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**Take Your First Step Toward True Evolution** Ever wonder why you repeat the same negative thoughts in your head? Why you keep coming back for more from hurtful family members, friends, or significant others? Why you keep falling into the same detrimental habits or limiting attitudes—even when you __know__ that they are going to make you feel bad? Dr. Joe Dispenza has spent decades studying the human mind—how it works, how it stores information, and why it perpetuates the same behavioral patterns over and over. In the acclaimed film __What the Bleep Do We Know!?__ he began to explain how the brain evolves—by learning new skills, developing the ability to concentrate in the midst of chaos, and even healing the body and the psyche. __Evolve Your Brain__ presents this information in depth, while helping you take control of your mind, explaining how thoughts can create chemical reactions that keep you addicted to patterns and feelings—including ones that make you unhappy. And when you know how these bad habits are created, it's possible to not only break these patterns, but also reprogram and evolve your brain, so that new, positive, and beneficial habits can take over. This is something you can start to do right now. You and __only you__ have the power to change your mind and evolve your brain for a better life—for good. Contents 4 Acknowledgements 6 Foreword 9 Chapter One: Beginnings 13 Evolution, Change, and Neuroplasticity 19 A Story of Personal Transformation 27 The Inner Doctor at Work 34 Chapter Two: On the Back of a Giant 43 An Introduction to Change 45 Dean: A Wink and a Nod 45 Sheila: The Past as Precursor and Curse 46 A Search for Similarities 47 The Nature of Miracles 49 The Four Pillars of Healing 51 Coincidence #1: An Innate Higher Intelligence Gives Uslife and Can Heal the Body 51 Coincidence #2: Thoughts Are Real: Thoughts Directly Affectthe Body 54 Coincidence #3: We Can Reinvent Ourselves 59 Coincidence #4: We Are Capable of Paying Attention 50Well That We Can Lose Track of Relative Space and Time 63 What is Attention? 66 Other Commonalities 67 The New Frontier in Brain Research 67 Out of Injury, Hope 71 The Brain: The Matter of Mind and the Intertwined Mystery 71 Advances in Imaging Technology 74 A Meditation on the Mind 76 Mind, Matter, and More 78 Chapter Three: Neurona and the Nervous System: Traveling the Original Information Superhighway 85 Components of the Neuron 'Tree" 87 NEURONS: MANY TYPES, MANY FUNCTIONS 89 Nerve Impulses Spread the Message 92 How to Pick Up a Pencil 95 NERVOUS AS A JELLYFISH 98 Chemical Messengers Make the Connection 99 The Chemical Electrical Exchange 101 Types of Neurotransmitters 102 The Water Between Our Ears 104 And Now. the Nervous System 105 Components of the Nervous System 105 Our Involuntary, Subconscious Intelligence 109 Our Voluntary. Conscious Nature 111 Chapter Four: Our Three Brains and More 114 The Quandary of Brain Growth 115 The Nerf Ball Brain 116 The Brain: Evolution's Time Capsule 117 The First Brain to Develop: The Brainstem and Cerebellum 119 The Second Brain to DEVelop: The Midbrain 121 ReGULATORY FUNCTIONS OF THE MIDBRAIN 121 THE MIDBRAIN'S FOUR Fs 122 STRUCTURES OF THE MIDBRAIN 125 ANIMALS AND THE PINEAL GLAND 128 The Third and Most Recent Brain to Evolve: The Neocortex 135 How Do MALE AND FEMALE BRAINS COMPARE? 135 THE CORPUS CALLOSUM 138 THE FOUR NEOCORTICAL loBES 139 Test Driving the New, Improved Neocortex 152 Chapter Five: Hardwired By Nature, Changeble By Nurture 155 Brain Development 157 Conception Through Second Trimester 157 Third Trimester 158 Birth to Age Two 160 Early Childhood 162 Puberty Through Mid-Twenties 162 The Qualities That Make Us Human 164 Traits That Make Us Individuals 166 The Hierarchy of Brain Organization 169 Nature Versus Nurture 175 Nature: The Long and Short of It 175 Nurture: Our Individual Environment and Life Experiences 175 Nature and Nurture Together 176 Our First Stimuli 177 The Wired Brain; the Plastic Brain 178 The Hardwired Myth Further Broken:Neural Plasticity Reorganizes Compartments 183 Hardwired by Nature 185 Selection and Instruction 186 Chapter Six: Neuroplasticity: How Knowledge and Experience Change or Evolve the Brain 189 Evidence of the Brain's Neuroplasticity 191 Seeing in Tongues 192 A Hebb Start on Learning 193 The Gene Fador: The long and Short of It 196 THE WAY OUT OF THE GENETIC TRAP 199 To Evolve, Learn New Knowledge 200 Mapping What We Learn 201 Growing the Brain 203 The Power of Attention 203 To Evolve, Have New Experiences 204 SEALING THE DEAL WITH EMOTION 209 The Importance of Episodic Memory 210 Knowledge and Experience United 212 CYCLING: JUST LEARNING ABOUT IT 214 From Experience and Knowledge to Wisdom 216 Experience as Teacher 218 Learning: The Law of Association 218 Remembering: The Law of Repetition 222 Dual-Brain Processing. orHow Novel Information Becomes Routine 225 As Kids Become Adults,Could Hemisphere Roles Switch? 227 Making the Unknown. Known 229 Chapter Seven: Putting Knowledge and Experience Into Practice 232 The Strong Helping The Weak 234 Being Aware of Memories Being Formed 236 Miracle Chemicals 239 Chemistry and Repetition 242 A Wine Example of a Neural Net 243 The Formation of Neural Networks 244 Putting Ideas Together 245 The Importance of Repetition 246 How Our Environment Shapes Our Thinking 247 Neural Networks and Automatic Programs 249 With a Flip of a Switch 250 Our Common Thinking 250 The Development of Personality 252 Making Changes 256 Chapter Eight: The Chemistry of Survival 259 Processing New Information 260 The Routine Response 260 That Same-Old. Same-Old Life 262 Life Inside the Box 264 Survival Mode 266 Detecting a Pattern 269 The Unknown Can Make Us Uncomfortable 271 Modern-Day Survival 273 Dancing with the Environment 274 The Neurology and Chemistry of Stress 274 The Neurological Response: The Fast Track 276 The Chemical Response: The Slow Track 277 Stress Defined 279 Acute and Chronic Stress 280 Emotional/Psychological Stress 281 EXERCISE AND STRESS 282 The stress of the Anticipated 284 Additional Stress Effects 285 The Heart of the Matter 288 Novelty. Stress. and the Hippocampus 290 When We Can't Stomach Stress 291 Stress Hurts 292 Frequency Matters 293 Our Biochemical Fix 295 Neurotransmitters 295 Peptides: The Chemical Signatures of Emotion 296 Autonomic Nervous System 298 THE ROLE OF THE PITUITARY 299 The Feedback Loop 300 Chapter Nine: The Chemistry of Emotional Addiction 302 Settling In and Settling For 305 The Chemical Dimension of Addidion 308 The Bottom Line on Chemistry 309 Emotions. Chemistry. and You 311 Issues in the Tissues 318 The Role of Memory in the Chemical Mix 322 Chemistry and Behavior 324 Breaking Up Is Hard to Do 325 Anxiety and the Feedback Loop 327 Why Change Is Difficult 329 Addicts and Withdrawal 331 Running the Loop 333 POSTIRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER 336 Change Is Uncomfortable 338 Recovery: Life After Addiction 340 Chapter Ten: Taking Control: The Frontal Lobe in Thought and in Action 343 The History of Frontal Lobe Research 346 The Rise of the Lobotomy "Cure" 347 Our Greatest Gift 350 Human Uniqueness Identified 352 Throne of the True Self 354 The Two Hemispheresand Frontal Lobe Specialization 354 Our Busy Mind 358 The Frontal Lobe's Primary Fundion: Intent 361 Intent Defines Our Heroes 363 Focus and Impulse Control 366 The Frontal Lobe and Focus 369 RELIGION AND THE BRAIN 371 The Disappearing World 373 MUSIC TO My EARS 375 In the Zone 377 New Hope in Attention Deficit Disorder 378 The Frontal Lobe and Free Will 380 THE FRONTAL LOBE AND LEARNING 383 The Frontal Lobe and Evolution 383 The Frontal Lobe: On or Off? 384 Chapter Eleven: The Art and Science of Mental Rehersal 387 Mastering the Skills of Observation 393 Making the Commitment to Change 395 Mental Rehearsal: Magical Thinking and Getting Wired 397 A Matter of Choosing 399 A Brief Interruption . .. For Now 401 Mental Rehearsal and the Art of Contemplation 406 From Attention to Wiring:Mapping Change and Changing Maps 411 Why Lift a Finger? 413 A Brief Interlude on Love 414 Mental Fitness and Mindful Results:Creating Our New Self 417 setting the Stage 418 Learning New Knowledge 418 Starting Early 421 The Road Ahead 421 Chapter Twelve: Evolving Your Being 424 Explicit Memory Versus Implicit Memory 426 WORKING MEMORY: DOING IT IN OUR HEAD 427 Thinking, Doing, and Being 434 Cognitive Workouts 436 The Role of Nondeclarative Memory in Change 437 Changing Implicit HabitsMay Be Harder Than We Think 439 Knowledge, Instruction, and Feedback:Change Takes Three Steps 440 THE INTERPLAY OF KNOWLEDGE AND EXPERIENCE 441 Gathering Self-Knowledge 443 Seeking Out Instruction 444 How Am I Doing?The Role of Feedback in Evolving the Brain 444 Feedback Can Overcome Paralysis 446 Need an Attitude Adjustment? 447 Priming. Behavior. and Implicit Memory 449 Turning the Tables on Priming 452 Remission Revisited 456 From Unskilled to Skilled 457 From Thinking to Doing to Being 459 Nurturing Nature and Natural Nurture 464 Biofeedback and Scientific Objectivity 465 To Consciously Access the Subconscious 468 Biofeedback Revisited 470 It Takes Time 471 Epilouge: A Quantum Change 474 Notes 484 Chapter 1 484 Chapter 2 484 Chapter 3 486 Chapter 4 486 Chapter 5 488 Chapter 6 489 Chapter 7 491 Chapter 8 491 Chapter 9 493 Chapter 10 493 Chapter 11 495 Chapter 12 495 Epilouge 496 Index 484 A 498 B 499 C 500 D 501 E 502 F 503 G-H 504 I-J-K-L 505 M 506 N 507 O-P 509 Q-R 510 S 511 T 512 U-V-W-Y-Z 513 About the Author 514

It took one moment to change Joe Dispenza's life forever.

A car sent him toppling off his bike, causing multiple fractures to his vertabrae. Several doctors said his only hope of walking again was to fuse some of the vertebrae in an operation that would leave him with a lifetime of pain and limited mobility.

But as a chiropractor, Dispenza knew enough about spinal health and his own post-accident physical state to take a remarkable risk: he refused the operation and, along with a careful therapeutic program, literally thought his way to healing. Nine months later, he was able to walk and function as well as he had before the accident, and he credits a large amount of that recovery to the power of his own mind.

This incredible experience spurred Joe on to learn about this most important tool that we all possess—the brain—and he passes that potent knowledge on to you. He explores how the brain learns, how it processes information, and, when it isn't stimulated enough by new experiences, how it can become addicted to comfortable, familiar patterns.

Every time we think a thought or feel an emotion, the brain sends chemicals throughout the body that reproduce that feeling, often giving us a physical reaction. Through prolonged repetition, self-limiting thoughts and feelings can become habitual—producing mindsets such as unworthiness and attracting negative experiences—yet we can still crave them, even when they don't feel good.

But all this can change—and Joe Dispenza will show you how to do it. Step by step, he'll walk you through the structures of the brain, how your thoughts and emotions become hardwired in the brain, how to recognize the patterns you want to change, and finally, how to create new, positive habits that will not only change your life, but also change you—into the person you've always wanted to be.