How YOUr thoughts ARE transforming
your brain & THE body with PLACEBO inside.
We are creature of habits. We think about 60,000 to
70,000 thoughts in one day. Ninety percent of thoughts are the same as the day
before. We wake up on the same side of the bed, go through the same routine in
the bathroom, and Comb our hair in the same way, commute on the same route, sit
on the same chair and deal with the same kind of work and people in the office
who pushes the same emotional buttons daily. We hurry up to finish our work to
reach home to have dinner on time so that we do not miss the favorite daily TV
show, we prefer to watch the same TV shows, same kind of music. We hurry up to
brush our teeth so that we get to bed to wake up next day on time to start the
routine all-over again.
We are on autopilot mode. Thinking the same thoughts
leads us to make same choices. Making the same choices lead us to same
behavior. Same experience creates the same emotions. Same actions and behavior
result in same experiences and same experiences produce same emotions. Again,
same emotion creates same thoughts. We can break this vicious circle at
thinking level and affect the whole chain. If it sounds difficult practically
then we may chip in for new events but with the awareness that how choice of
event could affect the whole chain. This practical exercise can change us as a
person physically and mentally both. Words of Lao Tsu are similar:
Watch your thoughts they become words, watch your words they become
action, watch your actions the become habit, watch your habits they become your
character, watch your character it becomes your destiny.
Lao Tsu
Our brain appears to be as soft-boiled egg made up of
some 100 million nerve cells, called neurons. Each nerve cell looks like a
leafless tree with flexible branches, which connects and disconnects with other
cells. We used to think of brain as computer, and while there are some
similarity. Each neuron is its own unique bio-computer, with more than 60 GB of
RAM.
As we learn new things and have new experiences in our lives, our neurons make new connections, exchanging electrochemical information with each other. Those connections are called Synaptic Connections, because the place where cells exchange information – the gap between neurons – is called s Synapse.
If learning is making new synaptic connection, then
remembering is keeping those connections strong. The creation of these
connections change the structure of brain. As the brain makes these changes,
our thoughts produce blend of various chemicals called neurotransmitters (like
Serotonin, dopamine, etc.)
When we think thoughts, neurotransmitters(NT) at one branch of one neuron tree cross the synaptic gap and makes a new connection to fire information with the an electric bolt. When jungle of neurons fire these NTs to support a new thought, an additional chemical (a protein) is created within the nerve cell and makes its way to the cell’s center, or nucleus where it lands in our DNA.
The protein then switches on several genes. Genes function is to make proteins that
balance both structure and function of the body. Genes then multiply the required
(new) protein with other proteins to feed the brain and body both.
Therefore, we can conclude that our thoughts have
major bio-chemical impact on our brain and subsequently on our body. It is
about the development of brain network in three dimensions, as new formation of
connections generate the elixir (required protein) of life. Vitamins and
minerals are essential and they help our growth but during some critical crises,
they become helpless to improve our mental & physical health conditions as
they only can strengthen the existing hard-wired connection in the brain. The
real game changer during health crises are our New Thoughts.
