You are the Placebo : : Making Your Mind Matter

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Preface: waking up -- Introduction: making minds matter -- Information. Is it possible? ; A brief history of the placebo ; The placebo effect in the brain ; The placebo effect in the body ; How thoughts change the brain and the body ; Suggestibility ; Attitudes, beliefs, and perceptions ; The quantum mind ; Three stories of personal transformation ; Information to transformation: proof that you are the placebo -- Transformation. Meditation preparation ; Changing beliefs and perceptions meditation -- Afterword: becoming supernatural.
"Dr. Joe Dispenza explores the history, the science, and the practical applications of the so-called placebo effect. Citing many amazing individual cases studies, this compelling book will empower you to personally use the expectation of a particular outcome to alter your internal states--as well as external reality--solely through the action of your mind. It offers the necessary understandings to change old beliefs and perceptions into new ones. In addition, it teaches a model of personal transformation that correlates with the placebo effect--without the need for any external influences"-- Provided by publisher.

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Mind Over Matter submitted by BookNerd on July 10, 2017, 6:42pm Using neuroscience research, Dispenza argues for the body's ability to create its own healing tools. Hard science backed up by anecdotal evidence of spontaneous cures leads to the final section of self-guided meditation to replace old thinking patterns with new attitudes and approaches to life.

Building on the work of Norman Cousins and Bernie Siegel, Dispenza suggests that people can change the outcome of serious diseases by changing their belief system. Serious placebo research over the past 60 years has shown that in many cases the belief in the efficacy of a treatment is as effective as the chemicals being offered. Medical centers are training people's subconscious to affect treatment outcomes.

Dispenza takes this further into a method for deeply and intentionally building your own healthy reality. His methods push the boundaries, but work for some.