times over multiple years to have a negative impact on us. We are a people who are lost without a square box to stare at! [quoting a friend of mine :) ]
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One last thing. Hope has its own chemical.
Dr. Leaf refers to an experiment with monkeys where the mothers were seperated from the babies. The babies had all their 'needs' met - but quickly slipped into stress and despression. When mother monkey's were sent in to simply hold and hug they quickly changed back to normal ... hence the term "monkey hug therapy".
-They have found the stress hormone is 10 times greater in suicide victims.
-And one more off the wall thought with this ... the 'laying on of hands' - not ALL 'spiritual' !
-My sister who is fighting cancer is to get at least 8 good hugs a day - with 5 kids and a husband she laughs and says she is set with a hug every morning and night being 12! :)
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I had a breakdown in front of my kids again tonight - time to take some serious inventory of my thoughts and possible strongholds that need tearing down!
And with report cards 2 weeks away, its the worst time for mama to be adding stress as the cortisol (or whatever it was that Dr. Leaf said!) that is released with stress causes their memory trees to shrink!
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I am mightily proud of my family ... one of my neices called me just a night ago and we had a nice little chat - and she quoted a scripture that keeps coming back to me, that is what I will close this with - an hour into the next day... (Phil.4:6-7)
"Do not be anxious about anything,
but in everything,
by prayer and petition,
with thanksgiving,
present your requests to God.
And the peace of God,
which transcends all understanding,
will guard your hearts and
your minds in Christ Jesus."
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