1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:17,760 How is it possible that you can give someone a sugar pill, a saline injection, or perform 2 00:00:17,760 --> 00:00:24,760 some false surgery or treatment, and a certain percentage of those people will... 3 00:00:24,760 --> 00:00:29,460 and surrender to the thought without analyzing it that they're getting the real... 4 00:00:29,460 --> 00:00:35,299 or treatment, and they begin to program their autonomic nervous system to produce the exact 5 00:00:35,299 --> 00:00:40,500 pharmacy of chemicals equal to the substance that they think they're taking. 6 00:00:40,500 --> 00:00:44,799 Is it the inert substance that's doing the healing, or is it the body's innate capacity 7 00:00:44,799 --> 00:00:45,799 to heal? 8 00:00:45,799 --> 00:00:50,900 I'm your host, Dr. Joe Dispenza, and in the previous episode, we went into depth on the 9 00:00:50,900 --> 00:00:57,299 understanding of epigenetics and how you have the ability to change your gene expression. 10 00:00:57,299 --> 00:01:01,140 In this episode, we're going to discover the power of suggestibility. 11 00:01:01,140 --> 00:01:05,939 This will help you understand that your nervous system can be the greatest pharmac... 12 00:01:21,340 --> 00:01:23,060 What is the placebo? 13 00:01:23,100 --> 00:01:27,620 The word placebo comes from the word to please. 14 00:01:27,620 --> 00:01:33,840 And all throughout antiquity, in ancient folklore, there have been numerous example... 15 00:01:33,840 --> 00:01:40,420 of years where people were reporting significant changes in their health, wheth... 16 00:01:40,420 --> 00:01:48,740 associating that change with some place, some symbol, some apparition, or some ritual. 17 00:01:48,739 --> 00:01:55,459 But in some way, there was an instantaneous change in the person's health. 18 00:01:55,459 --> 00:01:59,939 There was an American physician during one of the wars who was doing surgery on wounded 19 00:01:59,939 --> 00:02:06,939 soldiers, and the doctor ran out of morphine, and he had to come up with a way to continue 20 00:02:06,939 --> 00:02:08,939 doing the surgeries. 21 00:02:08,939 --> 00:02:13,740 Instead of using morphine, he used a simple saline injection. 22 00:02:13,740 --> 00:02:18,980 And when he gave the soldiers a saline injection, he noticed that he was able to... 23 00:02:18,980 --> 00:02:25,300 surgeries with very little response or pain from the subjects that he was doing the... 24 00:02:25,300 --> 00:02:28,700 And this began the study of placebos. 25 00:02:28,700 --> 00:02:36,180 Now, in most scientific studies that are being done on drugs to this day, no resear... 26 00:02:36,180 --> 00:02:41,340 is done without a double-blind or triple-blind placebo study. 27 00:02:41,340 --> 00:02:46,460 In other words, every single drug has to be measured against the placebo. 28 00:02:46,460 --> 00:02:52,580 Because in most scientific studies, there are changes in a person's health that range 29 00:02:52,580 --> 00:02:59,939 between 10% of the time to 100% of the time when they're given a placebo and the subject 30 00:02:59,939 --> 00:03:04,939 doesn't even know if they're getting the real substance or they're getting the placebo. 31 00:03:04,939 --> 00:03:09,819 And in fact, in triple-blind studies, the doctors or the researchers don't even know 32 00:03:09,819 --> 00:03:14,099 who's getting the placebo and who's getting the real substance. 33 00:03:14,099 --> 00:03:20,099 So now, most studies always consider the mind to be an important element in how it 34 00:03:20,099 --> 00:03:22,259 affects the person's body. 35 00:03:22,259 --> 00:03:25,739 So how are placebos effective? 36 00:03:25,739 --> 00:03:27,060 Well, think about it. 37 00:03:27,060 --> 00:03:28,019 You have pain. 38 00:03:28,019 --> 00:03:29,539 You have a symptom. 39 00:03:29,539 --> 00:03:32,459 Someone gives you a pill, and you swallow that pill. 40 00:03:32,459 --> 00:03:36,579 And within an hour, you start noticing a change in your pain levels. 41 00:03:36,579 --> 00:03:38,780 So then the next day, you have pain again. 42 00:03:38,780 --> 00:03:39,979 You're given that pill. 43 00:03:39,979 --> 00:03:40,979 You look at the pill. 44 00:03:40,979 --> 00:03:42,280 You swallow it again. 45 00:03:42,280 --> 00:03:44,840 You notice that your pain levels diminish. 46 00:03:44,840 --> 00:03:50,020 You start noticing a change in your internal state, and you begin to think about what... 47 00:03:50,020 --> 00:03:51,020 it. 48 00:03:51,020 --> 00:03:55,819 And you start to associate the change in your inner state with something outside of you. 49 00:03:55,819 --> 00:03:56,819 Keep doing it again. 50 00:03:56,819 --> 00:03:58,439 The next day, doing it again. 51 00:03:58,439 --> 00:03:59,539 The next day, do it again. 52 00:03:59,539 --> 00:04:00,699 The next day. 53 00:04:00,699 --> 00:04:06,500 And then the day after, give someone a pill that looks just like that previous pill, but 54 00:04:06,500 --> 00:04:08,460 there's no drug in it. 55 00:04:08,460 --> 00:04:11,460 It's just simple starch or sugar. 56 00:04:11,460 --> 00:04:17,300 The person takes the pill, and by association, by conditioning, they start t... 57 00:04:17,300 --> 00:04:19,480 pain going away. 58 00:04:19,480 --> 00:04:25,300 So the first element of the efficacy of placebos is based on conditioning. 59 00:04:25,300 --> 00:04:31,500 And in this current model of the way we view health, so much of health has to do with 60 00:04:31,500 --> 00:04:35,819 taking something outside of you to change your state inside of you. 61 00:04:36,060 --> 00:04:41,099 And in fact, we've all been conditioned into believing that's the case. 62 00:04:41,099 --> 00:04:44,740 So now, certain color pills work better than other pills. 63 00:04:44,740 --> 00:04:50,620 If you name a drug that sounds really, really effective or has a name you can't pronounce, 64 00:04:50,620 --> 00:04:54,319 it'll work better for people because they'll give their power to it. 65 00:04:54,319 --> 00:04:59,300 If you name a drug that rhymes with what it does, it'll work more effectively because 66 00:04:59,300 --> 00:05:04,819 it'll subconsciously begin to cue certain beliefs and conditionings. 67 00:05:04,819 --> 00:05:10,219 If you charge more for a drug, it'll work better, even if you're given the placebo. 68 00:05:10,219 --> 00:05:16,180 And by the same means, if the doctor is enthusiastic about the placebo or the stud... 69 00:05:16,180 --> 00:05:17,180 even better. 70 00:05:17,180 --> 00:05:23,819 Now, the second element that makes placebos effective is expectation. 71 00:05:23,819 --> 00:05:28,779 So the person gets that pill, and the doctor tells them, this is a new drug. 72 00:05:28,779 --> 00:05:31,800 This drug is highly effective. 73 00:05:31,800 --> 00:05:35,879 They think of that pill as a symbol of possibility. 74 00:05:35,879 --> 00:05:40,360 And when they grab that pill and they're about ready to take it, before they take i... 75 00:05:40,360 --> 00:05:46,800 begin in their mind to begin to believe or accept or begin to think about that that 76 00:05:46,800 --> 00:05:49,240 could possibly change their health. 77 00:05:49,240 --> 00:05:52,439 And all of a sudden, they start getting optimistic. 78 00:05:52,439 --> 00:05:55,460 They start looking forward to the change. 79 00:05:55,460 --> 00:05:58,980 They start believing that there could be a change in their health. 80 00:05:58,980 --> 00:06:04,500 And when they're combining that clear intention with the elevated emotion of... 81 00:06:04,500 --> 00:06:09,800 optimism or excitement or inspiration, in a sense, they're changing their state of 82 00:06:09,800 --> 00:06:11,620 being. 83 00:06:11,620 --> 00:06:19,180 And so if conditioning then is based on the past, expectation is based on the future. 84 00:06:19,180 --> 00:06:23,300 And there's so many great studies on the power of expectation. 85 00:06:23,300 --> 00:06:30,079 In fact, the nocebo is when you're given an inert substance and you begin to experience 86 00:06:30,079 --> 00:06:34,860 the side effects of that drug, but you're not even getting the drug. 87 00:06:34,860 --> 00:06:39,879 So now for the person whose glass is half empty and they're given a placebo and they 88 00:06:39,879 --> 00:06:45,240 begin to experience the side effects of that placebo, thinking they're getting the drug, 89 00:06:45,240 --> 00:06:49,819 and it's producing those elements where they start feeling bad, wow, it must mean then 90 00:06:49,899 --> 00:06:54,139 they're expecting some outcome subconsciously. 91 00:06:54,139 --> 00:06:59,159 In one study that was done with patients that were about ready to go into chemotherapy, 92 00:06:59,159 --> 00:07:02,800 the doctors told them that there was a high probability they would get nauseous after 93 00:07:02,800 --> 00:07:06,159 they were administered the chemotherapy. 94 00:07:06,159 --> 00:07:13,339 And 50% of those patients got nauseous on the drive over to their first chemotherapy 95 00:07:13,339 --> 00:07:14,759 treatment. 96 00:07:14,759 --> 00:07:19,240 Expectation means you begin to expect an outcome, and when you begin to expect an... 97 00:07:19,240 --> 00:07:26,240 your body begins to physiologically change in anticipation of that effect. 98 00:07:26,240 --> 00:07:32,079 The third thing that makes a placebo effective is what we call assigning meanin... 99 00:07:32,079 --> 00:07:33,980 learning information. 100 00:07:33,980 --> 00:07:39,519 So if the doctor shows up and says, this drug is going to enhance serotonin in the receptor 101 00:07:39,519 --> 00:07:44,680 sites in your brain, and they take out a chart and they show you how serotonin is w... 102 00:07:44,759 --> 00:07:49,199 to create neurotransmission, and then of course when they see the pill, they start ... 103 00:07:49,199 --> 00:07:55,639 meaning behind what it does, and it increases the efficacy of how the placebo works. 104 00:07:55,639 --> 00:08:01,540 So those are the three elements that begin to change a person's state of being. 105 00:08:01,540 --> 00:08:08,540 So then that pill represents a symbol of hope, a symbol of possibility, and when a... 106 00:08:08,980 --> 00:08:14,700 begins to associate that pill with the thought of being better, they're selecting... 107 00:08:14,700 --> 00:08:16,580 future subconsciously. 108 00:08:16,580 --> 00:08:18,860 They're not even aware that they're doing that. 109 00:08:18,860 --> 00:08:25,600 And if they begin to combine that clear intention with an elevated emotion, they'r... 110 00:08:25,600 --> 00:08:27,140 their state of being. 111 00:08:27,140 --> 00:08:31,780 And when they change their state of being, they're changing the way they think and feel. 112 00:08:31,780 --> 00:08:37,659 And in a sense now, they're moving their biology from the past present reality into... 113 00:08:37,740 --> 00:08:40,620 present reality. 114 00:08:40,620 --> 00:08:45,899 In depression studies, where there is a placebo that's being tested against the dr... 115 00:08:45,899 --> 00:08:52,899 research shows that four out of five people respond as well to the placebo as they do 116 00:08:53,319 --> 00:08:56,139 to the drug for depression. 117 00:08:56,139 --> 00:09:02,019 They've done brain scans on people before they're given the placebo or given the drug. 118 00:09:02,019 --> 00:09:04,779 They meet with the doctors, they take the pill. 119 00:09:04,779 --> 00:09:08,639 Now the person doesn't know whether they're getting the real substance or they're getting 120 00:09:08,639 --> 00:09:10,360 the placebo. 121 00:09:10,360 --> 00:09:15,939 And after a period of time, the person notices that they start to feel better. 122 00:09:15,939 --> 00:09:22,399 When you look at their brain scans after the end of the study, you see a significant... 123 00:09:22,399 --> 00:09:24,699 in the way their brain is functioning. 124 00:09:24,699 --> 00:09:31,539 That means that they are making their own pharmacy of antidepressants by thought alone. 125 00:09:31,539 --> 00:09:36,559 The important point that I want you to remember is that every single day that per... 126 00:09:36,559 --> 00:09:42,299 that pill, it was a reminder of moving into a new state of being. 127 00:09:42,299 --> 00:09:46,039 Every day they took the pill, they remembered what the pill could do for them. 128 00:09:46,039 --> 00:09:49,379 They start to get optimistic, they start to look forward to the outcome, they start to 129 00:09:49,379 --> 00:09:54,360 get inspired, they start to feel grateful, combining that clear intention with an... 130 00:09:54,360 --> 00:09:57,039 emotion, changing their state of being. 131 00:09:57,039 --> 00:10:01,219 And they do that for eight weeks in the study. 132 00:10:01,220 --> 00:10:08,360 Now the question is, do you need the sugar pill, the saline injection or some false... 133 00:10:08,360 --> 00:10:10,779 to move into a new state of being? 134 00:10:10,779 --> 00:10:16,500 Do you need some external substance to convince you to move into a new state of... 135 00:10:16,500 --> 00:10:20,660 Or can you move into a new state of being just by thought alone? 136 00:10:20,660 --> 00:10:25,940 And the answer of course is, in the meditative process, we teach people how to... 137 00:10:25,940 --> 00:10:30,860 state of being when they get beyond their analytical mind, where they can begin to... 138 00:10:30,980 --> 00:10:36,259 their autonomic nervous system to make their own pharmacy of chemicals. 139 00:10:36,259 --> 00:10:41,740 Now take a look, this is called the quantitative EEG or QEEG. 140 00:10:41,740 --> 00:10:48,620 And what it does is it measures the amount of energy in your brain at different brainwav... 141 00:10:48,620 --> 00:10:55,080 If you see a lot of blue in the brain, that means there's very little energy in the... 142 00:10:55,080 --> 00:11:00,860 When you see a lot of red in the brain, that means there's a lot of energy in the brain. 143 00:11:00,860 --> 00:11:06,480 If you see green, green usually represents normal or average. 144 00:11:06,480 --> 00:11:12,540 If you see shades of yellow or orange, you're moving more energy towards red. 145 00:11:12,540 --> 00:11:20,040 If you see a light blue and a mid-range blue, you're moving closer to a low amount of... 146 00:11:20,039 --> 00:11:28,719 And then this area right here between 1 and 4 Hz represents delta. 147 00:11:28,719 --> 00:11:34,219 This area right here between 4 and 8 Hz represents theta. 148 00:11:34,219 --> 00:11:36,959 This is alpha here. 149 00:11:36,959 --> 00:11:39,959 This is low range beta. 150 00:11:39,959 --> 00:11:42,919 This is mid-range beta. 151 00:11:42,919 --> 00:11:45,159 And this is high range beta. 152 00:11:45,159 --> 00:11:50,679 So we can determine the amount of energy in the brain in different brainwave states. 153 00:11:50,679 --> 00:11:52,879 Now this is our first case history. 154 00:11:52,879 --> 00:11:59,000 If you look at the bottom left-hand side there, you'll see a lot of blue in the bra... 155 00:11:59,000 --> 00:12:00,879 mid-range beta. 156 00:12:00,879 --> 00:12:04,559 That represents a person who has very little energy in their brain. 157 00:12:04,559 --> 00:12:08,519 This person had a very significant amount of depression. 158 00:12:08,519 --> 00:12:11,319 Four days later, we scan their brain again. 159 00:12:11,319 --> 00:12:13,699 Remember, green is normal. 160 00:12:13,700 --> 00:12:17,620 You see a significant change in mid-range beta. 161 00:12:17,620 --> 00:12:19,940 Now this is high beta up here. 162 00:12:19,940 --> 00:12:21,940 See all that blue in the brain? 163 00:12:21,940 --> 00:12:23,940 Take a look at three days later. 164 00:12:23,940 --> 00:12:25,180 You see all that green? 165 00:12:25,180 --> 00:12:29,100 It represents they changed their brain by thought alone. 166 00:12:29,100 --> 00:12:32,820 In other words, it's not just in their mind. 167 00:12:32,820 --> 00:12:34,379 It's in their brain. 168 00:12:34,379 --> 00:12:36,220 Here's a second case study. 169 00:12:36,220 --> 00:12:37,379 Same exact pattern. 170 00:12:37,379 --> 00:12:40,700 A lot of blue in mid-range beta. 171 00:12:40,700 --> 00:12:43,860 That represents again another person with depression. 172 00:12:43,860 --> 00:12:48,059 Take a look at the post measurement on the right-hand side. 173 00:12:48,059 --> 00:12:49,659 You see all that green? 174 00:12:49,659 --> 00:12:51,340 That represents normal. 175 00:12:51,340 --> 00:12:53,820 Now this is high beta. 176 00:12:53,820 --> 00:12:56,620 Look at all that blue in the brain. 177 00:12:56,620 --> 00:12:59,620 Person has no energy in their brain. 178 00:12:59,620 --> 00:13:06,500 Three days later, after doing meditation twice a day, take a look at that change. 179 00:13:06,500 --> 00:13:12,220 All that green represents they changed their brain by thought alone, by moving into a 180 00:13:12,220 --> 00:13:13,980 new state of being. 181 00:13:13,980 --> 00:13:16,460 They didn't need an external substance to do it. 182 00:13:16,460 --> 00:13:18,860 They did it by thought alone. 183 00:13:18,860 --> 00:13:23,820 Now there's been numerous pain studies that also have caught my attention. 184 00:13:23,820 --> 00:13:29,419 Dental studies where people were given a placebo and were told that they were given... 185 00:13:29,419 --> 00:13:31,940 strong narcotic for pain. 186 00:13:31,980 --> 00:13:38,820 And almost 50% of the people that were given the placebo had absolutely no pain during 187 00:13:38,820 --> 00:13:40,340 the procedure. 188 00:13:40,340 --> 00:13:45,540 Now what they did was they found a substance that would block morphine receptors. 189 00:13:45,540 --> 00:13:50,540 And what they found is when they injected this substance, all of the person's pain came 190 00:13:50,540 --> 00:13:57,420 back, which means then that person was making their own pharmacy of morphine, their own 191 00:13:57,419 --> 00:14:02,099 pharmacy of anti-pain chemicals by thought alone. 192 00:14:02,099 --> 00:14:06,860 There's a Parkinson's study that I found very fascinating. 193 00:14:06,860 --> 00:14:10,740 Parkinson's disease is a deficiency in dopamine in the brain. 194 00:14:10,740 --> 00:14:14,579 And when there's not enough dopamine in the brain, the upper motor neurons can't... 195 00:14:14,579 --> 00:14:21,419 well with each other and it causes involuntary tremors or spastic paralysis i... 196 00:14:21,419 --> 00:14:26,699 So in the placebo study, they told the subjects that the placebo was a very stron... 197 00:14:26,700 --> 00:14:29,540 would heal Parkinson's disease and their symptoms. 198 00:14:29,540 --> 00:14:33,300 When they got the substance administered to them, more than 50% of the people with the 199 00:14:33,300 --> 00:14:37,900 Parkinson's disease, all of their symptoms went away. 200 00:14:37,900 --> 00:14:44,060 And one researcher said, well, if they no longer have any tremors, is it possible then 201 00:14:44,060 --> 00:14:48,280 that their body's making their own pharmacy of dopamine? 202 00:14:48,280 --> 00:14:55,379 So now they did this little study where they injected a radioactive dye into their... 203 00:14:55,539 --> 00:14:59,139 that competes for the receptor sites for dopamine. 204 00:14:59,139 --> 00:15:03,659 Now think about receptor sites in your brain like parking spaces. 205 00:15:03,659 --> 00:15:08,759 So if the person that was given the placebo was making their own dopamine, dopamine would 206 00:15:08,759 --> 00:15:13,779 get into the parking spaces first and when they injected this radioactive dye, there 207 00:15:13,779 --> 00:15:16,240 would be no parking spaces for the dye. 208 00:15:16,240 --> 00:15:21,080 So when they imaged the brain, they wouldn't see any radioactive elements in any of the 209 00:15:21,080 --> 00:15:24,220 areas where dopamine is absorbed. 210 00:15:24,259 --> 00:15:29,019 And if they didn't make their own dopamine and they injected the radioactive dye, then 211 00:15:29,019 --> 00:15:33,180 dopamine would not be in the parking spaces and the radioactive dye would get into the 212 00:15:33,180 --> 00:15:37,940 parking spaces and we would know then that they were not making their own dopamine. 213 00:15:37,940 --> 00:15:45,259 What they found was that these people were making 200 times the amount of dopamine by 214 00:15:45,259 --> 00:15:46,259 thought alone. 215 00:15:46,259 --> 00:15:53,259 Now, there's a caveat to this story because when those people return back into their... 216 00:15:53,299 --> 00:15:59,659 and they sat in the same chair, they played chess with their friends, they saw the same 217 00:15:59,659 --> 00:16:05,460 people, they went to the same places, they did the same things, all of their conditions 218 00:16:05,460 --> 00:16:06,460 returned. 219 00:16:06,460 --> 00:16:12,700 In other words, when they returned back to their life, it was their external environment 220 00:16:12,700 --> 00:16:16,899 that was controlling the way they were feeling and the way they were thinking. 221 00:16:16,899 --> 00:16:20,500 In a sense, they went back to the old self. 222 00:16:20,740 --> 00:16:27,019 Now, if the environment is that strong that it influences a person's feelings and... 223 00:16:27,019 --> 00:16:32,360 their state of being, to return back to the old self, would it be a good idea every... 224 00:16:32,360 --> 00:16:38,740 day to do a meditation, to change your state of being, to be greater than your... 225 00:16:38,740 --> 00:16:43,379 And if in the depression studies it took eight weeks for many people to change thei... 226 00:16:43,379 --> 00:16:48,340 of being by thought alone, that ultimately healed their depression, do you think it... 227 00:16:48,340 --> 00:16:53,860 be a good idea for you every single day to change your state of being for eight weeks 228 00:16:53,860 --> 00:16:55,660 before you start seeing changes? 229 00:16:55,660 --> 00:17:01,460 And it's important to understand this because some people do it once or do it twice and 230 00:17:01,460 --> 00:17:05,180 they expect the change to take place in just one or two attempts. 231 00:17:05,180 --> 00:17:07,640 And why does that not work? 232 00:17:07,640 --> 00:17:11,940 Because either the person's getting up after their meditation, feeling the same way they 233 00:17:11,940 --> 00:17:17,460 did as they started, and if you get up from your meditation feeling the same way, then 234 00:17:17,579 --> 00:17:22,019 in a sense nothing happened neurologically, nothing happened neurochemically, nothing 235 00:17:22,019 --> 00:17:26,819 happened harmonically, nothing happened genetically, nothing happened energetically. 236 00:17:26,819 --> 00:17:28,940 You're still the same person. 237 00:17:28,940 --> 00:17:33,980 The second thing is that some people move into a new state of being, they feel great, 238 00:17:33,980 --> 00:17:38,220 and then they open their eyes and they get back into their life and they return back 239 00:17:38,220 --> 00:17:39,900 to their old self again. 240 00:17:39,900 --> 00:17:45,120 That's like eating a great breakfast, organic meal, and then spending the rest of your day 241 00:17:45,120 --> 00:17:47,100 eating junk food. 242 00:17:47,740 --> 00:17:52,299 So the importance behind placebo is that it may take a few attempts, it may take some 243 00:17:52,299 --> 00:17:58,019 time, every single day changing your state of being to be greater than your environment. 244 00:17:58,019 --> 00:18:03,659 It may take you a little time to change your biology. 245 00:18:03,659 --> 00:18:10,099 So how can you then move into a new state of being and change your body by thought alone? 246 00:18:10,099 --> 00:18:11,299 Well think about this. 247 00:18:11,500 --> 00:18:17,220 How is it that the preacher in the deep south of the United States can move into a state 248 00:18:17,220 --> 00:18:23,779 of religious ecstasy and drink strychnine or poison and have no biological effects? 249 00:18:23,779 --> 00:18:30,539 Or the snake charmer moving into an altered state of mind gets bit by a poisonous snake 250 00:18:30,539 --> 00:18:33,779 and never has any blood coagulation? 251 00:18:33,779 --> 00:18:39,899 Or the tribes of the South Pacific move into a state of trance and walk across a bed of 252 00:18:39,900 --> 00:18:42,940 hot coals that never burn their feet? 253 00:18:42,940 --> 00:18:51,180 In each one of these cases, every individual made a decision with such firm intention that 254 00:18:51,180 --> 00:18:57,680 the amplitude of that energy caused their body to respond to a new mind, that the... 255 00:18:57,680 --> 00:19:02,780 that they made in that moment changed their biology in that second. 256 00:19:02,780 --> 00:19:07,500 And in that instant, they were immune to the conditions in their environment. 257 00:19:08,099 --> 00:19:13,619 In a sense then, it was energy that began to affect their biology and changed their 258 00:19:13,619 --> 00:19:16,180 state of being. 259 00:19:16,180 --> 00:19:21,940 Now in order for you to change some health condition or condition in your life, you're 260 00:19:21,940 --> 00:19:28,259 going to have to make a decision with such firm intention that the energy from that 261 00:19:28,259 --> 00:19:33,619 decision is greater than the hardwired programs in your brain and the emotional... 262 00:19:33,739 --> 00:19:38,459 in your body, and your body literally has to respond to a new mind. 263 00:19:38,459 --> 00:19:43,899 That the choice that you make in that moment becomes a memory or an experience that you 264 00:19:43,899 --> 00:19:45,419 never forget. 265 00:19:45,419 --> 00:19:51,059 And the stronger the emotion that you feel, the more you will pay attention to the... 266 00:19:51,059 --> 00:19:57,299 And in a sense then, you are moving your body out of the past into the future. 267 00:19:57,299 --> 00:20:01,699 Well, how do most people make a decision to change? 268 00:20:01,779 --> 00:20:07,580 They're sitting on the couch, they have their computer over here, they have their... 269 00:20:07,580 --> 00:20:13,620 over here, they have the big screen TV over here, and they say, hmm, let me see, I think 270 00:20:13,620 --> 00:20:15,539 I'll change tomorrow. 271 00:20:15,539 --> 00:20:20,580 Now the body's realizing it's not getting any new information, so in a sense it knows 272 00:20:20,580 --> 00:20:22,019 you're not serious. 273 00:20:22,019 --> 00:20:26,299 It knows that you haven't changed your state of being, and in a sense, nothing's going 274 00:20:26,299 --> 00:20:27,299 to change. 275 00:20:27,700 --> 00:20:31,779 But think about a time in your life where you've painted yourself into a corner, and 276 00:20:31,779 --> 00:20:37,099 you had no other choice but to change, and you said, this is it. 277 00:20:37,099 --> 00:20:40,500 I don't care how I feel, body. 278 00:20:40,500 --> 00:20:45,500 I don't care what's going on in my life or what people think, environment, and I don't 279 00:20:45,500 --> 00:20:48,180 care how long it's going to take, time. 280 00:20:48,180 --> 00:20:49,379 I'm going to do this. 281 00:20:49,379 --> 00:20:54,500 And when you make that kind of decision, and the hair on the back of your neck stands up, 282 00:20:54,500 --> 00:20:59,099 it's a new signal that's making it to the body, and in a sense, the body's literally 283 00:20:59,099 --> 00:21:04,180 getting new information, and now the body is responding to a new mind. 284 00:21:04,180 --> 00:21:09,660 It's that kind of energetic signal that the body gets that begins to select and instruct 285 00:21:09,660 --> 00:21:16,180 new genes, and remember, genes make proteins, and proteins are responsible for the... 286 00:21:16,180 --> 00:21:22,420 and the function of your body, and the expression of proteins then is the express... 287 00:21:22,420 --> 00:21:27,620 So then in order for you to literally move your body out of the past into the present, 288 00:21:27,620 --> 00:21:32,300 you're going to have to change your energy, and I can tell you from doing this for so 289 00:21:32,300 --> 00:21:38,580 many years, I now know that nobody changes until they change their energy, and when they 290 00:21:38,580 --> 00:21:42,259 change their energy, they change their life. 291 00:21:42,259 --> 00:21:47,860 So then how then do we get thought to begin to influence our body? 292 00:21:48,859 --> 00:21:55,979 You will only accept, believe, and surrender to the thoughts equal to your emotional... 293 00:21:55,979 --> 00:22:00,979 and you will not accept, believe, and surrender to any thoughts that are not equ... 294 00:22:00,979 --> 00:22:02,379 emotional state. 295 00:22:02,379 --> 00:22:03,699 Here's an example. 296 00:22:03,699 --> 00:22:06,299 A person gets a diagnosis. 297 00:22:06,299 --> 00:22:07,339 Diagnosis is cancer. 298 00:22:07,339 --> 00:22:10,219 The diagnosis is rheumatoid arthritis. 299 00:22:10,219 --> 00:22:12,740 The diagnosis is multiple sclerosis. 300 00:22:12,740 --> 00:22:17,599 The moment that person gets the diagnosis, the moment they get the news and how the... 301 00:22:17,599 --> 00:22:22,759 delivers it, you can agree with me, they have some type of internal change. 302 00:22:22,759 --> 00:22:25,059 They're feeling an emotion like fear. 303 00:22:25,059 --> 00:22:27,359 They're feeling an emotion like pain. 304 00:22:27,359 --> 00:22:31,119 They're feeling an emotion like suffering, and they feel that change in their internal 305 00:22:31,119 --> 00:22:32,119 state. 306 00:22:32,119 --> 00:22:36,119 They remember that moment that the doctor told them the brain takes the snapshot, and 307 00:22:36,119 --> 00:22:42,159 that becomes a long-term memory, and now the person can say all they want, I'm going to 308 00:22:42,159 --> 00:22:44,199 beat this condition. 309 00:22:44,200 --> 00:22:48,539 But if they're still living by that emotion, and they're saying, I'm getting stronger 310 00:22:48,539 --> 00:22:54,120 every day, I'm getting stronger every day, and the body's feeling fear, the body's... 311 00:22:54,120 --> 00:23:00,720 sadness or pain, the body's feeling discouraged, that thought will never make ... 312 00:23:00,720 --> 00:23:06,880 never pass the brain stem, and they can say that affirmation over and over again. 313 00:23:06,880 --> 00:23:13,480 So then it makes sense then that if you begin to change your emotional state, and instead 314 00:23:13,480 --> 00:23:19,480 of surrendering to fear, start surrendering to love or gratitude, and think about the 315 00:23:19,480 --> 00:23:22,680 emotional signature of gratitude. 316 00:23:22,680 --> 00:23:27,920 Something is happening to you, or you are receiving something. 317 00:23:27,920 --> 00:23:32,860 So this signature emotionally is the perfect state of receiving. 318 00:23:32,860 --> 00:23:38,740 So if a person is feeling fear, they cannot accept, believe, and surrender to any thought 319 00:23:38,740 --> 00:23:41,960 that's not consistent with the feeling of fear. 320 00:23:41,960 --> 00:23:44,400 It never makes it to their body. 321 00:23:44,400 --> 00:23:50,480 Change their state from fear to gratitude, and have that person open their heart, and 322 00:23:50,480 --> 00:23:54,340 in spite of the news, begin to change their internal state. 323 00:23:54,340 --> 00:23:59,400 If they're in a state of gratitude, and they're in a state of receiving, they will... 324 00:23:59,400 --> 00:24:04,440 believe, and surrender to the thoughts equal to that emotional state, and they'll begin 325 00:24:04,440 --> 00:24:09,799 to program their autonomic nervous system into a whole new destiny. 326 00:24:09,799 --> 00:24:10,799 Here's an example. 327 00:24:11,119 --> 00:24:18,000 We had a woman come to one of our follow-ups for the weekend, and she was scheduled for 328 00:24:18,000 --> 00:24:20,119 surgery. 329 00:24:20,119 --> 00:24:27,680 And she had a car accident, and she could never get away from the debilitating pain. 330 00:24:27,680 --> 00:24:35,879 And the pain created the emotions of frustration, of anger, sadness, felt reall... 331 00:24:35,879 --> 00:24:38,279 and victimized by her condition. 332 00:24:38,279 --> 00:24:43,000 And so she scheduled the surgery for the Thursday after the event. 333 00:24:43,000 --> 00:24:48,440 Now, in this event, she had to understand that she had to trade those emotions for 334 00:24:48,440 --> 00:24:49,440 gratitude. 335 00:24:49,440 --> 00:24:55,700 And by opening her heart and really feeling gratitude in spite of her past, in spite of 336 00:24:55,700 --> 00:25:01,480 her pain, in spite of what would be potentially happening in her future, she... 337 00:25:01,480 --> 00:25:04,279 in the present moment and opened her heart. 338 00:25:04,839 --> 00:25:10,480 The moment she started doing that, she started to notice a big change in the way ... 339 00:25:10,480 --> 00:25:12,720 processing information. 340 00:25:12,720 --> 00:25:18,119 In that moment, she felt a significant change in the heat running down her spine. 341 00:25:18,119 --> 00:25:24,440 And by the time that meditation was over, she had absolutely no pain in her body. 342 00:25:24,440 --> 00:25:29,599 Now, the way she came to that event was she couldn't even sit up in the chair. 343 00:25:29,599 --> 00:25:32,879 She was having such extreme spasms. 344 00:25:32,960 --> 00:25:38,020 But by the time she changed her emotional state and moved into a new state of being, 345 00:25:38,020 --> 00:25:44,180 it was the right formula that began to program her autonomic nervous system to be... 346 00:25:44,180 --> 00:25:45,960 do the healing for her. 347 00:25:45,960 --> 00:25:50,560 If you ask her who did the healing, she'll tell you it wasn't me that did it. 348 00:25:50,560 --> 00:25:54,240 It was some intelligence that's greater than me that did the healing for me. 349 00:25:54,240 --> 00:25:56,280 I just got out of the way. 350 00:25:56,280 --> 00:26:00,400 And she moved from one state of being into another state of being. 351 00:26:00,400 --> 00:26:06,000 And just like those placebo studies, all of a sudden their symptoms began to change 352 00:26:06,000 --> 00:26:08,960 and her body began to respond to a new mind. 353 00:26:10,920 --> 00:26:15,800 Now that I've shown you the placebo effect and how it works, how will you use this... 354 00:26:15,800 --> 00:26:17,640 to change your body? 355 00:26:17,640 --> 00:26:22,840 Is it possible that your mind can begin to produce similar effects in your life as well 356 00:26:22,840 --> 00:26:24,440 as your body? 357 00:26:24,440 --> 00:26:29,240 In order for us to answer that question, we're going to have to learn about how the... 358 00:26:29,400 --> 00:26:32,359 and how matter are intimately related. 359 00:26:32,359 --> 00:26:38,120 In the next episode, we're going to explore the wacky world of quantum physics. 360 00:26:38,120 --> 00:26:44,359 Once you understand that every thought produces a frequency and that energy begin... 361 00:26:44,359 --> 00:26:50,279 and objectify space, is it possible that you can create the life of your dreams? 362 00:26:50,279 --> 00:26:54,799 I'm your host, Dr. Joe Dispenza for Rewired, and I hope to see you in the next episode 363 00:26:54,799 --> 00:26:57,880 where we go beyond the ordinary into the extraordinary.