Super Brain: Unleashing the explosive power of your mind to maximize health, happiness and spiritual well-being

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Connecting with the natural world Being useful Exercising your body Finding work that satisfies Fulfilling your life purpose Aiming beyond your limited ego-self

If you are an enforcer in professional hockey and your job is to start fights on the ice, you’ve probably chosen to shape your brain circuitry to favor aggression. But it was always a choice, and if the day ever comes when you regret your choice, you can retire to a Buddhist monastery, meditate upon compassion, and shape the brain’s circuitry in a

Be willing to redefine yourself every day.

By the same token, you should increase the predictable routines that help defend against stress. Everyone needs a good night’s sleep, regular exercise, a steady relationship, and a job they can count on.

Pushing yourself over the smallest hump urges the brain to give up an old pattern for a new one. You are actually expanding your awareness when you let in fresh impulses from the source, which is the real you.

I’m on a learning curve.

Perform one act of service every day—there is always something you can give.

Try the following exercise: Look at the palm of your hand. Feel it as you look. Now imagine that it is getting warmer. Keep looking and focus on it getting warmer; see the color becoming redder. If you maintain focus on this intention, your palm will in fact grow warm and red. Tibetan Buddhist monks use this simple biofeedback loop (an advanced med