The Wisdom Codes: Ancient Words to Rewire Our Brains and Heal Our Hearts

A single word has the power to influence the expression of genes that regulate physical and emotional stress. — ANDREW NEWBERG, M.D., NEUROSCIENTIST, AND MARK ROBERT WALDMAN

The controversy continues in academic circles as to whether these universal fears are learned, instinctual, or somehow passed through genetics from parent to child.

“What you have seen is what we do to create the feeling in our bodies. The feeling is the prayer, and the words create the feeling!”

In other words, the Hopi language uses words that describe the present moment, and what’s happening in the moment, with no words to directly describe the past or future.

The simple steps of shifting your focus and your breathing, described in the box on the next page, awaken a network of specialized cells in your heart known as sensory neurites, which sets a sequence of hormonal and electrical signals in your body into motion and creates an emotional opening for you to embrace a new point of view.

For example, while we commonly think of anger, jealousy, and criticism as separate issues to be dealt with one by one, each ultimately points to the same core issue: unresolved fear. By healing (resolving) our underlying fear, we dismantle the need for safety and the reasons why varied expressions of the same fear may be showing up in our lives.

The greatest loss is what dies inside us while we live. — NORMAN COUSINS, POLITICAL JOURNALIST

And while our changes may be subtle and perhaps will even go unnoticed by those with whom we share our lives, it’s precisely these changes that gives us the wisdom, confidence, and power to awaken a deeper power within ourselves.

The equations that describe fractal systems, for example, confirm that balance will give way to chaos in search of a higher order of balance.