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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

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