Good morning friends
A few days ago, I came across an interesting video in which Dr Deepak Chopra appeared in a TV show. ( I think this was a program hosted by Oprah Winfrey. ) He carried out an experiment in this programme. He handed over a piece of a string to the host and asked her to concentrate on the string. Then he asked her to think that the string is moving horizontally, and lo and behold, in a few moments, the string started moving horizontally. Then he asked her to change the direction in her thoughts, to move the string vertically, and once again, the string obeyed her thoughts. Then he asked her to change her thoughts to a circular movement of this string and almost immediately, the string started moving in circles.
This is a very fascinating experiment. Isn’t it ? To quote Deepak Chopra from this video, “Your expectancy determines the outcome and as long as you are not attached to the outcome, the outcome will be guaranteed “. I think this non attachment to the outcome is a crucial determinant of the success of this experiment.
He further added, “This is living proof that every cell in your body is eavesdropping on your internal dialogue ….. It means you can influence your health by your thoughts… this is reassuring as well as scary. “
Reassuring because it means that we can actively participate in the healing of our body whenever things are not going right. Just by changing the direction of our thoughts, by concentrating on our brain, by inviting healing energy to rejuvenate our body cells, by giving positive thought inputs to our body, we can positively influence the healing process.
And why is it scary? Because just as you can invite positive thoughts to help in the healing process, the negative thoughts of worry, anxiety et cetera can negatively influence the body’s efforts to heal the part which is unwell. So, if a person suffering from a major illness keeps thinking negative thoughts all the time, about complications, about death, then these thoughts can hamper the natural restorative processes of the body.
And in the age of Internet, we see that this is a very common occurrence even with minor problems. More about this phenomenon some other time.
In this regard, I would also like to share my own experience during my chemotherapy in a day or two.
In the meanwhile, can we use the message given by this experiment to augment our health, by sending out positive thoughts to our body ?
Love,
Anjali Bhatawdekar
