“When we change our thoughts, behaviors and beliefs, we can change our biology. We are the masters of our lives, not the victims of our genes.” —- Bruce Lipton
In the last analysis after all the rationalizing has not worked for whatever reason, we arrive at a place of conscious awareness that gives buoyancy in understanding how we must change our thoughts, behaviors and beliefs in order to change our biology. We have experienced family, friends and loved ones who bring up the same thinking, behavior or belief that creates their personal prison of repeating . . . I’m doomed to fail, to be in-firmed, or believe a particular idea just will not work. Dr. Joe Dispenza in conjunction with The Science of Mind express a series of elements regarding how to dispel the prevailing myth with this thought . . . “When we change our beliefs, we can change the demonstrations we see. By changing how we think we can change our brain, and that will lead to changes in our body. We become our own placebo.”
Of course, there will be those who are resistant to change of any kind, no matter what evidence they see, experience or know. Yes, meeting those individuals can be exasperating and frustrating. However, all that is necessary in any given moment is the opportunity to have a choice. When that choice is presented to the individual, they then have the opportunity to make the choice necessary for change in their lives. It is as simple as that. Sometimes there exist those who wish to remain victims on this journey of life, and nothing will deter their thinking, behavior or belief system. So be it. There is something to be said about knowing when to let go and accept the circumstance as it presents itself. Taking this circumstance one step further, we soon learn that we really have control over nothing in life, we just think we do. Once this is made part of our consciousness the words of Thich Nhat Hanh become more impactful . . . “We think that impermanence makes us suffer. It is not impermanence that makes us suffer. What makes us suffer is wanting things to be permanent when they are not.”
When we finally arrive at the juncture of conscious awareness that fuels the idea of knowing we are the masters of our lives, and not the victims of our genes, we might add a bit of humor to those decades of growth, choice, opportunity, success, and creativity by ruminating with this thought by William Saroyan, “Everyone has got to die, but I have always believed an exception would be made in my case.” Life as we have come to know it, is quite fragile with the journey explicitly unique for each of us. What a priceless gift! Our conscious gratitude could be well placed in this quote from The Science of Mind . . . “At the center of confusion there is peace. At the center of doubt there is certainty. At the center of death there is life.” JLR