Introduction
1. Bohr, Niels, “On the constitution of atoms and molecules.” Philosophical Magazine, 26: 1–24 (1913). If you really want to split the hairs of the subatomic world, the volume of an atom (roughly 1 angstrom, or 10-10 meters in diameter) is about 15 orders of magnitude larger than the volume of the nucleus (roughly 1 femtometer, or 10-15 meters in diameter)—meaning the atom is roughly 99.9999999999999 percent empty space. Although the electron cloud around the nucleus accounts for most of the atom’s area, this cloud is mostly empty space, and the electrons within it are minuscule to begin with. The highly dense nucleus contains most of the mass of the atom. The relative size of an electron in reference to the nucleus would be like the volume of a pea compared to an SUV, and the perimeter of the electron cloud relative to the SUV would be about the size of Washington State.
Chapter 1
1. For example, see Amit Goswami, Ph.D., The Self-Aware Universe (New York: Jeremy P. Tarcher, 1993). Also, the “Copenhagen interpretation” of quantum theory developed by Niels Bohr, Werner Heisenberg, Wolfgang Pauli, and others says, among other things, that “reality is identical with the totality of observed phenomena (which means reality does not exist in the absence of observation).” See: Will Keepin, “David Bohm,” available at: http://www.vision.net.au/~apaterson/science/david_bohm.htm.
2. Leibovici, Leonard, M.D., “Effects of remote, retroactive intercessory prayer on outcomes in patients with bloodstream infection: randomised controlled trial.” BMJ (British Medical Journal), vol. 323: 1450–1451 (22 December 2001).
3. McCraty, Rollin, Mike Atkinson, and Dana Tomasino, “Modulation of DNA conformation by heart-focused intention.” HeartMath Research Center, Institute of HeartMath, Boulder Creek, CA, publication no. 03-008 (2003).
4. Christ Returns—Speaks His Truth (Bloomington, IN: AuthorHouse, 2007).
Chapter 2
1. Hebb, D. O., The Organization of Behavior: A Neuropsychological Theory (Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, Inc., 2002).
2. Pascual-Leone, A., et al., “Modulation of muscle responses evoked by transcranial magnetic stimulation during the acquisition of new fine motor skills.” Journal of Neurophysiology, vol. 74(3): 1037–1045 (1995).
Chapter 3
1. Szegedy-Maszak, Marianne, “Mysteries of the Mind: Your unconscious is making your everyday decisions.” U.S. News & World Report (28 February 2005). Also see: John G. Kappas, Professional Hypnotism Manual (Knoxville, TN: Panorama Publishing Company, 1999). My first exposure to this concept was in 1981 when I studied hypnosis with John Kappas at the Hypnosis Motivation Institute. Back then, he stated the subconscious was 90 percent of the mind. Recently, scientists are estimating that it’s about 95 percent. Either way, it is still a lot.
2. Sapolsky, Robert M., Why Zebras Don’t Get Ulcers (New York: Henry Holt and Company, 2004). Sapolsky is a leading expert on stress and its effects on the brain and body. Also see: Joe Dispenza, Evolve Your Brain: The Science of Changing Your Mind (Deerfield Beach, FL: Health Communications, Inc., 2007). In addition, emotional addiction is a concept taught at Ramtha’s School of Enlightenment; see JZK Publishing, a division of JZK, Inc., the publishing house for RSE, at: http://jzkpublishing.com or http://www.ramtha.com.
3. Church, Dawson, Ph.D., The Genie in Your Genes: Epigenetic Medicine and the New Biology of Intention (Santa Rosa, CA: Elite Books, 2007).
4. Lipton, Bruce, Ph.D., The Biology of Belief (Carlsbad, CA: Hay House, 2009).
5. Rabinoff, Michael, Ending the Tobacco Holocaust (Santa Rosa, CA: Elite Books, 2007).
6. Church, Dawson, Ph.D., The Genie in Your Genes: Epigenetic Medicine and the New Biology of Intention (Santa Rosa, CA: Elite Books, 2007).
7. Murakami, Kazuo, Ph.D., The Divine Code of Life: Awaken Your Genes and Discover Hidden Talents (Hillsboro, OR: Beyond Words Publishing, 2006).
8. Yue, G., and K. J. Cole, “Strength increases from the motor program: comparison of training with maximal voluntary and imagined muscle contractions.” Journal of Neurophysiology, vol. 67(5): 1114–1123 (1992).
9. Cohen, Philip, “Mental gymnastics increase bicep strength.” New Scientist (21 November 2001).
Chapter 4
1. Dispenza, Joe, Evolve Your Brain: The Science of Changing Your Mind (Deerfield Beach, FL: Health Communications, Inc., 2007).
2. Goleman, Daniel, Emotional Intelligence (New York: Bantam Books, 1995). See also: Daniel Goleman and the Dalai Lama, Destructive Emotions: How Can We Overcome Them? (New York: Bantam Books, 2004).
Chapter 5
1. Bentov, Itzhak, Stalking the Wild Pendulum: On the Mechanics of Consciousness (Rochester, VT: Destiny Books, 1988). See also: Ramtha, A Beginner’s Guide to Creating Reality (Yelm, WA: JZK Publishing, 2005). The quantum model of reality states that every “thing” or “no thing” is waves of information vibrating at different frequencies. It makes sense, then, that the slower the vibration, the more dense matter is, and vice versa. The emotions of stress lower our vibrations to be more matter and less energy.
2. Wallace, B. Alan, Ph.D., The Attention Revolution: Unlocking the Power of the Focused Mind (Boston: Wisdom Publications, Inc., 2006).
3. Robertson, Ian, Ph.D., Mind Sculpture: Unlocking Your Brain’s Untapped Potential (New York: Bantam Books, 2000). See also: Andrew Newberg, Eugene D’Aquili, and Vince Rause, Why God Won’t Go Away: Brain Science and the Biology of Belief (New York: Ballantine Books, 2001).
4. From a conversation with Rolin McCraty, Ph.D., Director of Research, HeartMath Research Center, Boulder Creek, California, in October 2008 about his research relating to the movement of energy from the body to the brain through the heart during coherence. See: Rollin McCraty, et al., “The coherent heart: heart-brain interactions, psychophysiological coherence, and the emergence of system-wide order.” Integral Review, vol. 5(2) (December 2009).
Chapter 6
1. Dispenza, Joe, Evolve Your Brain: The Science of Changing Your Mind (Deerfield Beach, FL: Health Communications, Inc., 2007).
Chapter 8
1. Laibow, Rima, “Medical Applications of NeuroFeedback,” in Introduction to Quantitative EEG and Neurofeedback, by James Evans and Andrew Abarbane (San Diego: Academic Press, 1999). See also: Bruce Lipton, Ph.D., The Biology of Belief (Carlsbad, CA: Hay House, 2009).
2. Fehmi, Les, Ph.D., and Jim Robbins, The Open-Focus Brain: Harnessing the Power of Attention to Heal Mind and Body (Boston: Trumpeter Books, 2007).
3. Kappas, John G., Ph.D., Professional Hypnotism Manual (Knoxville, TN: Panorama Publishing Company, 1999).
4. Murphy, Michael, and Steven Donovan, The Physical and Psychological Effects of Meditation: A Review of Contemporary Research with a Comprehensive Bibliography, 1931–1996, 2nd edition (Petaluma, CA: Institute of Noetic Sciences, 1997).
5. Lutz, Antoine, et al., “Long-term meditators self-induce high-amplitude gamma synchrony during mental practice.” PNAS (Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences), vol. 101(46): 16369–16373 (16 November 2004). Also, I had a wonderful conversation with Richard Davidson in April 2008 at the Mayo Clinic during the “Mind and Life” conference in Rochester, Minnesota.
Chapter 10
1. Fehmi, Les, Ph.D., and Jim Robbins, The Open-Focus Brain: Harnessing the Power of Attention to Heal Mind and Body (Boston: Trumpeter Books, 2007).
Appendix A
1. In the Body-Part Induction, there is a reason why I say the words in space repeatedly: According to EEG monitoring that took place while subjects were led through guided meditation, the subjects transitioned into the Alpha brain-wave state when they were guided to become aware of the space that their bodies occupy in space and the volume that that space takes up in space. That wording and those instructions produced functional differences in subjects’ brain-wave patterns that were immediately noticeable. See: Fehmi, Les, Ph.D., and Jim Robbins, The Open-Focus Brain: Harnessing the Power of Attention to Heal Mind and Body (Boston: Trumpeter Books, 2007).
