“ The human nervous system does not differentiate between ‘true’ beliefs and ‘false’ beliefs - it deals in electrical realities which we can (but rarely do) control through awareness of our subconscious perceptions.
The power of thought, the programming potential of the human “bio-computer”, has also been well-documented to expand into to people thinking themselves ill and thinking themselves well. Most people recognise this phenomenon under the category of the “placebo effect.” A scientific understanding of such potential has slowly developed, revealing the intricate feedback loops between thoughts/emotions and biological changes, but outright denial of the subject’s experience is still regularly employed.

(Source: danbartlett.co.uk)

posted : Monday, November 15th, 2010

tags : belief psychology phisiology metaphysics