It all starts in the mind, yet mental and spiritual health is often not seen as a priority.
Epigenetics is a ground breaking new area of scientific research. Prior to the completion of the human genome mapping project, our genetically inherited DNA was thought to be the sole determinate of our individual development and functioning potential. Medical science now concludes these genes are only expressed when turned on.
Electromagnetic waves and the chemical environment surrounding each cell membrane, now appear to control when these genes are switched on and off. The implications of this are staggering. A mere thought in the brain can unleash a chemical cascade within seconds, changeing the chemical environment of a cell, thereby altering the functioning of the cells DNA. Thus a mere thought can potentially begin changing your body at a structural level. Furthermore, many of these newly expressed genes then become expressed in future offspring.
Epigenetics will surely herald a change in western medicine's narrow minded approach to health.
Focussing on and visualising one's goals is the most simple and powerful means of creating what you want in life. Ask Arnold Schwarzenegger and many other sporting, business, entertainment icons. Create a jpeg visual collage of your goals for your desktop/screensaver using Photoscape.
The brain is essentially a self-assembling and maintaining fat globule. Composed of 100 billion neurons and even more glial cells it weighs only 1.5 kg and yields unparalleled processing power. It is an important component of a far larger (somatosensory) system, which deals with an astounding array of incoming data (images, scent, taste, sound, energy, pain temperature, chemicals detection, body positioning etc.) from all over the body.
Psychologists and neuroscientist believe each individual has a unique experience of life based on a filtration system thought to be constructed during our first 12 years of life. It is suggested that our conscious mind is only able to process 110 bits per second. A complex filter is thus required to screen for key data.
Crudely put, the system collects, interprets filters and then recompiles the data to provide a version of reality for our conscious mind to ponder.
This data collecting "hardware" is so vast and widespread that medical science now confirms what eastern philosophy has long proclaimed, the mind and body truly are structurally and functionally indistinguishable.
The layer of connective tissue (fascia) surrounding every organ, bone and muscle in the body is also now recognised to be impregnated in varying concentrations with a variety of receptors.
For more on body maps in the mind ... Sandra Blakeslee » "The Body Has A Mind Of Its Own" ¦ Audio interview.
We even have mirror neurons, which through sight alone cause us to automatically mirror the emotions and actions of humans around us. In fact this is so comprehensively done, only receptors in the skin allow us to distinguish the emotion or movement as being externally stimulated.
TEDMed: Mirror Neurons - How we really do all share a common consciousness
Below we have footage describing again how the brain pieces together sensory input to create our unique version of reality.
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