I attended a seminar a few weeks ago on how the brain works, neuroscience.
The presenter Dr. Joe Dispenza spoke of his research into the brain and in particular his study of Spontaneous Remissions. This refers to cancer and other sicknesses, which were cured, when doctors thought there was no hope for them.

He identified 3 key factors in common with all the people he studied. On reading over these it struck me how close they are to our own teaching. Here are my notes. Can you see the similarity?

1) Spiritual Element – They believed in a Subjective Loving Intelligence, whom they would be able to make contact with and surrender their condition to. My will Your will – matching consciousness.

2) Attitude – My Emotions did this (this may also include preventing the body from repair) Thinking Feeling, Feeling Thinking Cycle. We become addicted to emotional states.

3) And most important! I HAVE TO RE-INVENT MYSELF through Thinking and Questioning. (May also be through study and counseling! – my addition)

The method he proposes for the above is a form of meditation, which athletes use “mental rehearsal” I also call creative visualisation or guided visualisation which I use with some clients. If we see the outcome we want, the body and circumstances can then move us towards that outcome.

It actually works in a very practical way. Joe explains about how our thoughts and feelings have an effect on our body chemistry, which changes us in a very physical way.

One of my favorite tools for personal growth is what I will call “the pointing finger technique”. You know the saying “when you point your finger you have 3 fingers pointing back at you”.
This is a technique that I apply to myself as often as I can as it can help me “see” myself.
When I have this seeing I am then in a better position to love others rather than judge them. This of course assumes I can love myself when I “see” what is inside me.

This is akin to the bible verse saying that we are all sinners and Jesus asking he who is without sin caste the first stone.

This does not mean that we need not correct wrong when we see it, but rather about how we feel about the wrong and if we can respond in an appropriate way to it. What is happening inside me? Sometimes we hear someone say something like “I was beside myself with rage”, a good indication that that someone may need to do a little looking inside. A little “seeing”.