SwitchOnYourBrain

 I recently read Switch On Your Brain: The Key to Peak Happiness, Thinking, and Health by Caroline Leaf (2013).

My top takeaways:

Ø  Our attitude, not our DNA, determines much of the quality of our life.

Ø  Our brain does the bidding of our mind, not the other way around. 

Ø  Our mind controls our body.

Ø  Happiness is a choice, and it comes from within.

Ø  80% of cancers are due to lifestyle, not genetics.

Ø  What we believe, and believe about ourselves, alters the facts.

Ø  Whatever we think about grows, whether positive or negative in nature.

Ø  Epigenetics: our thoughts and choices impact our physical, mental, and spiritual development.

Ø  Multitasking is a persistent myth.

Ø  Quantum physics is another way of admiring God.

Ø  Empathy fosters trust, and makes communication more genuine. 

Ø  Quantum physics informs us that the universe is connected with faster-than-light transfers of information.

Ø  Writing is a powerful stimulant to the neuroplasticity of our brain.

 

My favorite quotes:

“How we think not only affects our own spirit, soul, and body but also people around us.” (p. 24)

 

“Our mind is designed to control the body, of which the brain is a part, not the other way around. Matter does not control us; we control matter through our thinking and choosing. We cannot control the events and circumstances of life but we can control our reactions.” (p. 33)

 

“Our thoughts, imagination, and choices can change the structure and function of our brains on every level: molecular, genetic, epigenetic, cellular, structural, neurochemical, and electromagnetic, and even subatomic.” (p. 68)

 

“The law of entanglement in quantum physics states that relationship is the defining characteristic of everything in space and time.” (p. 121)

 

“Automatization applies to everything in your life, because everything you do and say is first a thought. This means nothing happens until you first build the thought, which is like the root of a tree buried under the ground. The thought produces words, actions, behavior, and so on, which can be compared to the tree, branches, leaves, flowers, and fruit you see above the ground.” (p. 133)

 

“Attitude is a state of mind—a thought plus its attached emotions—and it influences what you say and do.” (p. 161)

 

Dr. Leaf’s book was an interesting crosswalk between current neuroscience and scripture. She frequently used one to reinforce the other. She made me think. Which I love…