“Patients receiving control placebo pills reported the same level of improvement as those receiving the actual drug.
Seeing this result repeat itself time and time again, I became fascinated by the mind-body connection and started to research the work of scientists, mystics, and healers working in this field.
I found a study where 12 people were asked to think ‘appreciation’ and another 12 were asked to think ‘anger.’ Meanwhile, scientists monitored their hearts.
After performing computer analysis on the heartbeats, the scientists discovered that the hearts of the people thinking ‘appreciation’ had been beating more smoothly and regularly — called ‘internal coherence’ — than the hearts of the people who were thinking ‘anger.’ And this type of coherence has a residual effect on the rest of the body.
The mind and emotions can influence the well-being of your body and even the structure of your DNA. Some people use daily affirmations to keep their minds positive.
For example, a well-known affirmation created by French psychotherapist Emile Coué reads: ‘Every day in every way I am getting better and better.” Studies have revealed that such positive affirmations are enough to strengthen the immune system.”
It’s The Thought That Counts, David R. Hamilton, Ph.D.
