Our Feelings Change When We Know More
THE SCIENCE OF TRAUMA
Traumatic experiences are stored in our bodies, potentially leading to chaos and illness.
https://neurosciencenews.com/body-trauma-inflammation-28620/
MIND OVER MATTER
What we think dictates how we feel and, accordingly, produces outcomes for us, body, mind, and soul. The reverse is also true... what we feel affects what we think. One way to understand this dynamic is how the placebo effect works. Check out these studies:
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK513296/
MEDITATION STUDIES
Great news! Meditation helps to grow good brain matter and makes more room for positive memories. Check it out links below:
https://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2011/01/eight-weeks-to-a-better-brain/
https://www.weforum.org/stories/2019/04/neuroscience-meditation-ageing-brain-younger-habit/
Here are some popular types of meditation practices you can look up:
- mindfulness meditation
- spiritual meditation
- Zen meditation (Zazen)
- vipassana meditation
- focused meditation
- mantra meditation
- transcendental meditation
- loving-kindness meditation
- visualization meditation
IMAGERY / VISUALIZATION
Mental techniques for managing disease, pain and perhaps extending or even saving your life:
https://news.stanford.edu/stories/2024/05/james-doty-on-the-neuroscience-of-manifestation
https://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/health/wellness-and-prevention/imagery
UNDERSTANDING DREAMS
Your soul or psyche is the entity that communicates with you through nonverbal, symbolic dream messages each night. It is important to learn about how to translate this the language of dreams because these are messages from you to you.
https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/the-science-behind-dreaming/
THE POWER OF FORGIVENESS
Almost everyone has experienced being wronged by someone. It could be a former co-worker, friend, or family member. But hanging on to those negative feelings can do great harm to your health. See link below.
https://www.health.harvard.edu/mind-and-mood/the-power-of-forgiveness
I really, really like The National Library of Medicine - National Center for Biotechnology
https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC10120569/
Us in Nature and Nature in us
Two unrelated species living close together and interacting for survival is called Symbiosis. There are three types of symbiotic relationships: mutualism, commensalism, and parasitism. We want to enjoy mutualism and nix parasitism. Check it out:
https://nigms.nih.gov/biobeat/2024/08/science-snippet-the-significance-of-symbiotic-relationships
Mutualism- here examples of species that derive mutual benefit from on this website:
Ways nature is good for our health.
Protecting Nature is actually protecting our own species-- Homo sapiens/human beings:
https://www.nature.org/en-us/about-us/who-we-are/nature-is-common-ground/
https://www.unep.org/news-and-stories/story/when-we-protect-nature-nature-protects-us
CARL JUNG INSPIRED PERSONALITY TEST
https://www.16personalities.com
Here is something light… something curious and fun.... a wonderful personality test inspired by Carl Jung, who believed we each have natural ways of seeing the world. It looks at where your energy flows… how you take in information… how you make decisions… and how you move through life.
The test will reflects back a “type”—but not to define you, just to help you notice things about yourself more clearly. A way to deepen your understanding of why you think, act, and react the way you do in your daily life. Additionally, it can help identify the reasons behind the important choices you have made in your life and the sources of your inspiration and motivation.
I hope you choose to take the test... and enjoy only good news about your nature.
Miracles
- Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy - "Miracles": A detailed philosophical entry discussing the definition and possibility of miracles.
- Program on Medicine and Religion (University of Chicago): Features projects on the "Miracles: Spirituality/Medicine Interface".