You Are The Placebo: Making Your Mind Matter

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Yet, stories can be misleading. I would have preferred some statistics on the effects of placebo on top of the stories. Please note, this criticism is not to say that Dispenza or “ You Are The Placebo” do not contain positive information.

Joe Dispenza says that if you can envision a future with full conviction, you can change the expression of your genes, reorganize your cells and change and heal yourself. The book is filled with data and published studies by such big names as the Mayo Clinic. Countless stories and documented individual experiences. You will learn about Randomized, double blinded research, about the difference between the Placebo and the Nocebo effect Dr. Dispenza leaves no room for questioning, his research and data speaks for itself. Actually, if "higher" emotions (which I think is an incorrect term when what he wants to say is positive emotions), the very high emotions he wants you to use as you go into the low-frequency theta brainwaves, have a high energy and have a high frequency ... that's a contradiction. It can't both be high and low.It is his belief that there is intelligence, an invisible consciousness, within each of us that’s the giver of life. Dr. Dispenza made a choice to place his attention on this intelligence. He believes that we spend too much time thinking about what we don’t want, instead of what we do want. You are the Placebo Dr. Joe Dispenza takes an incredible look at the power of our minds over our bodies.

Why? Because when we change, we no longer feel like ourselves. My definition of genius, then, is to be uncomfortable and to be okay with being uncomfortable.” The quantum model, which states that all possibilities exist in this present moment, is your key to using the placebo effect for healing, because it gives you permission to choose a new future for yourself and actually observe it into reality.” The author also mentions quantum physics and, since matter and mind are not separate, it’s scientific that you can change matter with your thoughts. You Are The Placebo MeditationBut the best was yet to come. I studied University physics. I learned a tiny bit about quantum mechanics. The probabilities of particles being in one place or state at any time is a difficult concept. That things move between states, not in a straight line, but jumping between levels in ‘quantum’ jumps takes some time to accept and understand. This is some hard stuff. Visualizing with emotion + intensity + frequency changes your brain and begins to bring your future reality into your present reality. The author holds a master's degree from La Sapienza, department of communication and sociological research, and is a member of the American Psychology Association (APA).

Christiane Northrup, M.D., New York Timesbest-selling author of Women’s Bodies, Women’s Wisdomand The Wisdom of Menopause When you feel an emotion, you can ultimately bypass your neocortex—the seat of your conscious mind—and activate your autonomic nervous system. Therefore, as you get beyond your thinking brain, you move into a part of the brain where health is regulated, maintained, and executed. So”Dr. Joe Despenza talks about the new science of epigenetics. Meaning, we can change our DNA based on our thoughts and environment. Every thought we think is signaling our genes to express in a certain way. Toxic thinking leads to toxic expression and problems in the body- Positive thinking leads to positive gene expression and health. You Are the Placebois the instruction manualfor how to produce miracles in your body, with your health,and in your life. It’s simply magnificent. This maybe the only prescription you’ll ever require.” Some of those signals come from within the body, such as feelings and thoughts, while others come from the body’s response to the external environment, such as pollution or sunlight... Much of the book, and especially the beginning, is about crazy stories of placebo effects, both positive and negative effects. As long as you’re thinking the same thoughts, they will lead to the same choices, which cause the same behavior, which create the same expression, which produce the same emotions, which in turn drive the same thoughts.”

And can you teach your body emotionally . . . what it would feel like to believe in this way . . . to be empowered . . . to be moved by your own greatness . . . to have courage . . . to be invincible . . . to be in love with life . . . to feel unlimited”So if your mind believes in something strongly, it can do wonders. But how do you make it believe if nobody gives you a pill? This is where meditation comes into play. Actually, i would call this method sort of a self-hypnosis since you are convincing yourself certain things when you are most susceptible (during meditation). The author’s intention for this book is to place the reader in the driver’s seat, to empower us to create the needed changes in our lives. It’s about transforming illness and disease, about healing not only the body, but also the mind. His purpose is to introduce the one healing modality that most captured his attention and that is healing through thought alone. I received a complementary copy of this book from Hay House for review purposes. The opinions are completely my own based on my experience.