Life Events Begin at the Quantum Level

Dr. Joe Dispenza was one of the first to scientifically study the influence of consciousness on reality. His theory about the connection between matter and consciousness brought him worldwide fame after the release of the documentary “What the Bleep Do We Know!?”.

Dispenza’s key discovery is that the brain does not distinguish between physical and emotional experiences. In other words, the cells of our “gray matter” cannot tell the difference between what is real (material) and what is imagined (thoughts)!

Few people know that Dr. Dispenza’s research in consciousness and neurophysiology began with a tragic event. After being hit by a car, doctors suggested he have his damaged vertebrae fused with an implant, which could have led to lifelong pain. According to the doctors, this was the only way he would walk again. But Dispenza decided to challenge traditional medicine and restore his health using the power of his mind. After just nine months of therapy, he was able to walk again. This experience inspired his research into the potential of consciousness.

The first step on this path was talking to people who had experienced “spontaneous remission”—a sudden and medically inexplicable recovery from a serious illness without traditional treatment. Through interviews, Dispenza found that all these people believed that thought comes before matter and that the mind can heal any disease.

Neural Networks

Dr. Dispenza’s theory states that every time we have an experience, we “activate” a huge number of neurons in our brain, which in turn affect our physical state.

The phenomenal power of consciousness, thanks to its ability to focus, creates what are called synaptic connections—links between neurons. Repeated experiences (situations, thoughts, feelings) create stable neural connections, known as neural networks. Each network is essentially a specific memory, which forms the basis for how our body reacts to similar objects and situations in the future.

According to Dispenza, all our past is “recorded” in the brain’s neural networks, which shape how we perceive and feel the world in general and its specific objects in particular. So, it only seems like our reactions are spontaneous. In reality, most of them are programmed by stable neural connections. Every object (stimulus) activates a particular neural network, which then triggers a set of specific chemical reactions in the body. These chemical reactions make us act or feel a certain way—run or freeze, feel joy or sadness, get excited or fall into apathy, and so on. All our emotional reactions are simply the result of chemical processes caused by established neural networks, and they are based on past experience. In other words, 99% of the time, we perceive reality not as it is, but interpret it based on ready-made images from the past.

The main rule of neurophysiology is: nerves that fire together, wire together. This means that neural networks are formed through repeated and reinforced experience. If an experience is not repeated for a long time, the neural networks break down. Thus, a habit is formed by regularly “pressing” the button of the same neural network. This is how automatic reactions and conditioned reflexes are formed—you haven’t even had time to think or realize what’s happening, but your body is already reacting in a certain way.

The Power of Attention

Just think: our character, our habits, our personality are nothing more than a set of stable neural networks, which we can weaken or strengthen at any time through conscious perception of reality! By consciously and selectively focusing our attention on what we want to achieve, we create new neural networks.

Scientists used to think the brain was static, but neurophysiological research shows that every tiny experience produces thousands and millions of neural changes, which affect the body as a whole. In his book “Evolve Your Brain: The Science of Changing Your Mind,” Joe Dispenza asks a logical question: if we use our thinking to create certain negative states in the body, won’t this abnormal state eventually become the norm?

Dispenza conducted a special experiment to confirm the power of our consciousness. People in one group pressed a spring-loaded mechanism with the same finger for an hour every day. People in another group only imagined pressing it. As a result, the fingers of the first group became 30% stronger, and the second group’s fingers became 22% stronger. This effect of pure mental practice on physical parameters is the result of neural networks at work. Dispenza proved that for the brain and neurons, there is no difference between real and imagined experience. So, if we focus on negative thoughts, our brain perceives them as reality and triggers corresponding changes in the body—such as illness, fear, depression, or bursts of aggression.

Why Do We Repeat the Same Mistakes?

Another conclusion from Dispenza’s research concerns our emotions. Stable neural networks form unconscious patterns of emotional behavior, meaning a tendency toward certain forms of emotional response. This, in turn, leads to repeated experiences in life.

We step on the same “rake” over and over simply because we don’t realize the reason for their appearance! The reason is simple—every emotion is “felt” as a result of a specific set of chemicals being released into the body, and our body becomes, in a way, “addicted” to these chemical combinations. By recognizing this dependence as a physiological addiction to chemicals, we can break free from it.

All it takes is a conscious approach.

Today I watched Joe Dispenza’s lecture “Breaking the Habit of Being Yourself” and thought: “Scientists like him deserve golden statues…” Biochemist, neurophysiologist, neuropsychologist, chiropractor, father of three (two of whom, at Dispenza’s initiative, were born underwater—23 years ago in the US, this was considered crazy), and a very charming person. He lectures with sparkling humor and explains neurophysiology in such a simple and understandable way—a true science enthusiast, enlightening ordinary people and generously sharing his 20 years of scientific experience.

In his explanations, he actively uses the latest achievements of quantum physics and talks about how we now live in a time when it’s not enough just to learn something new—we must apply our knowledge in practice:

“Why wait for some special moment or the start of a new year to radically change your thinking and your life for the better? Just start doing it right now: stop repeating the negative daily behaviors you want to get rid of. For example, tell yourself in the morning: ‘Today I will go through the day without judging anyone,’ or ‘Today I won’t whine and complain about everything,’ or ‘I won’t get irritated today’…

Try doing things in a different order. If you used to wash your face before brushing your teeth, do it the other way around. Or just forgive someone. Just because. Break your usual patterns! You’ll feel unusual and very pleasant sensations—you’ll like it, not to mention the global processes in your body and mind that you’ll set in motion! Start getting used to thinking about yourself and talking to yourself as if you were your best friend.

Changing your thinking leads to deep changes in your physical body. If a person stops and looks at themselves objectively, asking:

• Who am I?
• Why do I feel bad?
• Why am I living in a way I don’t want?
• What do I need to change in myself?
• What exactly is holding me back?
• What do I want to get rid of?

and feels a strong desire not to react or do things as before, it means they have gone through the process of “awareness.” This is inner evolution. At that moment, they have made a leap. Accordingly, the personality begins to change, and a new personality needs a new body.

This is how spontaneous healings happen: with new consciousness, the illness can no longer remain in the body, because the entire biochemistry of the organism changes (we change our thoughts, which changes the set of chemical elements involved in processes, and our internal environment becomes toxic for the disease), and the person recovers.

Addictive behavior (addiction to anything—from video games to irritability) is easy to identify: it’s what you find hard to stop when you want to. If you can’t tear yourself away from your computer and check your social media every five minutes, or you realize that irritability is hurting your relationships but can’t stop being irritable, know that you have an addiction not only on a mental level but also on a biochemical one (your body craves the hormones responsible for that state).

It’s scientifically proven that the effect of chemical elements lasts from 30 seconds to 2 minutes, and if you continue to feel a certain way longer, know that you are artificially maintaining it in yourself—your thoughts provoke cyclical activation of the neural network and repeated release of unwanted hormones that cause negative emotions. In other words, you are keeping yourself in that state!

In essence, you voluntarily choose how you feel. The best advice in such situations is to learn to shift your attention to something else: nature, sports, watching a comedy—anything that can distract and refocus you. A sharp refocusing of attention will help weaken and “extinguish” the effect of hormones responsible for negative states. This ability is called neuroplasticity.

The better you develop this quality, the easier it will be to manage your reactions, which in turn will lead to many changes in your perception of the outside world and your inner state. This process is called evolution. Because new thoughts lead to new choices, new choices lead to new behaviors, new behaviors lead to new experiences, new experiences lead to new emotions, which, together with new information from the environment, begin to change your genes epigenetically (i.e., secondarily). Then these new emotions, in turn, start to generate new thoughts, and so you develop self-respect, confidence, and so on. This is how we can improve ourselves and, accordingly, our lives.

Depression is also a vivid example of addiction. Any addictive state indicates a biochemical imbalance in the body, as well as an imbalance in the “mind-body” connection.

The biggest mistake people make is associating their emotions and behaviors with their personality: we say, “I’m nervous,” “I’m weak-willed,” “I’m sick,” “I’m unhappy,” and so on. They believe that showing certain emotions identifies their personality, so they subconsciously strive to repeat the reaction or state (for example, physical illness or depression), as if confirming to themselves who they are—even if they suffer greatly from it! This is a huge misconception. Any unwanted state can be eliminated if you want to, and each person’s possibilities are limited only by their imagination.

And when you want changes in your life, clearly imagine what you want, but don’t make a “rigid plan” in your mind about exactly how it will happen, so you leave room for the best possible outcome, which may turn out to be completely unexpected. It’s enough to relax inside and try to genuinely feel happy about what hasn’t happened yet, but definitely will. Do you know why? Because at the quantum level of reality, it has already happened, as long as you clearly imagined it and felt joy. It is at the quantum level that the materialization of events begins.

So start acting there first. People are used to being happy only about what they can “touch,” what has already materialized. But we are not used to trusting ourselves and our ability to CO-CREATE reality, even though we do it every day—mostly on a negative wave. Just remember how often our fears come true, even though those events were also created by us, just without control… But when you develop the ability to control your thoughts and emotions, real miracles will start to happen.

Believe me, I could give thousands of wonderful and inspiring examples. You know, when someone smiles and says something will happen, and they’re asked, “How do you know?” and they calmly reply, “I just know…” That’s a vivid example of controlled manifestation of events. I’m sure everyone has experienced this special state at least once.

This is how simply Joe Dispenza explains complex things. I highly recommend his books as soon as they are translated and available in Russia (it’s about time, in my opinion!).

And one more piece of advice from Dispenza: never stop learning. Information is best absorbed when a person is surprised. Try to learn something new every day—it develops and trains your brain, creating new neural connections, which in turn will change and develop your ability for conscious thinking, helping you model your own happy and fulfilling reality.

“Our most important habit should be the habit of being ourselves.”
Joe Dispenza