An Insightful article by the wonderful Dr Joe Dispenza
Staying Calm in the Eye of the Storm
If you don’t realize that we’re living in what are overtly challenging times, then you’re probably not paying attention. In the micro sense, it seems everybody I know is going through something on a personal level. In the macro sense, these personal journeys are being exacerbated by threats of nuclear attacks, political breakdowns, financial crises, racial tension, mass shootings, devastating earthquakes, erupting volcanoes, merciless wildfires, storm-of-the-century hurricanes, and more. It is indeed a sign of the times…but I’m not playing the game, and I invite you to do the same.
If you believe your thoughts and feelings have an effect on your reality, the moment you react to these external events with survival emotions, you begin putting more of your attention on them, and if you’re putting your attention on these event (events over which you have no control), you’re giving away your power to them. Every time you react with fear and anxiety, because fear and anxiety are emotions and emotions are energy, they only serve to feed the next moment of unrest. What we need to learn how to do in this moment of history is to be in the stillness—to become the eye of the hurricane. The eye of a hurricane is a place of calm, around which spins the storm. We become the eye when we pull ourselves out of the chaos and into the present moment. This is, after all, why we do all the training we do—because it’s in the eternal present moment where all of creation is engendered. By regulating internal emotions independent of external conditions, this is how we begin to master our environment.
Humanity is in the throes of a push and pull whereby there’s an ever-growing collective consciousness that wants to evolve, yet old ways of being and outdated modes of consciousness are struggling to hold on to the known. Depending on the lens through which you view this idea, these struggles could range anywhere from the world’s power structures all the way down to our individual egos. The more you react to your outer world and keep your attention on emotionally charged issues, the more you feed the problems because it’s your energy that keeps them alive. Multiply that by a million, or a billion, and it seems obvious why things might seem like they are getting worse. The stronger your emotional reaction to external events, the more you’re displacing your energy in the opposite direction of creation—creative energy that you could turn inward and use for creating a better life, healing your body, or empowering your energy into a new experience, to name but a few.
While we need to be cognizant and vigilant of injustices in our society, I would encourage you from time to time to disconnect from the news, and if all you see is tragedy and negativity in your social-media news feeds, perhaps disconnect from them as well. If you don’t want to completely disconnect, then be a force for adding light and love to those social feeds. Better yet, in your day-to-day life, perform a random act of kindness for a stranger, call someone you haven’t talked to in a long time, forgive someone or forgive yourself for something you’ve been holding on to. At the very least, be loving and kind to yourself and those around you, because everyone is going through their own challenges.
Remember—fear and anxiety result from anticipation of events that have not yet happened, and as we know, we are the creators of our reality. If you find yourself spinning out in your mind into an unknown future or regretting about the past, just pull yourself back into the present moment. Why? Because when you change your energy in the present moment, you change your future. That’s being the best example of change—changing your choice—in a world that looks like it might be falling apart.
It’s human to react to these global events, so if you do, just don’t spend a lot of time there. Just get over it. Don’t talk about them, give them energy, give them life, or make them something else. Don’t propagate them, because when you begin to tell stories about the events, you feed them.
Now is not a time to contract. Now is a time to expand into love, after all, love conquers fear.
A heart felt thank you to Dr Joe for sharing his knowledge and Wisdom. Also for your continual investment of time and energy helping others believe in possibilities and choices. Your work is very valuable and appreciated.
We ask for a long life, but ‘‘tis deep life, or grand moments, that signify. Let the measure of time be spiritual, not mechanical. ( Ralph Waldo Emerson)
Life is about really living each second making the moments count. We are here to make connections with others as well as connecting back to our real self.
Life is amazing we grew from one cell into awesome beings but daily we do not celebrate this. It’s only after the years have passed or this life is threatened we start to really place value on it.
Every moment is about feeling better and making others feel better. So the question is what have you done today to make yourself feel better and what have you done to make someone else day a bit better?
A good enriched life filled with love, gratitude, helping others and experiences is better than a long life filled with regret, fear and disconnection.
Whilst out jogging today I was in complete awe of the changing autumnal colours but also of the abundant horse chestnuts, apples, blackberries and pears. Nature is so generous with its bounty. Despite this we continue to always operate from a lack mindset. We are sustained and nourished by this beautiful planet and it’s gifts that flow over in excess. The fruits and nuts we are unable to eat feed the animal kingdom which then goes on to replenish the soil with essential nutrients required for future yields. These seeds then grow and yield another abundant harvest the following year.
Eating locally grown produce helps communities thrive but also the reduced transportation which cuts down pollution. We are so blessed in Britain to have green spaces and the weather to supprt the growth of an array of fruits and vegetables. Eating seasonally works with our own biorhythms since at different parts of the year we need different key nutrients. Learning to part of the food journey opens up your understanding and allows you to make better choices about which foods are best for your body.
We have a precious amazing body that should be taken care off since you cannot replace it when it gets worn out but nurturing and nourishing sustains it.
Many of us do not really appreciate the splender of the changing autumnal colour it’s nature display but then we all stand out in the cold in November staring up at the fireworks.
Future advances in technology will mean that our energy can be obtained and stored in a more clean way. The sun is abundant every day with its energy laden rays. So we should no longer be operating in scarcity mode in terms future energy access.
We all have more free time daily then we think. However we waste so much time by not always doing things that would be in our best interest such as; exercise, eating well, time with our loved ones, engaging with our communities, rest and sleep.
Reprogram your thoughts and feel the abundance around you. Spend time in nature since it guides and supports us continually. The essayist Emerson said “If the stars should appear one night in a thousand years, how would men believe and adore.” Sometimes we do not see and appreciate the beauty that’s unfolds in plain sight.
Daily all our basic needs are met so we should feel joyful but we are out of balance , stressed and unhappy. Focusing on all the blessings we have helps to redress this balance.
Love and kindness are abundantly available go out there and share and receive it daily and it will revitalise your very being.
Nothing can stop the man with the right mental attitude from achieving his goal nothing on earth can help the man with the wrong mental attitude.
Thomas Jefferson
The negative sensationalism of news has been steadily increasing over the last decade.
This makes us feel the world is unsafe and generates fear and mistrust when in reality a lot of good positive things happen everyday. Even during the worst events acts of compassion and kindness outweigh the negative. During such events humanity comes together and barriers are dropped. News outlets compete for emotionally evoking stories to generate higher viewing figures and ratings at the expense of positive, heart warming stories.
News stories distort reality it would be more beneficial to have local news giving information on how to manage local community issues. So that opportunities can be focused on rather than skewed towards the problems. News reporters do not want to bring out the best in the person they are interviewing but try to put words into their mouths to enhance their own angle.
Psychological studies reveal that watching negative news stories has an impact on our wellbeing directly affecting our mood increasing stress and anxiety hormones. Similar feelings are evoked by horror films and crime thrillers.
Awareness of what is happening around the world is important but constantly bombardment of this information does not help us or the victims.
We can take back control of what we choose to watch and listen to, just as we choose what to eat and drink. Studies show that listening to your favourite music or audio book will help elevate mood. Currently we have so much technology at our finger tips so we can be selective and choose inputs that make us feel good rather than feeling bad.
Short periods of silence allow our brains to reboot and has shown to have a calming effect as well as reducing stress and anxiety. We do not have to be plugged in 24/7 and we will not miss out. Instead we can be more selective and thus take back our own remote control.
If any readers have positive news stories please email me and in the future I can share them on this site.
The poem below was brought to my attention by Holly and I would like to share it with all of you.
The Sculptor
I woke up early today, excited over all I get to do before the clock strikes midnight. I have responsibilities to fulfil today. I am important. My job is to choose what kind of day I am going to have.
Today I can complain because the weather is rainy, or I can be thankful that the grass is getting watered for me.
Today I can feel sad that I don’t have more money, or I can be glad that my finances encourage me to plan my purchases wisely and guide me away from waste.
Today I can grumble about my health, or I can rejoice that I am alive.
Today I lament over all that my parents didn’t give me when I was growing up, or I can feel grateful that they allowed me to be born.
Today I can cry because roses have thorns, or I can celebrate that the thorns have roses.
Today I can mourn my lack of friends, or I can excitedly embark upon a quest to discover new relationships.
Today I can complain because I have to go to school, or eagerly open my mind and fill it with rich new bits of knowledge.
Today I can murmur dejectedly because I have to do housework, or I can feel honoured because I have shelter.
Today stretches ahead of me, waiting to be shared. And here I am the sculptor who gets to do the shaping.
What today will be like its up to me….I get to choose what kind of day I will have.
What kind of day are you going to have?
Learning is an ongoing process and after attending the amazing TCCHE conference this weekend my energy levels soared through the roof. A fantastic host of speakers and attendees as well as a fabulous organising team. The three stand out speakers and my personal favourites were Dr Joe Dispenza, Dr Bruce Lipton and Gregg Braden.
The inspiring Dr Dispenza often says once you have understood a concept one should be able to relay it to others to reveal your own level of understanding. This also imprints the new information into the subconscious mind. Therefore, I will attempt to summarise the key research presented this weekend from this brilliant group of scientists and amazing speakers.
Belief effects your biology; change your belief and change your biology. The mind is composed of the conscious and subconscious mind with the subconscious running the show 95% of the time. The operating system of your subconscious minds downloads programmes of belief from the time you are born till about the age of 7. This is often why the Jesuit’s enthused, “Give me a child for the first seven years and I’ll give you the man”. During these first seven years the brain’s operating system is in Delta and Theta which is a hypnotic like state. Therefore telling a child that they will never be good at something will create a programme of this belief which is then coded in the subconscious mind. Our children are our precious seedlings we need to nourish their thoughts with self belief during this important window of time in their early lives. Also we need to lead by example since they will model and mirror our behaviour.
We have been led to believe that genes produce our biology. This theory no longer holds true. The growing field of epigenetic allows us to understand how proteins related to the DNA are up regulated and down regulated and thus whether the gene is expressed or not. Just because you have the faulty gene it does not mean you will go on to get the condition. External factors such as stress, diet, beliefs, smoking etc can effect gene expression. We can influence our genetic profile with changes to our lifestyles and changing our beliefs. The human genome project revealed that we have the same amount of genes as a worm! So there has to be more to it than just genes.
On a cellular level the cell membrane is the real brain of the cell and not the nucleus. The proteins that are part of this vital cell wall are affected by external signals e.g. stress hormones and even electromagnetic fields. When you feel happy the brain releases dopamine, oxytocin, vasopressin and growth hormones and you are in repair and growth mode, however, when you experience fear, resentment and anger the brain will release cortisol, noradrenaline, cytokines and histamine this supports protection but not growth and repair.
When cells are grown in the laboratory they require a culture medium. In the body the culture medium is blood. What you eat, drink, think and believe will become this culture medium and therefore effect the growth of your cells and thus your future biology. Our bodies are comprised of 50 trillion cells we are really just a colony of cells. So we need to make the environment supportive for optimal cell growth.
The word atom means uncuttable in Greek since it was thought to be the smallest particle but quantum physics now reveals that the atom is not composed of particles but vortices of energy fields. Fundamentally we experience the whole world around us as an energy field even though it feels solid. When we see an object we are in fact seeing light bouncing off the image and this light signal is converted by internal signal in the brain to form an image inside our own heads. When we hear sound we are again getting a signal of energy vibration percussing the small bones in our ears to generate a signal to create sound in our own heads. When we touch it is one energy force pushing against another energy force. When we go around in the world we are just energy fields coming together and this explains why with some individuals you get good vibes and with other it feels less pleasurable. When our energy is in harmony with another there is amplitude effect the energy is expanded and hence we feel energised. The opposite can leave us energy drained and depleted. Entanglement of energy can explain why we can sense something is amiss with our nearest and dearest even when they are separated with distance from us.
Our personal energy creates a field of energy around us and new scientific equipment is able to demonstrate this. Every molecule in the universe emits and absorbs unique wavelength of light. These energy fields effect us both externally and internally in our health, emotions and interactions with others. Our own energy creates a resonance which acts like a tuning fork and thus the experiences we tune into.
“The field is the sole governing agency of particles” Albert Einstein.
We can not see this field of energy but it has an effect on every living cell so it is vitally important to gain a greater understanding of this energy. Ancient civilisations understood this better than the modern age the Chinese referred to it as the chi and the word yoga means to join.
In order for our bodies to receive this vital energy we need to up regulate receptors which act as antennae for this energy. This has been demonstrated through the practice of meditation and changing belief systems as well brain-heart harmonisation. Recent research has revealed that the heart has 40,000 sensory neurites i.e. brain cells (Armour 1994). Therefore we do not just process information with our brains. Our organs work together like any other system but modern medicine focuses on each individual organ. By expanding our knowledge of how the heart and brain work together it can reveal an insight to heart brain harmony. The benefits of this harmony have been found to be:
Extraordinary states of deep intuition
Connection to subconscious
Deep awareness and super information processing
Triggers 1300 positive biochemical reactions
Boost immune system
Gives a deeper sense of resilience
When we get into an argument with a partner our heart rate become elevated with a release of stress hormones but even after the argument has been resolved the heart rate remains elevated for some time after the event since we are poor at self regulation. This has consequences on our biology since in this heightened stress state we are not able to repair or renew and bystander damage is occurring internally.
This brain heart harmonisation is measured by monitoring the heart rate variability with ECG as well as measuring brain activity using EEG. The technique involved getting into a relaxed state by taking deep slow breaths and bringing your awareness to your heart with thoughts of gratitude, kindness and compassion.
The technique was taught to soldiers and police officers in the US. So after a threat was over they could self regulate their brain activity and heart rates back to base line levels thereby allowing the body to rest and repair. This had a huge benefit to their well being but also on their relationships since they had dissipated the stressed state and were no longer in fight mode. This research was carried out by the institute of Heartmath in the USA and was found to be better than pharmaceutical alternatives.
“Without thinking of the letters listen to the language of the heart” Rumi.
The brain also has highly specialised cells called mirror neurones They can be defined as a neurone that fires both when someone has an experience and when someone witness an experience.
This can be demonstrated when we are weaning a child we try to get them to open their mouth by us opening ours. This is mirroring. The mirror neurones are located in the parietal, frontal and occipital lobes of the brain. So what we mirror to the world is reflected back to us. If we reflect happiness we will get back happiness if we reflect fear this will be reflected back. The world around us reveals a lot about how we are really feeling.
We feel we are conscious and highly aware of the world around us but are we really
Try doing the awareness test below –
The old theory that we do not generate new brain cells and synaptic connection no longer holds true. Our bodies have an array of stem cells ready to become what we need them to be, they just the need the right signal or input from us. New scanning equipment reveals how neurons are really mobile social cells ready to make new connections but also have the capacity to break old connections. So new behaviour, beliefs and programmes can replace those that do not serve us well. We can really upgrade ourselves not just our phones.
Our current programmes are a collection of old beliefs and habits and we do not question our thinking and revaluate it with new knowledge and information. The better we know ourselves the better choices we can make .
Our bodies are comprised of highly sophisticated energy systems often referred to as the chakras. Understanding how this energy can be unlocked or added to affects the experience we have daily. A huge amount of energy is locked into the lower centres of reproduction and digestion. Increasing the flow of this energy up to the higher centres opens up a field of energy and thus our ability to interact with the energy field around us. This is often done in Kundalini yoga/meditation. Feeding energy up into the pineal gland in the brain can open up greater insights and experiences. Energy flooding into the brain helps to align with a greater energy field but also restoring the bodies energy and resonance.
Dr Joe Dispenza has painstakingly carried out neuroscience research measuring brain activity and energy levels in the brain. During relaxed and meditative states individuals brain activity is off the scale. Once out of this state they report a greater awareness, feel physically better and greater sense of connection with world. The brain has neuroplasity so we can change our personal reality, nerve cells that wire together stay together and create new neural networks. We need to take command back for our bodies rather than our bodies commanding us. For example you would like to get fitter you decide in your mind that you will go for a run tomorrow the following day when you think about going for a run your body tries to talk you out of it telling you it is going to rain, you are too tired, start tomorrow etc. We need to become the new person in order to override this thought and go for the run and then next time it happens again we override it again. Eventually these thoughts will diminish and the feelings of being healthy and fitter will be more dominant.
I am emphasising that your thoughts create your biology again. The interesting part of this is that a study revealed how a group were asked to imagine doing biceps curls in their minds with another group actually doing biceps curls. Both groups had increased muscle mass.Demonstrating that your body reacts to your thoughts as well as you actual physical actions.
By not making the same choice as the day before you mould yourself into the new better you. Hold the vision of this upgraded person in your mind and generate thoughts, feelings and actions of how this new you would feel. This will produce new biochemistry and new neural networks and ultimately replace the old habits and behaviour. This may initially feel difficult and uncomfortable but this is the road you have to cross to change.
Everything starts with a thought, thinking to doing to being.
We think between 60-70,000 thoughts every day but 90% of these thoughts are repeated from the day before, so no new information is being added and no new neural connections are being made. So therefore the same thoughts create the same reality. If you want to create a new reality you have to examine the thoughts you have been thinking and change them. Notice behaviour, habits and emotions related to past experiences and start to alter them. New learning and new knowledge produces new synaptic connections. Research has shown that this rewiring process takes as little as 72hours.
Just thinking of an old painful experience can produce the same emotions and stress as the actual event itself. Stress can be defined as when your body is knocked out of balance. Your subconscious mind does not know the difference between the actual experience and a memory of the experience thus it stimulates the stress response of flight or fight. If this response is constantly being fired by repeated thoughts of past events it will ultimately lead to illness and disease.
By starting to observe our thought patterns we can start to change them and these circuits in the brain will ultimately become disconnected and new circuits can be connected. You can start to learn a new way of being this allows your brain to start to work differently producing a new state of mind you can create a new intention of behaviour in your mind of how you would react if a similar situation was to manifest in the future. This allows old neural connections and old memories to be pruned away and neural growth factor seals new connections of the new behaviour in the brain. Reinforcing and repeating this new behaviour hard wires it into the subconscious mind and new programmes become automatic behaviour. This new behaviour is now part of your very being and you no longer have to think about it. A bit like driving a car initially it seemed difficult but with repetition it has become like an autopilot.
In conclusion the standout message from all the talks from the conference was about taking back power ownership of our lives. We are not at the mercy of others, situations, environment, biology and genetics. We are amazing unique individuals in a field of possibilities with an amazing sophisticated operating systems, which we must learn to modify, adapt and understand. Using all the tools mentioned to get a life we want to live being the person we choose to be.
This exercise of trying to recall the information has been hugely beneficial for me and I hope reading about this has been insightful for you.
A huge thank you to this trail blazing scientific community.
A quote from Nelson Mandela’s autobiography (Long walk to freedom )
“No one is born hating another person because of the colour of his skin or his background or his religion. People must learn to hate, if they can learn to hate, they can be taught to love. For love comes more naturally to the human heart than its opposite ”
This quote resonants so much truth only when we learn to love to others we move away from fear, hatred, mistrust and move towards compassion and peace. Conflict, separation and superiotiy has never resolved any situation always coming together with understanding is the fastest way to produce a harmonious outcome.
Celebrating diversity and differences allows the human race to come together as a stronger unit. Learning to see the real person behind the skin colour helps to remove prejudice and allows understanding and connection. Dropping preconceived misconceptions and start seeing and connecting with the real human under the surface.
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