Dr. Arthur Janov
See book keywords and concepts |
 It helps suppress the feelings in the amygdala, forcing the left frontal area to develop new ideas not in accord with what is engraved below. Then, like any mind game, a person can give up a behavior, such as smoking, but what is the price to pay for this denial of need? Eliminating smoking doesn't change real need. Many of us don't seem to care; all we want is to stop compulsive behavior. What we don't know is that compulsive, importuning need drives compulsive behavior. Again, the need to smoke is a derivative of a real need. Changing behavior does not change need. |
| True conscious-awareness means feelings, and therefore humanity. The conscious person does not have to be told about his secret motivations. He feels them and they are no longer secret. Consciousness means thinking what we feel and feeling what we think; the end of a split, hypocritical existence. Awareness cannot do that because awareness has to change each and every time there is a new situation. That is why conventional cognitive/insight therapy is so complex. It has to follow each turn in the road. |
| We are so used to appealing to the almighty frontal cortex, the structure that has made us the advanced human beings that we are, that we forgot our precious ancestors, their instincts and feelings. We may emphasize how our neocortex is so different from other animal forms while we disregard our mutually shared feeling apparatus. We need a therapy of consciousness, not awareness. If we believe that we have an id stewing inside of us, there is no proper treatment because the cause is an apparition—a phantom that doesn't exist. |
| During that same period of time, for those who could not get into deep feelings, there was a significant drop in these same levels.
There should be predictable changes in behavior and physiology after therapy that can measured over time; this is a standard that should apply to all modes of therapy. It is not possible to resolve or eradicate addiction without accounting for changes in neurophysiologic states. There should be characteristic changes in serotonin levels, for example, so that tranquilizers are no longer needed by the individual. |
| We are moving through history just as if we were in a time machine, thus allowing feelings to finally move upward to connect with the left frontal cortex.
In fact, the brain and its structure are a time machine, reflecting eons of evolutionary history. Here, each pain is coded and labeled as to the date and strength of the pain. The system travels back naturally; first to later and less intense pain, and then deeper to the more agonizing, earlier pain. These stops have been programmed by the brain. We do not have to be guided there; the system is an accurate guide. |
| Here in purely neurologic terms do we see how feelings are stronger than ideas.
An early lack of love means that there is an even further degradation of these descending inhibitory systems, not only because of cortical weakness, but also because the limbic-amygdala forces holding the imprint are enormously powerful and are importuning the cortex to accept the message. The engorged amygdala is figuratively bursting at the seams to unleash its load of feeling. The dominant direction it can go is determined by evolution—upward and outward, impacting the frontal cortex. |
Michael J. Panzner
See book keywords and concepts |
 Feeling trapped and desperate, countless ordinary Americans will be wracked with feelings of bitterness, resentment, guilt, and frustration as they find it hard to come to grips with the pervasive fallout of a full-scale economic disaster. Over time, those feelings are likely to boil over in rage with disturbing frequency. Increasingly, an evolving sense that people have nothing to lose will turn feelings of shame and hopelessness into a desire for revenge. |
Craig Pepin-Donat
See book keywords and concepts |
 These feelings are a direct result of the lack of information required to make a confident buying decision. These feelings are amplified if the purchase is deemed a luxury versus a necessity. Improved health and fitness are not a luxury. They are an integral part of life unless you want yours to be shorter or less fulfilling than it could be.
Once you have changed your mindset and have decided to change your lifestyle to include regular and consistent exercise as a mandatory part of your routines and habits, you have only to decide the vehicle to reach your destination. |
Donna Jackson Nakazawa
See book keywords and concepts |
 Oscar winners lived four years longer than the other two groups, with study authors concluding that winning an Oscar may lead to increased feelings of optimism and mastery that influence health throughout the rest of one's life. Of course one might well ask: Did winning an Oscar lead to more optimism and better health, or did feelings of optimism and mastery lead to being a better actor, making these actors more likely to take home an Oscar? |
Dr. Sharon Moalem
See book keywords and concepts |
 Capsaicin, the hot in hot peppers, stimulates the release of endorphins, which induce feelings of pleasure and reduce feelings of stress. Capsaicin also increases your metabolic rate—some think by as much as 25 percent. Even more, there is a growing body of evidence that capsaicin may be helpful in alleviating pain caused by everything from arthritis and shingles to postoperative discomfort.
The list goes on. The psoralen in celery can cause skin damage—but it also is a real help for people with psoriasis. |
Hyla Cass, M.D.
See book keywords and concepts |
 A process where the person in pain allows him or herself to be aware of the feelings that TMS is helping him or her to avoid. Acceptance of those feelings will then interrupt the cycle of pain and tension. This approach can work for any kind of pain—as long as you are willing to understand and ultimately accept that your pain is being caused by your tension.
Dr. |
| A process where the person in pain allows him or herself to be aware of the feelings that TMS is helping him or her to avoid. Acceptance of those feelings will then interrupt the cycle of pain and tension. This approach can work for any kind of pain—as long as you are willing to understand and ultimately accept that your pain is being caused by your tension.
Dr. |
Michael J. Panzner
See book keywords and concepts |
| Over time, those feelings are likely to boil over in rage with disturbing frequency. Increasingly, an evolving sense that people have nothing to lose will turn feelings of shame and hopelessness into a desire for revenge.
News of strikes over pay and poor working conditions, endlessly long lines, marches over rising taxes or unemployment, and riots over food and fuel prices or access to social services will be commonplace. As protests become more frequent, many others will be emboldened to join in, making matters worse. No matter where you look, fear and uncertainty will be in the air. |
Mike Adams, the Health Ranger
See article keywords and concepts |
 In other words, if you're going to engage in regular exercise, the positive feelings that you get from engaging in exercise must be greater than the negative feelings produced by the exercise itself.
The only way those positive feelings can be increased is if you manage to associate exercise with things that are very positive in your mind. Because, let's face it, sweating it out in the gym is not going to produce positive results that very instant – unless those results are in your head. |
Gerald E. Markle and Frances B. McCrea
See book keywords and concepts |
 Other pills, legal and prescribed, are supposed to do nothing more—again, this notion of "only"—than cause changes in "experiences" or "feelings." Indeed, after semisynthetic narcotics, the entire category of "antidepressants"—pills designed only for the purpose of changing feelings— is next in prescription activity in the United States.
"Well, I feel better now," said Fran, putting down her empty coffee mug.
Second, no one makes Vicodin or any of the semisynthetic narcotics in his or her backyard laboratories. |
Mark Sircus
See book keywords and concepts |
 The magnesium oil can and should be diluted when applying directly to the skin (especially with children) if redness or "stingy" feelings result in uncomfortable feelings or sensations. If one is suffering from long term illness of any kind, dosages, whether orally or topically administered, should be started at lower levels and brought up gradually. Magnesium chloride and vitamin C have similar toxicity profiles with overdose from both resulting at worst usually in diarrhea unless the kidneys are seriously compromised. |
Mike Adams, the Health Ranger
See article keywords and concepts |
| In other words, if you're going to engage in regular exercise, the positive feelings that you get from engaging in exercise must be greater than the negative feelings produced by the exercise itself.
The only way those positive feelings can be increased is if you manage to associate exercise with things that are very positive in your mind. Because, let's face it, sweating it out in the gym is not going to produce positive results that very instant – unless those results are in your head. |
Mark Sircus
See book keywords and concepts |
| The magnesium oil can and should be diluted when applying directly to the skin (especially with children) if redness or "stingy" feelings result in uncomfortable feelings or sensations. If one is suffering from long term illness of any kind, dosages, whether orally or topically administered, should be started at lower levels and brought up gradually. Magnesium chloride and vitamin C have similar toxicity profiles with overdose from both resulting at worst usually in diarrhea unless the kidneys are seriously compromised. |
Richard Bartlett
See book keywords and concepts |
 Luke was getting clobbered by the droid, until, at the point of total frustration,
Obi-Wan blindfolds him and has him learn to extend his feelings through the agency of the Force so that he can sense the droid's attack before it actually occurs. At first, Luke gets the worst end of the battle. Then his mind calms and he begins to feel a connection with the movements of the droid. Soon he anticipates and blocks the droid's attack, successfully employing the force to guide his unconscious intuitive responses. |
Mehmet C. Oz., M.D. and Michael F. Roizen, M.D.
See book keywords and concepts |
 Write down how you feel during those days, and notice any changes in digestive feelings as well as things like your energy level. The test will give you insight not into allergies specifically but into food irritabilities-symptoms that can make you feel like you have a touch of the flu. Another bonus: Learning to eliminate certain groups (sugars and refined carbohydrates, especially) can also help you lose weight.
YOU Tip: Choose Your Fats. You may know that there are good fats and bad fats. |
Connie Bennett, C.H.H.C. with Stephen T. Sinatra, M.D.
See book keywords and concepts |
 Those despondent feelings could easily send you looking for the temporary lift that sugar provides. But then, the inevitable occurs: Your blood sugar will drop, leaving you just as hopeless, grouchy, and dejected as you were before you ate it, so you're repeatedly spiraling in and out of SUGAR SHOCK!
People who don't properly manage their blood sugar are, in fact, more likely to be depressed. Thus concludes Patrick Joseph Lustman, Ph.D. |
Mehmet C. Oz., M.D. and Michael F. Roizen, M.D.
See book keywords and concepts |
| Asking friends and family doesn't count, since they either know or have a vested interest in not hurting your feelings. Think servers, baristas, seatmates on the subway, anyone who won't automatically say "ninety-seven.") That will help give you some kind of baseline as to how others perceive you—based on appearance and demeanor—and it can be a strong indicator of how healthy you actually are. In addition, you can ask a friend you trust to be honest with you about how you are aging compared to others.
Ask your friends what your three biggest strengths are. |
| Your innate feelings about your body may lead to the ultimate insight—that you may not be headed in the right direction. Luckily, science is here to help. And given what science has uncovered recently (recently, as in, some of this stuff could never have been talked about ten or even five years ago), you're going to be able to make the changes.
Before we jump into the book with explanations about these wondrous biological processes—and the specific conditions and aging-related problems you can control—let's explore what, in fact, science has found. |
Richard Bartlett
See book keywords and concepts |
| In order to change something in that perceived reality territory, you must alter or change the arrangement of your thoughts and feelings. Trying to fit new knowledge into what you already think you know is not the best way to make a paradigmatic shift. I always assume that I don't really "know" anything, which opens me to pay attention to what I might learn in the next moment.
Shifting the Matrix of Reality Through the Use of Questions
I like to ask myself a few key questions in the morning as part of a ritual that sets the state for my day. "What haven't I thought of yet? |
Joseph Campbell
See book keywords and concepts |
| Then follows an interval of more or less extended retirement, during which are enacted rituals designed to introduce the life adventurer to the forms and proper feelings of his new estate, so that when, at last, the time has ripened for the return to the normal world, the initiate will be as good as reborn.10
Most amazing is the fact that a great number of the ritual trials and images correspond to those that appear automatically in dream the moment the psychoanalyzed patient begins to abandon his infantile fixations and to progress into the future. |
Richard Bartlett
See book keywords and concepts |
| This activity is so natural that when you get accustomed to the feelings and sensations it produces, it will happen automatically with no need for conscious thought or conscious action. You don't think about the process of breathing, you just do it. This is as natural and easy as that, once you get used to it.
Notice What Is Different, Not What Is the Same
The way to train yourself to notice what has changed is to firmly hold on to your two points during the process, if possible. When you come back to solid-state particle awareness, feel the same two points again. |
| Mark wasted no time that day informing me of his feelings: "I have tried for three long years to do what you can do with your hands and I can't take it anymore. I give up! I'll give myself three more hours this morning, and if at the end of that time I still cannot do it, then that's it. I am finished with you. I quit. I can't take anymore. I am walking out that door and you will never see me again! |
Dr. Paula Baillie-Hamilton
See book keywords and concepts |
 True depression affects people in different ways, with symptoms ranging from increased anxiety to overpowering feelings of hopelessness and suicidal thoughts. Some people with manic depression (otherwise known as bipolar disease) have periods of low mood interspersed with periods of tremendous elation, known as mania, in which their thinking processes are clearly disturbed.
These powerful feelings are thought to be caused by imbalances in the level of mood-enhancing natural substances known as neurotransmitters, such as catecholamines, serotonin, and other substances. |
Devra Davis
See book keywords and concepts |
 While he may have felt indebted to this particular Jew, his feelings about Jews in general were unrelenting and unrepentant. Hitler's social program took as its core the inarguably sensible need to extend Gesundheit, health, by preventing rather than treating disease. To achieve these goals, the system relied on Gesundheitsfuhren, health leaders, specially designated doctors whose mission was to find and eliminate defectives. |
Email this page to a friend
