In creating a new habit of being ourselves, we are essentially taking
conscious control over what had become an unconscious process of being.
Instead of the mind working toward one goal (I’m not going to be an angry
person) and the body working toward another (Let’s stay angry and keep
bathing in those familiar chemicals), we want to unify the mind’s intent
with the body’s responses. To do this, we must create a new way of
thinking, doing, and being.
Given that to change our lives, we first have to change our thoughts and
feelings, then do something (change our actions or behaviors) to have a new
experience, which in turn produces a new feeling, and then we must
memorize that feeling until we move into a state of being (when mind and
body are one), at least we’ve got a few things going for us. Along with the
brain being neuroplastic, we could say that we have more than one brain to
work with. In effect, we have three of them.
(For our purposes, this chapter will limit its focus to those functions of
the “three brains” that relate specifically to breaking the habit of being
ourselves. On a personal note, I find that studying what the brain and the
other components of the nervous system do for us is an endlessly
fascinating exploration. My first book, Evolve Your Brain, covered this
topic in more detail than would serve our purposes here; there are additional
resources for study on my website, http://www.drjoedispenza.com; and of course,
many other excellent publications and websites are available for those who
want to learn more about the brain, the mind, and the body.)
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