Now, if that was a lot of chunked down information for you, let’s chunk it up a bit and chat about your Nervous System. This is where I need you to get excited! Your Nervous System, your neurology, is the most magnificent creation known to us!
Here is your first task. Define in your own words what a neurological connection is.
Your Nervous System is capable of ten to ten to eleven (1O10)11 neurological connections.
That’s the number 10, with 10 zeros behind it, written eleven times. Here it is:
100 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000
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Great! But what does that mean to us practically? Firstly, this number is so big that we have no conscious idea of what to compare it with. We struggle to contemplate its immensity. Secondly it means that you have more possible neurological connections, although you are not using them all, than the number of all stars in our visible universe. You have more possible neurological connections than the number of all the grains of the sand on all the beaches on our planet! In case the point is not made yet, you have more possible neurological connections than all the atoms in the entire universe, according to quantum physicists Dr. Paul Goodway.
Now knowing our unlimited potential and what is possible, how do we explain a world of people that struggle to learn new languages, or to achieve their goals, or heal dis-eases?! Being a Dynamic Training Institute client is all about understanding how we accept limitations and create barriers within ourselves that blocks this potential. The exciting bit is not that we identify the challenges but that you are going to learn to unlock this potential and set yourself free to create the live you want. Be prepared for a fun and exciting journey as your Life will never be the same again!
For decades scientists have believed that we only have neurons in our brains. Depak
Chopra, in his book called "Quantum Healing" published in 1986, proved that neurons are everywhere in the body. In fact every single cell of your body is bathed in neurons. This means that your brain can communicate with any part of your body instantly. Your thoughts are communicated to all your cells, all the time. Now, that’s not only interesting, that is also extremely important to us, because that scientifically proves the mind body—connection!
The thoughts that you hold in your mind affect your body.
Have you ever heard the saying "all this stuff is just in your mind"? The good news is that, NLP, Time Paradigm Techniques and Hypnosis are not just in your mind! The fact is that the impact of these, powerful approaches to change effect the body as well. Depak Chopra’s findings now validate the effect that the mind has on your physical body. This is the first proof in history of the mind-body connection. That's really, really important to us because it means that the thoughts that you hold in your mind do affect your body. This opens up a number of possibilities that I suggest we explore.
We have discovered our almost inconceivable potential (1010)11), the magnificence of the body and its neurology that can make new neurological connections and we know that our mind is very connected to unlocking that potential? What new choices do we gain by knowing this? By the way, this is always a good question to be asking about any new learning.
The most obvious application of this knowledge is in the area of health. We could possibly explain miraculous healings now. We also gain the possibility of healing what was not possible for us to consider healing before. Your body has this incredible power of rewiring itself, of course... if we do something about it.
Michael Hutchinson’s book, "Mega Brain" written in 1986, tells the story about a medical doctor who had lifelong friend. His friend lived completely normal life. He had a job, a family, kids and a dog. When his friend died, the doctor did the autopsy on his friend. When he cut open his head, he found that there was no brain?! Yes, No brain?! He had "Hydrocephalus". The space in the scull for the brain was filled with water instead. This man had no brain since he was born. He had the brain stem, and a very, very thin layer of brain cells, but inside of that was all water, no brain!
You might find this funny. There was a conference in Montreal for medical doctors, and my friend was teaching them hypnosis. After he shared this story about the man who lived a normal life with no brain, one doctor raised his arm and said that he did an autopsy on his father who also didn’t have a brain. Nobody told these people that they had no brains. Their ignorance allowed them to lead normal lives! The doctor’s father was actually excellent in maths and an outstanding chess player!!!
You can’t help but wonder how this is possible. Based on what we have learnt so far we can conclude that the physiology of the nervous system, from top to toe, rewired itself to compensate for the absent brain. In very simple terms, the functions of the brain were reassigned. Do you think that these people would have been able to live normal lives if they were told that they don’t have a brain at some point?
This does lead us to the conclusion that our beliefs significantly impact our behaviour as well as expectation of behaviour. If a kid is continuously told: "You are stupid, you are stupid, you are stupid, the kid will decide to adopt this as a belief at some point. People by nature actualize behaviour that supports and enforces their beliefs. (By the way, none of the kids I have EVER worked with were stupid). Remember that you are a magnificent being with the most powerful Nervous System that has incredible potential. Potential, beyond measure, that leads me to believe that EVERYTHING is possible for you.