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TheArtofChange
ByDrJoeDispenza
Changeisaninterestingconceptbecauseitrequiresbecomingaware.Itrequiresdeciding
howyounolongerwanttobe.Andthatlevelofawarenesstakesacertainamountofmentaleffort
andrestraint.
Iwanttotalkabouttheimportanceofchange,ofwhyweshouldorwhywewanttochange,
andwhywewouldactuallywanttocreateanewselforanewlife.Whatarethebenefits?Change
isallaboutexpansion.Itsallaboutunlearningcertaintraitsthatwevememorizedandrelearning
newstates.Itsaboutbreakingthehabitofyouroldselfandreinventinganewself.Itsallabout
yourdecisiontonolongerthink,act,orfeelinpredictableways.Andwiththis,itrequirespruning
synapticconnectionsandsproutingnewconnections.Itrequiresun-memorizingemotionalstates
thathavebecomepartofyourpersonalityandthenreconditioningyourbodytoanewemotionor
toanewmind.
Inneuroscience,wehavethreebrainsthatallowustogofromthinkingtodoingto
being.Thethinkingbrainistheneocortex.Andeverytimewelearnsomethingnew,weforgeanew
synapticconnectioninourthinkingbrain.Theneocortexisthatcorrugatedbrainthatsitsonthe
outside,allowsustogaininformationfromourenvironment.Sowaswebegintolearnnewthings,
weaddanewstitchtocircuitsthatrepresentthethree-dimensionaltapestryinourgraymatter.
Nowitsnotenoughtojustlearnthatinformation.Itsimportantforustoapplywhatwe
learn,topersonalizeit,todemonstrateit.Wehavetotakewhatwelearnedintellectuallyof
philosophically,theknowledgethatwevegained,andapplyit,personalizeit,demonstrateit,and
changesomethingaboutourselves.Andwhenwedo,wehaveanewexperience.
Nowexperienceenrichesthebrainbecausewheninthemidstofanewexperience,
everythingwereseeingandsmellingandtastingandfeelingandhearing,allofourfivesensesare
gatheringallthisinformationfromtheenvironmentanditssendingarushofinformationbackto
thebrainthroughthefivedifferentpathways,causingjunglesofneuronstoorganizethemselvesto
reflecttheevent.Theseneuronsbegintorepresenttheenvironmentandproducechemicalsthat
begintosignalthebody.Andwhenthathappens,weactivatethesecondbrain,calledthelimbic
brain,ortheemotionalbrain.
Themomentwebegintomodifyourbehaviorandwehaveanewexperience,nowweare
instructingthebodyemotionallytoteachitwhatithasintellectuallyunderstood.Nowwehavetwo
brainsworkingtogetherWehavemindandbodyinunison.Youareembodyingknowledge
now.Nowitsnotenoughtohavetheexperienceonce.Youhavetobeabletorepeatit,doitover
andoveragain,youhavetomemorizeit.Youvegottoneurochemicallyconditionyourmindand
bodytothepointwhereyourbodyknowsaswellasyourbrain.
Andwhenyoudothat,youmoveintoastateofbeing.Andwhenwereinastateofbeing,
thatswhenourthoughtsandfeelingsarealignedtoaconceptandweactivatethatcertainbrain
calledthecerebellum,thememorycenterinwhichwevepracticeditsomanytimes,wenolonger
havetothinkaboutit.Theprocessofchangerequiresustogofromthinkingtodoingtobeing.Our
hardwiredthoughts,ourhabituatedbehaviors,andourmemorizedemotionsdeterminewhowe
are.Andthequantumfieldtendstorespondtowhoweare.Notsomuchourdesiresorwhatwe
want,butwhowerebeing.Somovingintoastateofbeingthenallowsustochangenotonlyour
health,butavenuesandvenuesinourlives.
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Sonowletsgiveanexampleofhowthisallcomestogether.Letssaynowthatyoureada
bookcalled,FromForgivenesstoLoveToPersonalFreedomandTransformation.Andyouwereso
enthralledbytheinformationinthisbook,thatyouspenthoursdrivinginyourcar,thinkingabout
everythingyouvelearned.Youpiecetogethernewideasfromtheinformationinthisbookand
youvelistenedtothecompanionCD.Wecouldsaythatallofthisinformationisintellectual
information.Itstheory.Itsphilosophy.Itsallstoredinyourthinkingbrain.
Andasyoubegintoreviewthisinformation,asyoubegintothinkaboutit,whatyoulearn
andwhatyoureviewandwhatyoucontemplate,whatyoumemorizeinyourhead,causesneurons
tobegintodevelopalong-termrelationship.Wecouldsaythattheconceptinneuroscience,nerve
cellsthatfiretogetherwiretogether,meansthatyouarewiringnewinformationinyourbrain
philosophically.Nowyouvereadthisbook,youvereviewedalltheinformation.Youveputsome
hardwareinplacetoreflectwhatyouvelearned.Asamatteroffact,everytimeyouvethought
aboutit,andeverytimeyouverepeatedthethoughtsoverinyourbrain,youwerereminding
yourselfandreinforcingthosecircuits.
Soifwesaythateverytimewelearnsomethingnewisforwardinganewconnectioninyourbrain,wecouldsaythatrememberingthenismaintainingandsustainingthoseconnections.So
throughtheprocessofrepetition,youreactuallyreinforcingthecircuitssothatnowthosecircuits
areinplacelongerthanafewmoments.
Sonow,allthisinformationisstoredinyourthinkingbrain.Andnowyoureinvitedtoa
companyparty.Andasyoustartthinkingaboutgoingtothiscompanyparty,youreallexcited
becauseforthelastcoupleofweeksyouvesharedwithallofyourfriendsallofthisgreat
informationfromthisgreatbookyouveread.Alltheinformationisinyourhead.Youhaventfeltit
yet,butyouvethoughtalotaboutit.Youcouldtellyourfamilyandfriendsatdinnerwhatitisto
forgiveandhowtoloveandwhatpersonaltransformationis.Youcouldgiveadviceatpartiesto
yourbestfriend.Andyoucouldbecomeanexcellentphilosopher.Butitsstilltheory.
Sonowasyoureinvitedtothiscompanyparty,youhearthatoneofyourenemies,
someonewhohasbetrayedyou,someonewhohasmisrepresentedyou,orsomeonewhohasborne
falsewitnessaboutyou,isgoingtobeatthisparty.Andthemomentyouhearthattheyregoingto
beattheparty,youstarttothinkastheoldselfwhatyouregoingtosay,howyouregoingtothink,
whatyouregoingtodo,howyouregoingtofeel.Andasyoubegintothinkinthisold,familiarway,
allofasuddenyouhavethisthought.Whatpieceofknowledge,whatpieceofphilosophy,whatdid
IlearnfromthatbookthatIcouldactuallyapply?WhatcouldIdemonstrate?HowshouldIchange
mybehavioranddoexactlywhatthebooksaysinordertohaveanewexperience?
Inotherwords,howcanIgetmybehaviortomatchmyintentions?HowcouldIgetmyactionsequaltothesenewthoughts?Nowthemomentyouaresittingonyourcouchandyoure
beginningtoreviewandthinkaboutandremindyourselfandcontemplateoneverythingyou
learned,themomentyoubegintothinkinnewways,youreforcingyourbraintofireinnew
sequences,innewpatterns,innewcombinations.Andwheneverwemakethebrainwork
differently,weremakinganewmind.Sotheprocessthenofyourcontemplationisliterallycreating
anewmind,andifyoudothatenoughtimes,youreputtingthehardwareinplaceaheadofthe
actualexperience.
Nowyouhavesomecircuitstousewhenyougetinthatexperience.Sonowasyoure
drivingtothepartyandyoureremindingyourselfwhoyounolongerwanttobe,howyounolonger
wanttoact,howyourenotgoingtofeel,asyoubegintothinkaboutandbecomeconsciousofthoseunconsciouspropensities,themerefactofyoureviewingthem,yourerestrainingcertain
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circuitsfromfiring.Andtheprincipalinneurosciencesaysthatnervecellsthatnolongerfire
together,nolongerwiretogether.Inotherwords,ifyoudontuseit,youloseit.
Soasyoubegintobecomeconsciousofthoseautomatickneejerkreactionsandthenyou
begintothinkaboutanewwayofbeing,asyourebeginningtothinkaboutanewwayofbeing,
yourecultivatingnewhardwareneurologicallyandputtingthecircuitsinplacebeforetheexperienceactuallyhappens.Sonowyougettothepartyandyouseeyourenemy.Andinsteadof
respondinginapredictableway,youdecidenowtodoexactlywhatthebooksays.Youforgive.You
letgo.Younolongerholdhimorhertothepast.Younolongerrevisitthesameemotion.Andas
youdothisprocessandyouapproachthispersonasyournewselfandyouactuallygothroughthe
processofforgiveness,themomentyoudoit,andyoudoexactlywhatthebooksays,youbeginto
feelthissenseoflove.Youfeelthissenseofpersonaltransformationandfreedomthemomentthat
happens.Youreinanewexperiencebecauseyouchangedyourbehavior.Youarenowteaching
thebodywhatthemindhasintellectuallyunderstood.Inotherwords,thebodyislearning
chemicallywhatthemindhasunderstoodphilosophically.Sowecouldsaythatthoughtsarethe
languageofthebrainandthemindandfeelingsarethelanguageofthebody.
Nowthemomentyoudoexactlywhatyouresupposedtodo,andyoufeelthisnewfeeling
calledlove,youfeelthisnewfeelingofliberationandforgiveness,nowthatsecondbrainisactivated
andthebodyandmindareworkingtogether.Nowyouknowyoureembodyingthatknowledgeand
youknowwhatforgivenessandfreedomfeelslike.
Nowitsnotenoughtodoitonce.Wecantforgiveourenemiesonceandsay,Ima
saint.Wehavetobeabletorepeatitoverandoveragain.Wehavetomemorizeanewstate.And
aswebegintoneurologicallywirethathardwareinplaceandthenconditionthebodyemotionally,
therepetitionofthatovertimebothneurologicallyandchemicallyturnsonthatthirdbraincalled
thecerebellum.Andnowwevejustgonefromthinkingtodoingtobeing.Andifwepracticeit
enoughtimesnow,whenwemoveintothatstateofbeing,whatthatmeansthenisthatourmindandbodyareinexactorder.Wearenowinanewfeeling.Andifwecanmaintainthatmodified
stateofbeingandmemorizeit,wecouldsaynowthatinthatstateofbeing,whenwearebeingofa
mindandbodythatareworkingtogether,wevememorizedaninternalordersogreatthatno
conditioninourlifecanmoveusfrom.Andthatswheninthatstateofbeingthequantumfieldin
ourlifebeginstoflowasaresultofwhowerebeing.
90%to95%ofwhowearebythetimewere35yearsoldsitsinasubconsciousmemory
systeminwhichmostofourhabitsandbehaviorsexist.Soournaturaldesireinlifeistogofrom
thinkingtodoingtobeing.Andwhenwecanmakethosestatesofmindcalledloveandforgiveness
andcompassionasautomaticastheonesthatdriveustoourlowestdenominator,nowweareona
newadventure.Wereheadedtoanewlife,anewreality
Source:ThisarticleisanextractfromtheintroductiontoDrJoesaudioCD:TheArtofChange A
PracticalApproachtoTransformingYourselfandYourLife
TheArtofChange2009Encephalon,LLC
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