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Re-wiring your brain...?
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The BBC "Future" magazine article on possible ability for folks to "re-wire" their brains...
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https://www.templeofthejediorder.org/forum/Health-physical-fitness-and-wellbeing/111921-changing-your-mind-literally
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http://www.scientificamerican.com/article/london-taxi-memory/
I believe this is the actual paper being discussed:
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3268356/
Gisteron - that is a great thread but I hardly think the topic is 'done' . . . I'm sure you didn't mean it but your post comes across as rather dismissive of a topic worthy of discussion!
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It's a good subject to study/research and learn about.
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"You might of heard the statement “Human beings are creatures of habit.” and this is true. Habit's, are a series of behaviors and actions that gets repeated over and over again and they develop based on our life experiences, the things we are exposed to, those small and big influences that determines how you, as an individual, act in your every day normal lives.
As a child you develop a habit of routine, influenced and set upon you by your parents. These routines are meant to give you a healthy start on life (And to give your parents a bit of sanity along the way)
At first, these behaviors of routine can be difficult to learn and adapt to. Like waking up at 6am in the morning every day to get your kid off to school, or you off to work.But once you develop a habit from repeated practice, your conscious mind hands the duty of remembrance, willpower and training over to your subconscious mind and it slowly becomes a natural reaction, so ingrained that it just becomes a natural behavior. It may even feel as if you have no control over these habits, or is a thing you cannot live without. Smoking...for example.
No matter how automatic these habits have become in your life, they all started with a Conscious Mind. A time when you decided to take part in the action and repeat the process until it was handed off onto the Subconscious Mind.
Habits can be good and wholesome to your lifestyle, like developing a habit to exercise and eat healthy.Meditation Routines, or even that little hobby you enjoy that lifts your spirit such as writing, collections, art, gardening, or hiking the trails. Or they can be bad, bringing stress, pain and poor health into your lifestyle.
Just like any habit learned, however.You can consciously chose to replace the habit with a new one, or let it fade from lack of use. For, just like with anything in life...if left alone and forgotten, it will fade from memory. But you must first make a conscious decision to act upon it, and repeat the process until it nestles safely into your subconscious mind.
As Jedi, we train and learn self discipline In order to create healthy habits that will benefit our minds, bodies and spirit as well as set the foundations that will allow us in helping others do the same.
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Kitsu Tails wrote: I wrote something in relations to this for Just Jedi a little while back. Nothing extensive or "Study heavy" just a quick blerp.
It's a good subject to study/research and learn about.
Initiate: Examine Your Habits
"You might of heard the statement “Human beings are creatures of habit.” and this is true. Habit's, are a series of behaviors and actions that gets repeated over and over again and they develop based on our life experiences, the things we are exposed to, those small and big influences that determines how you, as an individual, act in your every day normal lives.
As a child you develop a habit of routine, influenced and set upon you by your parents. These routines are meant to give you a healthy start on life (And to give your parents a bit of sanity along the way)
At first, these behaviors of routine can be difficult to learn and adapt to. Like waking up at 6am in the morning every day to get your kid off to school, or you off to work.But once you develop a habit from repeated practice, your conscious mind hands the duty of remembrance, willpower and training over to your subconscious mind and it slowly becomes a natural reaction, so ingrained that it just becomes a natural behavior. It may even feel as if you have no control over these habits, or is a thing you cannot live without. Smoking...for example.
No matter how automatic these habits have become in your life, they all started with a Conscious Mind. A time when you decided to take part in the action and repeat the process until it was handed off onto the Subconscious Mind.
Habits can be good and wholesome to your lifestyle, like developing a habit to exercise and eat healthy.Meditation Routines, or even that little hobby you enjoy that lifts your spirit such as writing, collections, art, gardening, or hiking the trails. Or they can be bad, bringing stress, pain and poor health into your lifestyle.
Just like any habit learned, however.You can consciously chose to replace the habit with a new one, or let it fade from lack of use. For, just like with anything in life...if left alone and forgotten, it will fade from memory. But you must first make a conscious decision to act upon it, and repeat the process until it nestles safely into your subconscious mind.
As Jedi, we train and learn self discipline In order to create healthy habits that will benefit our minds, bodies and spirit as well as set the foundations that will allow us in helping others do the same.
thats a really good lesson and one worth repeating, thank you for writing it and thank you for sharing it
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Arkayik wrote: It's your brain, can you Yoke(yoga) it into a new configuration?
The BBC "Future" magazine article on possible ability for folks to "re-wire" their brains...
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Fascinating, Arkayik, and hopeful. I find myself rooting for Deborah (the woman profiled in the first part of the article), who magnificently overcame a very burdensome situation. I hope these discoveries will benefit many more people.
One of the articles linked to the page you shared provided an equally optimistic description of how learning one or more foreign languages has been found to significantly deter the mental decline so many face as they age. Reading this stuff has provided me with a great deal of cheer.
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Gisteron wrote: Been there, done that...
https://www.templeofthejediorder.org/forum/Health-physical-fitness-and-wellbeing/111921-changing-your-mind-literally
I posted a few videos in that thread that relate to this topic. They're good ones, too.
Thanks for starting this back up again. I'm really interested to see what other have to say and share about it.
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Cabur Senaar wrote: Neuroplasticity is a well documented phenomenon. You don't need to hope it's true. I work with survivors of brain injury. It is the basic foundation of our work.
other than whats been presented here already, is there any particular online source you might suggest to get a trustworthy intro or to keep current with the topic?
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Cabur Senaar wrote: Neuroplasticity is a well documented phenomenon. You don't need to hope it's true. I work with survivors of brain injury. It is the basic foundation of our work.
It has it's limits. The brain like a muscle has it's limits of development. An injured muscle will strive to repair itself. Neuroplasticity is a natural function that has finally been discovered and explored. Those of good enough intuition have learned to use it. I reflect on, hope/believe, it has potential to explore our brains unlimited potential.
My comment was incomplete. Is it the key to consciously unlocking our unlimited potential or just mental physical fitness? Which is a very good thing, difficult thing to do but a good thing. I muse on higher levels of spirituality and consciousness.
Is Neuroplasticity a stepping stone?
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http://cct.biola.edu/resources/neuroplasticity-and-spiritual-disciplines/
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Is Neuroplasticity a stepping stone?
I think you've distilled the question.
Our minds are very skilled at self delusion. Is it true re-wiring or inherent capacity within the system?
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Rickie wrote:
Cabur Senaar wrote: Neuroplasticity is a well documented phenomenon. You don't need to hope it's true. I work with survivors of brain injury. It is the basic foundation of our work.
It has it's limits. The brain like a muscle has it's limits of development. An injured muscle will strive to repair itself. Neuroplasticity is a natural function that has finally been discovered and explored. Those of good enough intuition have learned to use it. I reflect on, hope/believe, it has potential to explore our brains unlimited potential.
Neuroplasticity is the natural occurring structuring of the brain. I would have to go back to my notes, but basically as the brain develops neural pathways are created in a certain way. It is based on our "habits" and based on efficiency on how we function. When we practice or continually do something, the pathways between neurons in our cells become strengthened and thicker to allow electrical impulses to move faster. Think of playing a guitar. You suck at it at first and then after a while you get better. That is because of neuroplasticity physically reconfigures your brain. This is not an instantaneous process and takes approximately 10,000 hours (according to estimates) to become a master at said practice that enhances the connection, but this doesn't take into account previous work on this and other factors I believe. Either way it takes a while to become strong.
Rickie wrote: My comment was incomplete. Is it the key to consciously unlocking our unlimited potential or just mental physical fitness? Which is a very good thing, difficult thing to do but a good thing. I muse on higher levels of spirituality and consciousness.
Is Neuroplasticity a stepping stone?
In short, neuroplasticity is a tool that one can use to create increased potential and increase physical mental fitness, through conscious effort.
I also studied it a bit in school and read about it a lot. I also published an article about this. This is one of the books that I have read: http://www.normandoidge.com/?page_id=1259
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Seumic wrote: Think of playing a guitar. You suck at it at first and then after a while you get better. That is because of neuroplasticity physically reconfigures your brain.
hey yeah, theres a thought.
so as some of you know, scott weiland, the singer for stp and velvet revolver, died last week. in memoriam, i played a whole stp concert circa 2000 or so off of youtube so my son could enjoy weiland a little. and i plugged in my electric and played along with most of the concert, some songs i had not played in literally years, some since before he was born. but as soon as i started, its like i had just played them yesterday.
muscle memory, neuroplasticity, whatever you wanna call it. it amazed both me and my son.
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